A mother who was stranded​ with her family for nearly two days on a remote island off Massachusetts after a boat fire has died.

Hurricane Melissa made a historic landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon. It's the strongest storm on record to hit the island nation.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family from Naushon Island after their boat caught fire, forcing them to swim to safety from ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. (AP) — A family was rescued Wednesday by the Coast Guard off Cape Cod after their 30-foot pleasure boat caught fire and they were forced to swim to a small island where they ...

The daughter of an elderly woman, who was left behind by a cruise ship on a remote Australian island, said the “failure of ...

A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island.