The Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter is setting out on its first operational patrol to the Southern Atlantic to counter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing off South America.

The US Coast Guard’s announcement did not mention that the late Capt. John G. Witherspoon, for whom the vessel was named, was an African-American who broke color barriers during his career decades-lon ...

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely this morning. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending southeasterly in the late evening.

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A high [1023 hPa] near New Zealand maintains a ridge over the south Queensland waters. The ridge will weaken on Wednesday and Thursday as the high moves away and a weaker high moves into the Tasman ...