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Coast Guard: 2 more capsize victims recovered off Louisiana

By STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press
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Divers searching the site of a capsized lift boat off Louisiana’s coast have recovered two more unresponsive crewmembers. The Coast Guard declined to release more details, referring all questions late Friday to a local coroner. A Coast Guard statement said commercial divers on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat found the two Friday evening. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson, commander of the New Orleans sector, said the agency extends its “deepest sympathy” to the family, friends and loved ones of all involved in what he called “this tragic incident.”  The vessel, which supports offshore oil rigs, overturned Tuesday in rough weather south of the Louisiana coast. 

The Latest: Vaccines to be made available at Alaska airports

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says COVID-19 vaccines would be made available at key airports in the state starting June 1. He made the announcement Friday, as he unveiled plans aimed at bolstering Alaska’s pandemic-battered tourist industry. Dunleavy, a Republican, outlined plans for a national marketing campaign aimed at luring tourists and said the vaccine offering is “probably…

US has been wracked with several mass shootings in 2021

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After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has seen several deadly ones. Police in Indianapolis say eight people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a FedEx facility. It follows a lull in mass killings during the pandemic in 2020, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. That database tracks mass killings defined as four or more dead, not including the shooter. Among the latest attacks were shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses and a one at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket.