Prosecutors opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. No suspect is currently identified.
The search continued for one more missing passenger on a yacht that sank off Sicily and questions intensified about why the vessel went down so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Rescue teams were returning to the site of a sunken yacht off Sicily on Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull.
The pod rammed the boat's rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.
When the Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis was founded in 1959, discrimination at fuel docks around the famous port was common. Today, the club is thriving and giving back to the community.
German authorities impounded the 15,917-ton yacht after confirming that sanctioned Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov had transferred ownership to his sister, who is also under Western sanctions.
Detaining the yacht, named Phi, is "a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies," Britain's transport secretary said. Officials said the yacht's ownership is "deliberately well hidden."
France says it seized a yacht belonging to Igor Sechin, an oil executive and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the U.S. and European Union sanctioned a slew of Russian oligarchs.
After early reports that Rotterdam would briefly take apart a historic bridge for the yacht's passage, thousands of people joined a Facebook event called "Throwing eggs at superyacht Jeff Bezos."