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SEATTLE (AP) — Attorneys for a Hispanic man who worked on an Alaska fishing boat say he has won a $1.85 million settlement against his former employer, Seattle-based Alaska Longline, after he was subjected to relentless racial harassment. The Seattle Times reports 37-year-old Francisco Miranda and other Hispanic crew members were called "dirty Mexicans" and other racial epithets by the c

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska says it's searching for a fishing boat with six people that's been missing in the Bering Sea for more than a day. An agency news release on Sunday afternoon says ships and aircraft have looked through the night for the 98-foot-long F/V Destination...