On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The ...

Captain Richard Phillips, whose hostage ordeal inspired a film, will speak in Frankenmuth on May 13 at the Michigan Heroes ...

(CNN) -- An e-mail from one of the crewmen aboard the Maersk Alabama tells a gripping tale of sailors fighting back against pirates who had taken over their ship. It also contains some of the ...

Every now and then a news story pops up about piracy on the high seas, and it usually evokes the same response every time: There are still pirates? There are, and in Paul Greengrass’ film ...