4 migrants die trying to reach eastern Greek island in small boat

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says four people have died and five others were rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Samos. The coast guard said Monday it was unclear how many people had been on the boat or what exactly had occurred. An extensive search and rescue operation was underway in the area with three coast guard patrol boats and a private vessel as well as an air force helicopter. There is no immediate information on the identities or nationalities of the survivors or the dead.