In Cambodia, workers carried out online scams against people worldwide from inside massive fortified buildings they weren't allowed to leave. Some came knowing the work was illegal, but many were …
Authorities are still trying to piece together how a convicted murderer in Tennessee evaded capture for more than a week. Jacob Morley escaped in late October and was apprehended on Tuesday. He was …
Iran’s leaders say President Donald Trump shouldn’t ignore the stinging setback in the U.S. election. Iranians celebrated after U.S. voters gave Democrats control of Congress in Tuesday’s vote …
Israel’s election commission says it has found no fraud in last week’s vote, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to discredit the results. Netanyahu and his …
A shooting and firefight with officers in eastern Washington state have left three people dead, including the suspect, and two deputies critically wounded. Deputies responded to a home in Spokane …
The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that …
Turkey is spotlighting its renewable energy efforts as it hosts the upcoming U.N. climate summit. The country is expanding solar and wind power, but critics point out its continued reliance on coal. …
Partial election results Wednesday afternoon show Alaska voters overwhelmingly approving Ballot Measure 3, which would add a new state law prohibiting noncitizens from voting in Alaska. A different Alaska law already prohibits noncitizen voting, as does federal law. When enacted, Ballot Measure 3 will not change existing practice, according to an analysis by the Alaska […]
Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the …
Police have clashed with garment workers demanding higher minimum wages in Bangladesh, where days of protests have disrupted an industry that employs about 4 million people. Hundreds of factories …
Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred forest where their ancestors are buried. The government is seeking a …
South Africans have begun voting in local elections that are seen as an evaluation of the party that led the country out of white minority rule. African National Congress support has consistently …
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Democrats have flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and …
Authorities in British Columbia say more than one grizzly may have been involved in a bear attack that relatives say left a mother and daughter dead along the province’s central coast. One body was …
Edmund Richardson's biography of Alexander the Great "Alexander: God, King, Man" was won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction. The book is the first work of ancient history to win the …
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, who launched his moonshot campaign for Alaska governor at home in Sitka nine months ago, held a commanding lead today over his three Republican opponents in Tuesday's general election. With around 100,000 ballots left to be counted, JKT this...
As a Yale University senior in 2012, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins lived out of a backpack and in a pair of running shoes as he traveled by plane and ferry and camped out in towns across Southeast Alaska House District 2 in his unlikely campaign for a...
Although early and absentee ballots are yet to be counted, Sitka’s Sen. Bert Stedman and Rep. Rebecca Himschoot were clear winners in Tuesday's general election, retaining their positions representing Senate District A and House District 2 in the...
Alaskans have settled in to await more results for key races on the general election ballot that are not yet called. Those include a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for …
JetBlue has raised its checked baggage fees for the second time this year. The increase took effect Tuesday and comes just weeks before the busy holiday travel season in the U.S. kicks off with the …