President Donald Trump told Texans they’d better accept data centers in their communities and floated making Venezuela the 51st state as he stumped for Republican Ken Paxton, while Democratic …
Utah is pursuing criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two executives, after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws …
The University of Maryland Baltimore County, founded in the 1960s and which today enrolls about 13,530 students, lacks some of the religious infrastructure found on other college campuses, said Matt …
King tides have flooded coastal communities, inundating streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses. Driven by the gravitational pull of the Earth, moon and sun, the exceptionally high …
With affordability top of mind this election, Alaska candidates for governor offered varying perspectives on how their administrations would support working families and cap the ongoing tide of outmigration from the state, if elected. Alaska has seen a steady exodus of people leaving the state. Last year, state demographers reported more people left than moved […]
The Assembly on Tuesday passed on introduction an ordinance setting a special election on a half-percent sales tax increase to help “stabilize child care.” The vote was 6-1 on introduction; second and final reading is set for the November 10...
The Coast Guard Cutter Kukui will transform into a science fiction-themed “haunted ship” this week, offering two nights of scares while collecting food donations for Sitkans Against Family Violence. The haunted ship is open from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with a milder experience for younger visitors, and from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, with more intense scares geared toward adults featuring two chainsaws, a spooky clown and jump-scares.
Sitkans wanting up to $100 per month help with their utility bills have until the end of the month to apply, city staff said. Applicants have been trickling in more slowly than usual. The deadline for applications to be received is 5 p.m....
United Nations human rights experts say Nicaragua’s co-presidents have established a dictatorship and there are “reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed." …
Southeast pool players found shots and put their own spin on the sixth annual Neil Huff Memorial Pool Tournament held on all of Sitka’s downtown pool tables over four days this weekend. After playing and watching games past midnight...
The man who was arrested for sending a message that he was “gonna hijack” a plane told officers that it was banter between co-workers and he had no intention of hijacking the plane. Dante Milne …
King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts. The tides are flooding streets and sending sea water into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the Carolinas. They …
Legal groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of hiding the locations of detainees with final deportation orders. The policy, introduced last month, aims to expedite …
The United Nations is set to vote on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba’s socialist …
The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed …
The Indiana Parole Board is recommending that the death penalty remain in place for a man who killed two children in a house fire. Jeffrey Weisheit has a right under Indiana law to ask for a life …
New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions ban on certain chatbot behaviors to protect children using artificial intelligence. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that outlines prohibited …
A U.S. Senate seat in Alaska is worth the same as one from any other state when Democrats and Republicans try counting to 51, the number needed to control the chamber. All 100 senators get an equal vote, regardless of whether they represent states of far less than 1 million residents, such as Alaska and […]
A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. It's the latest punishment in a scheme to collect millions of dollars during …
Israelis are closely awaiting final election results after their voting delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government. Exit polls suggest no clear winner, leading to …