California voters have rejected a tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious and expensive ballot fight. The measure would have imposed a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of …
A thick blanket of smog has shrouded India’s capital after firecrackers lit up the skies over New Delhi during Diwali celebrations. Despite restrictions, residents celebrated with fireworks on …
The origins of surfing can be traced back to the native populations of Peru, Polynesia and Hawaii, and European travelers documented children surfing along the coast of what is now Ghana as early as …
Russia’s most celebrated independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, has closed its Moscow offices, citing relentless pressure from the government. It was the last major independent media outlet critical …
Russell Brand faces a significant prison term after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The British actor-comedian is being sentenced Monday in a London court. …
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola extended her lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in an updated vote total published Monday by the Alaska Division of Elections. While Peltola has had more first-choice votes since Election Day, preliminary calculations by the Alaska Beacon have shown Sullivan leading when the results of the state’s […]
The Alaska Department of Administration has canceled a request for proposals that could have led to the privatization of the state’s payroll system for 14,000 public employees. In an Oct. 29 memo, DOA Commissioner Paula Vrana wrote, “The procurement process has now concluded and the State has cancelled the RFP. Instead of pursuing a contract […]
The College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams next year, ending a three-decade era of conference title games. College leaders announced the new format Monday after ESPN agreed to rework its …
France has blamed Iran for a cyberattack on supermarket fridges last month. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Monday. The attack on October 12 sent refrigerator …
President Donald Trump said he ‘might have been too tough for voters’ on deportations and that he thinks he can work with Democrats on an immigration deal. But Trump and his Department of Justice …
Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels decreased slightly this year due to the Iran war. It’s only the third decrease in carbon pollution this century. Experts …
The FBI is investigating what it called a “suspected homicide” aboard a cruise ship that returned to port after departing from Galveston, Texas. The agency announced the investigation in a brief …
Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé will meet with El Salvador’s government next week in a visit to the Central American nation to discuss the future of Salvadoran troops in Haiti. The …
Sen. Bert Stedman says he wasn't surprised to see a leftward shift in the Legislature since the Nov. 3 “blue tidal wave” election, and he sees it as unlikely he will be part of a majority bipartisan coalition in the Senate this coming...
The state ferry M/V Columbia is delayed in Ketchikan because of a mechanical problem with the port main engine of the vessel, the Alaska Marine Highway System reports. Engine repairs are scheduled to begin Thursday morning once a technician...
CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE - At left marine biologist and former Sitkan Jan Straley listens to her son, Finn, pictured at right with John Straley, speak on stage at Harrigan Centennial Hall Saturday during the Whalefest symposium. Her husband, John,...
TREE DOWN - Trees rest on the eaves of a house on Baranof Street this morning before work crews from Absolute Tree Care removed them. Other trees fell victim to the wind, which hit gusts as high as 55 mph over the morning. One tree fell on the...
Investigators say they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a business jet that plummeted from the sky amid severe weather in Florida last week. All nine people on board were killed. …
Jamaican author Marlon James and Scotland’s Douglas Stuart have the chance to become two-time Booker Prize winners when the prestigious fiction award is handed out Monday in London. Pulitzer Prize …
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says President Donald Trump has expressed a willingness to working with Democrats on immigration after the midterm elections. However, Mullin and Trump …