ANCHORAGE — A thump and then a chorus of screams are heard in an audio recording of an attempted escape from court by a man accused of kidnapping and killing an Alaska barista.

Israel Keyes was quickly subdued with a stun gun in the federal courtroom in Anchorage after he somehow broke his leg irons Wednesday. But for a few moments, people can be heard screaming and shouting, “Get him!” One woman shouted, “Kill him!”

ANCHORAGE — Recorded conversations were played for jurors Tuesday in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox, who is heard detailing a plan to kill two government agents for every person on his side who is killed.

The recordings of the “241” retaliation plan, which stood for “two-for-one,” were made by an FBI informant who infiltrated Cox’s Alaska Peacemakers Militia.

ANCHORAGE — Two attention-grabbing murders in Alaska’s largest city have left some residents more cautious even as police say Anchorage remains as safe as ever.

Brittney Lynn and Kisa Haywood, two young friends, are particularly affected by the case of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted Feb. 1 from the coffee stand where she worked, her body found two months later at the bottom of a frozen lake north of Anchorage.

“I feel vulnerable but at the same time I feel kind of numb because it could happen to anybody, anywhere,” Lynn, 19, said.

ANCHORAGE — Authorities in Alaska say a 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the disappearance of another airman initially told Anchorage police his missing friend texted him after he vanished, saying he was sick and being treated.

Charging documents say James Devinn Thomas changed his story after police determined that the cell phone belonging to 22-year-old Clinton Reeves of Raytown, Mo., was inside Thomas’ home after Thomas said he last saw him.