TOKYO — Workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan’s crippled nuclear complex that officials believe are behind soaring levels of radiation spreading to soil and seawater.

Crews also detected plutonium — a key ingredient in nuclear weapons — in the soil outside the complex, though officials insisted Monday the finding posed no threat to public health.

ANCHOR POINT — An 46-year-old Anchor Point woman charged with trying to kill her girlfriend has surrendered to Alaska state troopers.

JUNEAU — The Alaska Energy Authority would be able to own and operate new power projects, like the proposed Susitna hydro dam, under a measure that’s passed the House Energy Committee.

LOS ANGELES — U.S. authorities say a Canadian man convicted of plotting to blow up the Trans-Alaska Pipeline has been deported after being released from prison.