LONDON — World leaders pledged more than $10 billion Thursday to help fund schools, shelter and jobs for refugees from Syria’s civil war, money that… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ability to train and advise the still green Afghan security forces will be constrained if the U.S. troop level is cut… Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The head of the airline whose jetliner was damaged in an explosion shortly after takeoff from Somalia said Thursday that… Continue reading
Michael Hanley, one of the few state commissioners held over from the administration of Gov. Sean Parnell, is on the way out.On Thursday, the office… Continue reading
PHOENIX — A U.S. senator and U.S. representative from Arizona have introduced legislation to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Sen. Jeff Flake… Continue reading
WASILLA — A juvenile has been taken into custody in the shooting deaths of a 40-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son at a home outside… Continue reading
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge refused to throw out the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby on Wednesday, sweeping aside a former district attorney’s… Continue reading
NEW YORK — A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is… Continue reading
KODIAK — Kodiak officials have passed a revision to an ordinance that targets the city’ homeless population.The revision approved by the City Council on Thursday… Continue reading
Shortly after Walmart announced it was closing its Juneau store, the only things flying faster than clearance items off of shelves were rumors about what… Continue reading
While work to raise and scrap the tugboat Challenger takes place in Gastineau Channel, the Coast Guard is asking boaters to keep away. Global Diving… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials fought on Wednesday over who was to blame for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, at a combative congressional hearing… Continue reading
BOW, N.H. — While Donald Trump called for a do-over, Marco Rubio tried to capitalize on his moment in the spotlight Wednesday as the shrinking… Continue reading
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday outlined a plan to improve care at hospitals that treat Native Americans in four Great Plains… Continue reading
CATONSVILLE, Md. — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a “hugely distorted impression” of Muslim-Americans as he made his first visit… Continue reading
BEIJING — The wife of a Chinese journalist who disappeared while seeking asylum abroad said she was able to speak to him by phone Wednesday… Continue reading
CALAIS, France — “This, above all, to thine own self be true.”The words from Shakespeare’s Hamlet rang out on the most unlikely stage on Wednesday,… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The U.S. saw a record number of exonerations in 2015, with nearly 40 percent of the cases involving individuals who were exonerated in… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska House on Wednesday passed a bill designed to strengthen the state’s Military Code of Justice.The approval came 17 months after a… Continue reading
BETHEL — Two federal agencies have weighed in on the potential impacts the proposed Donlin Creek mine could have on subsistence along the Kuskokwim River.Donlin… Continue reading
