KABUL, Afghanistan — As a recent high school graduate from a middle-class Kabul family, Mohammed Fahim Aazar has the means to go to college and… Continue reading
RISHON LEZION, Israel — Twenty-four-year-old shopkeeper Darya Zelenkov was working her shift in a downtown clothing shop in this central Israeli city when she was… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Two of the Republican Party’s rising young stars — House Speaker Paul Ryan and presidential hopeful Marco Rubio — made similar calculations on… Continue reading
SALT LAKE CITY — Vote tallies indicated Salt Lake City was poised to narrowly elect its first openly gay mayor in what would mark another… Continue reading
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The future of marijuana in Ohio faced an uncertain future Wednesday after the resounding defeat of an effort to legalize cannabis for… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — State and local elections across the country this week produced warning signs for both Democrats and Republicans as they press toward the 2016… Continue reading
Fallen leaves lay on the ground as a man walks through Piedmont Park Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia.… Continue reading
FOX LAKE, Ill. — For weeks, investigators said they were searching for the killers of a small-town police officer known as “G.I. Joe.” Thousands attended… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Long before the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone they… Continue reading
Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center staff identified Martha Mackowiak, 51, as the passenger medevaced last night from Juneau to Seattle after surviving a plane crash.Although stabilized… Continue reading
Alaska’s natural gas megaproject is moving forward.With a 39-0 vote, the Alaska House approved spending $161.25 million to advance the AKLNG project, which promises to… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee has advanced legislation to authorize a buyout of one of the state’s partners in a major proposed liquefied natural… Continue reading
The head of Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board says the agency is on course to meet a voter-imposed deadline to create regulations for the nation’s first… Continue reading
The city is only months away from implementing its accessory apartment incentive program, Lands and Resources Manager Greg Chaney told the members of the Affordable… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State labor economists have reported that plentiful groundfish harvests last year contributed to an employment boost in Alaska’s commercial fishing sector.A new report… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A new headstone honoring Anchorage’s first paid fire chief has been installed as part of this year’s celebrations marking the city’s centennial.Firefighters gathered… Continue reading
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday that would have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana in a single vote — a… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — A long-promised campaign to legalize recreational marijuana use in California next year reached the starting gate with the filing of a ballot… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Despite a handful of high-profile defections, most Republican presidential candidates are still demanding changes to the GOP’s coming debates. That’s not to say… Continue reading
Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President… Continue reading
