Around Town for Jan. 15

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Diane, 463-6176. Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Library. Details: 586-5267. Organ concert, noon, State Office Building.Senior… Continue reading

Doping report: Corruption was ’embedded’ in IAAF

MUNICH — Track and field’s governing body was corrupted from the inside by a “powerful rogue group” led by its president, and they conspired to… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016
  • By JOHN LEICESTER

Seahawks overcame early collapses to get to this point

RENTON, Wash. — They sat around in the aftermath of a fourth loss in six games, this vaunted group of Seattle Seahawks defensive backs trying… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016
  • By TIM BOOTH

Japan honors Hank Aaron By PAUL NEWBERRY

ATLANTA — Japan honored former home run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016

Giants tap McAdoo to replace Coughlin

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ben McAdoo needed two seasons to fix the New York Giants offense.His job now is to get the franchise back on… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016
  • By TOM CANAVAN

Source: Pederson accepts Eagles’ coaching offer

PHILADELPHIA — Kansas City offensive coordinator Doug Pederson has accepted the Philadelphia Eagles’ offer to become their coach, a person with knowledge of the decision… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016
  • By ROB MAADDI

Chip Kelly hired as new coach of 49ers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Chip Kelly is the offensive-minded, experienced head coach the San Francisco 49ers have long sought, and now he needs to win… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2016
  • By JANIE McCAULEY

WHO declares end to Ebola epidemic after 11,300 deaths

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on Thursday after no new cases emerged in Liberia,… Continue reading

Balbir Atwal, the owner of a 7-Eleven store that sold a winning Powerball lottery ticket, holds up a Millionaire Made Here sign at his store in Chino Hills, California on Thursday.

Who got 3 winning tickets to $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot?

MUNFORD, Tenn. — Mystery winners in Tennessee, Florida and California should get their affairs in order before they claim their thirds of the unprecedented $1.6… Continue reading

Balbir Atwal, the owner of a 7-Eleven store that sold a winning Powerball lottery ticket, holds up a Millionaire Made Here sign at his store in Chino Hills, California on Thursday.
In this  June 9, 2015 photo, actor Alan Rickman attends The Public Theater's Annual Gala at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park in New York.

Alan Rickman, star of stage and ‘Harry Potter,’ dies at 69

LONDON — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga and other films, has died.… Continue reading

In this  June 9, 2015 photo, actor Alan Rickman attends The Public Theater's Annual Gala at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park in New York.

Once again, lack of diversity bemoaned in Oscar slate

A year after host Neil Patrick Harris quipped that the Oscars were honoring Hollywood’s “best and whitest,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences… Continue reading

Duluth man charged in Canada with making threats on airplane

DULUTH, Minn. — A northern Minnesota man accused of making threats on a flight from Alaska to Colorado faces two charges in Canada.The Royal Canadian… Continue reading

Photo: Avalanche

An avalanche at Snow Gulch Creek, triggered by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities on Jan. 2, is shown Tuesday where it stopped just… Continue reading

Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes… Continue reading

U.S.S. Juneau’s silver service returns home

On Feb. 14, an important, missing piece of Juneau’s history will be unveiled at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for all to see. The silver service… Continue reading

State’s budget nibbles start to bite into CBJ

Nobody is calling their lawmaker to complain about the loss of municipal airport matching funds.In the debates about declining oil revenue and the state’s $3.5… Continue reading

Actors Jane Lind, right, Frank Katasse, Erin Tripp, Leeta Gray and Erika Stone, left, rehearse for Perseverance Theatre's production of "Our Voices Will Be Heard" written by Vera Starbard. The world premiere of the play, directed by Larissa FastHorse, opens Friday in Juneau and will also be presented in Hoonah and and Anchorage in February. To read an interview with playwright Starbard and director FastHorse, see this week's Capital City Weekly.

Photo: ‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’

Actors Jane Lind, right, Frank Katasse, Erin Tripp, Leeta Gray and Erika Stone, left, rehearse for Perseverance Theatre’s production of “Our Voices Will Be Heard”… Continue reading

Actors Jane Lind, right, Frank Katasse, Erin Tripp, Leeta Gray and Erika Stone, left, rehearse for Perseverance Theatre's production of "Our Voices Will Be Heard" written by Vera Starbard. The world premiere of the play, directed by Larissa FastHorse, opens Friday in Juneau and will also be presented in Hoonah and and Anchorage in February. To read an interview with playwright Starbard and director FastHorse, see this week's Capital City Weekly.

US Navy sailors released unharmed by Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It turned out to be the international crisis that wasn’t.Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were detained… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By ADAM SCHRECK and ALI AKBAR DAREINI
  • Nation-World

Ocean search for Malaysian airliner finds 2nd shipwreck

CANBERRA, Australia — The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in… Continue reading

Once accommodating neighbors now turn back Syrian refugees

BEIRUT — After taking in a million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has quietly changed course in recent months, forcing refugees to return to Syria — where… Continue reading