ANCHORAGE — State prison officials have released the name of a prisoner who died Sunday morningThe Department of Corrections in a release says 24-year-old Kellsie… Continue reading
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RENTON, Wash. — Despite all of his rapid optimism, there came a point in the NFC wild-card game where doubt creeped into Pete Carroll’s mind.Not… Continue reading
ZURICH — Now score it Lionel Messi 5, Cristiano Ronaldo 3.Messi won the Ballon d’Or trophy on Monday as the world’s best player in 2015,… Continue reading
ZURICH — United States World Cup-winning captain Carli Lloyd has won the FIFA women’s world player of the year award for 2015.Lloyd dominated a worldwide… Continue reading
MEXICO CITY — Actor Sean Penn said he has “nothin’ to hide,” after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with… Continue reading
DAMASCUS, Syria — Aid convoys delivered long-awaited food, medicine and other supplies to three besieged communities Monday, part of a U.N.-supported operation to help tens… Continue reading
TEL AVIV, Israel — An Israeli author whose book was rejected from the national high school curriculum because it depicts a Jewish-Arab love affair is… Continue reading
WATERLOO, Iowa — Hillary Clinton has spent much of her presidential campaign looking past Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, focusing instead on Republicans and the November… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears ready to deliver a major setback to American unions as it considers scrapping a four-decade precedent that lets public-sector… Continue reading
DES MOINES, Iowa — With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday’s Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the… Continue reading
NEW YORK — David Bowie, the chameleon-like star who transformed the sound — and the look — of rock with his audacious creativity and his… Continue reading
A Juneau resident awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges was appointed a new attorney on Monday after a judge found that the Public Defender Agency… Continue reading
If all goes as planned, the Prince of Wales Island community of Whale Pass will become Alaska’s newest incorporated city by the end of 2016.Late… Continue reading
Standard & Poor’s Jan. 5 downgrade of Alaska’s credit ratings, which caught many state leaders by surprise, was triggered by upcoming bond sales, according to… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — An advocate for young Native Americans plans to attend President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address.The Alaska Dispatch News reported 24-year-old… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to ban brown bear baiting and other hunting practices from lands the agency manages in Alaska is… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Former Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley has died at age 88.The Archdiocese of Anchorage says Hurley died at his Anchorage home Sunday evening, two… Continue reading
PALMER — Authorities say a 68-year-old man has died after the tree he was cutting down fell on him in Palmer.Alaska State Troopers responded Saturday… Continue reading
With the Alaska Supreme Court decision in hand, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly decided not to pursue the issue on Saturday.The Supreme Court issued a… Continue reading
