BRUSSELS — The Brussels attacks have given a boost to the far right in Belgium and beyond, and their anti-Islam language is finding a special… Continue reading
KOLKATA, India — A long section of an overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood and sent tons of concrete and steel… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Thursday to cooperate to confront the North Korean nuclear threat while working to narrow… Continue reading
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s governor met Thursday with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal… Continue reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it… Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — Denzel Valentine of Michigan State is The Associated Press Player of the Year, edging out Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield by three votes. Valentine… Continue reading
INDIANAPOLIS — Geno Auriemma marvels at what his colleagues accomplished this season.In six short years, Oregon State coach Scott Rueck took a program that needed… Continue reading
Five female players from the World Cup-winning U.S. national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the… Continue reading
March Madness lived up to its billing with all those upsets, crazy finishes and memorable performances.Now that the calendar is turning to April, it’s time… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska wasn’t even a state yet when thousands of Alaska Natives volunteered for a citizens militia to protect the vast U.S. territory from… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A tiny village in Alaska’s interior is getting $450,000 in federal funding for repairs to a fire-damaged building housing the water treatment system.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A Catholic bishop in Juneau told the House Judiciary Committee that the church reversed a 75-year-old policy of allowing people of other faiths… Continue reading
Speaking to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott recalled a time when he was homesick.Attending college in Washington state, he couldn’t exactly… Continue reading
A proposed Alaska Constitutional amendment that failed to pass the 28th Alaska Legislature by accident is advancing toward a final vote in the 29th Legislature.Senate… Continue reading
For approximately two and a half hours Thursday, Juneau students were able to take their standardized exams. Then a familiar error screen appeared.“They were getting… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Oil and gas tax credits are setting up to be a major debate as the Alaska Legislature enters what are supposed to be… Continue reading
The Alaska House postponed consideration of a foster care reform bill on Thursday morning but still found time for a little yoga.House Bill 305, by… Continue reading
Water damage remains on the second-floor ceiling of the Department of Environmental Conservation building on Willoughby Avenue. An estimated 550 gallons of water flooded the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A House Judiciary committee will hear testimony Wednesday afternoon on a bill that protects religious officials and others who refuse to perform same… Continue reading
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