Alaska health worker gets serious allergic reaction to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, spends night in ICU
The woman’s reaction was believed to be similar to the anaphylactic reactions two health workers in Britain experienced after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week. Like her, both recovered
In final days of Oval Office, Donald Trump pursues policies to make Joe Biden's task more difficult
The president's political appointees are going to extraordinary lengths to try to prevent Biden from rolling back his legacy: filling vacancies on scientific panels, pushing to complete rules that weaken environmental standards, nominating judges and rushing their confirmations
Bigly Yuge: In Alaska, armed bears take charge to protect counting process from Russians, Democrats
The newly drafted bears have been given the power to hug, maul, or kill suspected saboteurs depending on how they are feeling at the time.
US Election 2020: Joe Biden eases ahead in Georgia; Donald Trump attacks election process
Though millions of ballots are yet to be tabulated, Democrat Joe Biden already has received more than 73 million votes, the most in history
When might we learn US Election 2020 Results? Here's a state-by-state estimate
Here’s where things stand on Day Three, when you can expect final results and how to follow along as this extraordinary election unfolds
US Election 2020 Alaska profile: How state voted in 2016, demographics and more
Alaska is a US state on the northwest extremity of the country's West Coast, just across the Bering Strait from Asia
Lost tectonic plate Resurrection has been 'found' under the Pacific Ocean
The researchers think that this lost plate was responsible for the link between the ancient Pacific Ocean and North America.
Landslide in Alaska could lead to ‘mega-tsunami’ within a year, warn scientists
To comment upon the impact the tsunami might leave, experts cited examples of landslide-induced tsunamis in the past in Alaska and Greenland.
Major 7.5-magnitude earthquake off Alaska prompts tsunami fears; no casualties reported
The earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula triggered a number of its own aftershocks shortly after, ranging from 3.5 to 5.9 magnitude
Donald Trump delivers divisive culture war message at Mount Rushmore in bid to win second term, barely mentions pandemic
The scene at Mount Rushmore was the latest sign of how Trump appears, by design or default, increasingly disconnected from the intense concern among Americans about the COVID-19 crisis gripping the country
Alaska officials remove Christopher McCandless' 'Magic Bus' following multiple search-and-rescue operations, deaths
Christopher McCandless hiked to the bus located about 250 miles (402 kilometers) north of Anchorage nearly three decades ago, and the 24-year-old Virginian died from starvation when he couldn’t hike back out because of the swollen Teklanika River.
Into the Wild bus removed from Alaska backcountry in a move to prioritise public safety
The Into the Wild bus, located in a remote area, has long attracted adventurers some of whom have later died or have had to be rescued
Reportage of sparse policing in Alaska villages wins Pulitzer Prize; coverage of Kashmir clampdown, Hong Kong protests gets photography awards
he Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for illuminating the sparse policing of remote Alaska villages, as a delayed awards ceremony recognized writing, photos and — for the first time — audio reporting
For a woman stuck at home in Brooklyn, coronavirus lockdown brings back memories of a decades-old LSD trip
Amid the coronavirus lockdown, all it took was a Bob Dylan song to bring back memories of a summer in Alaska.
Republicans block subpoenas for new proof as US Senate debates norms of trial on Day One; moderates force last-minute reversal in pro-Trump rules
A divided Senate began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday in utter acrimony, as Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts to subpoena witnesses and documents related to Ukraine
Donald Trump on cusp of being impeached by House; US president denounces 'vicious crusade' in letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
The House impeachment resolution says that Trump abused the power of his office and then tried to obstruct the investigation in Congress like "no other'' president in history.
Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra tells US Congress 'terror needs to be eradicated in Kashmir so freedom means something'
Terror needs to be eradicated, so rights and freedoms mean something, a top Indian-American attorney has said as US lawmakers underscored the importance of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
Russia's floating nuclear power plant completes Arctic transfer, reaches Pevek port
The world's northernmost nuclear power plant will start operating once connected to the local electricity grid.
Alaskan seals are mysteriously dying since last year and authorities can't figure out why
NOAA, the agency looking after the marine life, is looking at possible ecosystem influences, including diminished sea ice.
Microbes in the Tundras could blow the roof off global warming with their emissions
Microbes react very quickly — within five to seven years — to even slight changes in the climate.