September 23 By Paul D. Shinkman President Joe Biden called his French counterpart Emanuel Macron on Wednesday and appeared to apologize for not offering more forewarning about Australia’s contentious decision to scrap a deal with France and buy American nuclear submarine technology instead. A readout…

September 22 By Eric Tucker The possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the last 20 years, but the Taliban victory in Afghanistan could embolden U.S.-based extremists at the same time that the FBI is confronting increasing threats from individuals motivated by racial and…

September 22 By Austin McDaniel The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in Alaska’s overall crime rate by 18.5%. This also reflects the lowest total number of…

September 21 By Catherine Clifford In the United States, fighting climate change is a political issue, and it can’t be, according to Bill Gates. “Sadly, the U.S. is one of the worst in the issue being partisan in nature, but we need to change that,”…

September 20 By Robert Burns Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a senior-level review of the investigation that found that 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, were killed in an Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the Pentagon initially said had killed an…

September 20 By Sean Lyngaas Some computer networks at the Alaskan health department are still offline after foreign government-backed hackers breached the department in May, a spokesperson told CNN on Monday. News of the breach first emerged in May, but Alaskan officials now say that…

September 19 By Alan Fram Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs for their plan to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate’s parliamentarian said late Sunday, a crushing blow to what was the party’s clearest…

September 18 By Nomaan Merchant The White House on Friday threatened to impose sanctions against Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other leaders involved in a conflict gripping the Tigray region, where 10 months of fighting have left hundreds of thousands of people facing famine….

September 18 By Adam Bannister The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has warned that a “highly sophisticated” cyber-attack may have exposed residents’ personal data, including financial information. The “malware attack”, which took place in May, has affected “an unknown number of individuals…

September 17 By David Koenig Boasting that government policies can make a difference in improving the economy, President Joe Biden went too far Thursday in taking credit for job growth since taking office. He also made a dubious suggestion that wrongdoing is behind higher gasoline…

September 17 By Annie Berman Alaska, in the midst of what the state epidemiologist described as one of the sharpest surges in the U.S., reported a second consecutive day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 infections as overburdened hospitals continued to operate under intense stress…

September 16 By Matthew Lee President Joe Biden’s decision to form a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China is angering France and the European Union. They’re feeling left out and seeing it as a return to the Trump era. The security…