July 12 By Ken Bredemeier The top U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Sunday deplored the political split in the country about getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Polls show that Democrats, who generally are more liberal in their support of government programs, are…

July 11 By Sam Stone U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will meet with Russian officials in Moscow next week, making him the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit Russia so far, at a time when the two countries are at odds. A terse State Department…

July 11 By Sarah Jones A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows white Evangelicals last year experienced “the most precipitous drop in affiliation” among American religious groups since 2006, shrinking from 23 percent of Americans that year to 14 percent in 2020….

July 10 By Lex Treinen Anchorage will not purchase a former Alaska Club gym to turn it into a homeless shelter, throwing a wrench in the Anchorage Assembly’s push to have smaller shelters dispersed around town. A spokesperson confirmed via text message the administration of…

July 10 By John Echohawk Native American voters are waking up to their political power — which means that some politicians threatened by this new reality are trying to take it away from them. State legislatures across the country have introduced bills that target and…

July 9 By Martin Slow Favorable weather conditions have allowed firefighters to bolster protections for structures even as a wildfire burning in interior Alaska had grown on the opposite end, a fire official said Thursday. Nearly 200 firefighters were battling the fire, parts of which…

July 9 By Caroline Downey Haitian government officials said they’ve asked the United States to deploy troops in an auxiliary effort to help shield Haiti’s infrastructure from attack amid the political turbulence the country is experiencing after President Jovenel Moïse’s sudden assassination Wednesday. They requested…

July 8 By Eddie Burkhalter Despite Alabama having the second-lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the nation, hospitalizations rising and the more contagious delta strain quickly becoming dominant, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has no plans to ask for help from newly-formed federal surge response teams. White…

July 8 By Henry Fountain The extraordinary heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest last week would almost certainly not have occurred without global warming, an international team of climate researchers said Wednesday. Temperatures were so extreme — including readings of 116 degrees Fahrenheit in…

July 7 By Aime Williams US president Joe Biden celebrated last week after 130 countries agreed to make significant changes to the international tax system, reaching a consensus after fresh proposals from the US jolted talks that appeared to have hit an impasse. But the…

July 7 By Andrew Kitchenman The portion of the Alaska Permanent Fund protected by the state constitution has grown by $4 billion. That’s the result of a transfer from the fund’s earnings reserve. Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on Thursday he had stopped the $4 billion…

July 6 By Yew Lun Tian Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country that engages in “technology blockades”, an allusion to the United States which views China as its strategic competitor. As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has…