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…

July 5 By Alison Williams The U.N. Special Rapporteur told Belarus on Monday to immediately free some 530 jailed people whom rights groups consider “political prisoners” as Washington’s envoy hinted at the possibility of further economic sanctions against Minsk. Belarusian authorities have cracked down hard…

July 4 By Cliff Groh The state of Alaska has a problem taller than Denali. We cannot pay for our education, roads, public safety and residents’ Permanent Fund dividends. This problem has gotten much worse in recent years, and every year that passes makes it…

July 3 By James Brooks On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy unilaterally cut $215 million from Alaska’s state budget, eliminating increases proposed by the Alaska Legislature and mostly reinstating a budget proposal he introduced at the start of the year. Dunleavy, explaining his vetoes on Thursday,…

July 2 By Rachel Axon The International Olympic Committee is giving athletes slightly more leeway to express views on political and social justice issues, according to new guidance it issued on Friday. Three weeks before the opening of the Tokyo Games, the IOC clarified its…

July 1 By Gordon Corera US and UK intelligence have accused Russian military hackers of being behind an ongoing cyber-campaign to steal emails and other information, including from parliaments. The campaign is primarily focused on the United States and Europe. There are said to be…

June 30 By Mark Thiessen The solemn task of sifting through rocks, twigs and ice to find human remains as small as a fingernail continued this month on a glacier north of Anchorage, nearly 69 years after all 52 members of a military transport flight…