In response, China said it would ban the import of all Japanese ocean products, with one ministry spokesperson calling Japan’s decision “selfish.” At around 1:00 pm local time Thursday, the Tokyo Electric Power Company began to discharge wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, in keeping with the schedule Japan announced Tuesday. In response, South Korean protestors attempted to enter […]
An Iowa man recreating at the Lake Clark National Park with his son was declared deceased in a mishap at the base of the Tanalian Waterfall on Saturday afternoon. AST was informed of the incident at 2:14 pm on Saturday. According to the investigation, two people, a 21-year-old and his father, 47-year-old Matthew Burns, were […]
AST received a call reporting a fatal shooting in the community of Alakanuk early in the morning on Tuesday. As a result of the 1:03 am call, troopers from nearby Emmonak responded and opened a preliminary investigation. Upon arrival, 20-year-old Kobe Cook was found dead at the local clinic from multiple gunshot wounds. The Alaska […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Monday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 22-year-old Anthony Raymond Salazar and 26-year-old Haitim Mahir Taha for the April 7, 2017, murder of Leroy Lawrence in Anchorage. Both defendants pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault for the April 7, 2017, drive-by shooting in […]