“These volunteers are not subject to Israeli jurisdiction and cannot be criminalized for delivering aid or challenging an illegal blockade—their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end immediately.” Israeli forces early Monday boarded the Madleen, a United Kingdom-flagged vessel carrying humanitarian aid, and detained its crew members as they sought to deliver food, children’s prosthetics, […]
“We write to urge you to do everything in your power to ensure the safety of the ship and its unarmed, civilian passengers and the success of their peaceful, humanitarian mission to deliver lifesaving aid,” the letter says. As the Madleen drew closer to Gaza on its mission to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib led […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 47-year-old Trevor Babcock to 70 years with 20 years suspended, for a total 50 years of active jail time to serve with 10 years of probation to follow for the stabbing death of Elsie Jackson on Nov. 22, 2019. Babcock stabbed Ms. Jackson seven times while […]
Youth in Sitka spent five months testing the water as part of an ocean acidification education program called 4-H pH. 4-H pH is led by personnel from three units at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: 4-H program assistant Jasmine Shaw with the Cooperative Extension Service, Christina Buffington with the Geophysical Institute and Natalie Monacci with […]