“As eccentric and provocative as Elon Musk wants people to think he is, he’s really just another corporate billionaire who wants to avoid accountability.” Tesla founder Elon Musk has spent his career cultivating the image of a provocateur who’s driven by a passionate commitment to free speech and technological innovation—but a new report by consumer advocacy group Public […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with being a felon in possession of a firearm during an encounter with the police. According to court documents and a press release from the Anchorage Police Department (APD), on Sept. 23, 2024, Jalen Baker, 23, possessed a firearm […]
Two mountaineers who are also University of Alaska Fairbanks students were successful in their attempt to reach the top of North America’s highest peak in summer 2024. On June 7, while they were standing 20,310 feet above sea level, they pulled plastic bottles from their down jackets. They stuffed snow inside those bottles to sample […]
“Making a million-dollar prize contingent on registering to vote is illegal,” said election law analyst Rick Hasen. Election law experts said over the weekend that billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s latest ploy to entice voters in battleground states to sign his “petition in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms” appears to […]