The political impasse over President Barack Obama's health care law continues on Capitol Hill, after Congress missed a midnight deadline to extend federal funding. The Democratically-controlled Senate has rejected a last minute measure by House Republicans, and both sides are blaming the other for shutting down major parts of the U.S. government.
While conducting the 2013 aerial survey taking place this month, NOAA scientists observed thousands of walrus hauling out on a remote barrier island near Point Lay.
As 42-year-old Wasilla resident Jeffery Burwell was taking off from Wasilla on Monday to go on a bear hunting trip in King Salmon when he ran into trouble in his Super Cub PA-18.
As many as three people were killed when a Cessna Citation 525A came in for a landing at Santa Monica airport, veered from the runway and crashed into a hanger bursting into flames on Monday.