(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, an Anchorage jury convicted 34-year-old Phillip Maxwel Barger of one count of Second-Degree Murder, one count of Manslaughter, one count of Burglary, and one count of Fourth-Degree Assault for murdering 88-year-old Francisco “Frank” Martin Jr. on July 1, 2023. At trial, the evidence showed that Phillip Barger entered the home of […]
JUNEAU – Lat3e last week, House Bill 228 became law without the Governor’s signature. HB 228, a bipartisan piece of legislation, sponsored by Representative Jennie Armstrong, aims to prepare the State of Alaska for the adoption of psychedelic medicines by the Food and Drug Administration. These medicines have the potential to be the first in […]
“Their goal is to destroy our Social Security system,” one advocate for seniors said of Republican politicians. Social Security defenders have long argued that former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office could spell disaster for seniors, and a nonpartisan government analysis released Wednesday bolsters their warnings. U.S. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) […]
“Trump’s threat to blow Iran’s largest cities and the country itself ‘to smithereens’ is an outrageous threat that should be widely condemned,” said the National Iranian American Council. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat on Wednesday to blow Iran “to smithereens” if he returns to power was condemned by a leading Iranian American advocacy group […]