The United States warns of another nuclear test is soon coming from North Korea, the U.S. says that its military satellites have identified “imminent signs” that that country is readying the Punggye-ri proving grounds. This new development comes even as the Kyoto News Agency in Japan reports on leaked documents from a military source in China […]
It was announced by the Department of Justice on Tuesday that Fairbanks man, Etienne Devoe, age 41, was convicted on charges of cocaine possession with intent to distribute on Thursday of last week. After a short trial on Thursday, a jury of 10 women and two men found Devoe Guilty of the charges after only […]
After meeting with the Swiss president, Didier Burkhalter, who is also the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Moscow on Wednesday, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin called on the separatists in Ukraine to postpone the referendum for autonomy in southeastern Ukraine that was scheduled for May 11th. Whether or not the […]
Although the United States is spending more on welfare than ever before, most of that money is going to better-off families rather than the very poorest. Robert A. Moffitt, the Krieger-Eisenhower professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, found that the U.S. has gotten more generous over time in supporting low-income families, spending 74 percent […]