ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard conducted a complex, long-range medevac of a 58-year-old man from a container ship approximately 58 miles south of Adak, Wednesday. Coast Guard Arctic District watchstanders received a medevac request at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday from the crew of the 991-foot Japanese-flagged container ship […]
“A board loaded with defense contractors and one draft-dodging war hawk will decide the future of the US military,” said one observer. “What could possibly go wrong?” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that three men—none of whom have served in the military and two who make billions of dollars from it—will help lead […]
“This event is the worst we’ve seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era,” said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. “There is no precedent.” The botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday night was met with disgust and outrage by death penalty opponents who […]
