On September 6, 1867, Union Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis-not the Confederate president Jefferson Davis-was appointed the first commander of U.S. military forces in the newly established District of Alaska. The following year, Davis ordered Russian residents in Sitka to leave their homes, saying the buildings were needed for Americans. Davis had a controversial […]
U.S. President Joe Biden’s dog Commander has been removed from the White House after a series of biting incidents. “Commander is not presently on the White House campus while next steps are evaluated,” Elizabeth Alexander, communications director for first lady Jill Biden, said in a statement Wednesday. Commander was last seen at the White House […]
A Minneapolis carpenter whom the Associated Press exposed as a former Nazi commander — a charge his family fiercely denied — has died. According to a Hennepin County, Minnesota, death certificate, Michael Karkoc died last month in a nursing home at age 100. The Ukrainian-born Karkoc came to the United States after World War II […]
The sentencing of an Oregon woman who was formerly the Skagway Traditional COuncil’s Tribal Administer was sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $300,000 from the federally recognized tribal organization, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Bryan Shroder on Monday. 64-year-old Delia Commander, of Oregon, who formerly worked for the organization, had previously pleaded guilty […]