This Day in Alaska History-December 4th, 1919
Both Stabbing Suspects Identified and Arrested in Thursday’s Fourth Avenue Stabbing
Anchorage police released the identity of the second of two stabbing suspects as 21-year-old Kevin Dempsey. The name of the first suspect, 19-year-old Donald Sparks was released shortly after his arrest on Thursday night. Dempsey was arrested near 7th and C Street on Saturday. The investigation found that Dempsey and Sparks had walked up to […]
Dempsey: Lack of Credibility Will Aid Terrorist Group ISIL’s Collapse
WASHINGTON – Though U.S. and coalition airstrikes are destroying facilities and equipment controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the terrorist group ultimately will fail because the people it’s trying to control will reject its ideology, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview broadcast today. Appearing on […]
Pentagon Chief: Coalition Airstrikes Against ISIS to Intensify
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State militants will intensify in the future as Iraqi ground forces work to become more effective. Hagel told a U.S. congressional committee Thursday the “tempo and intensity” of the coalition’s air campaign against IS will accelerate in tandem with Iraqi forces as they become […]