ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney S. Lane Tucker announced that a federal grand jury in Alaska returned five unrelated child exploitation indictments in September, emphasizing Alaska law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute cases to keep children safe. “Those who target children for sexual gratification are an urgent threat to our communities,” said U.S. Attorney […]
“It’s a wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it’s too late,” said the Fish and Wildlife Service. “My heart breaks,” one biodiversity advocate said Monday as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 21 species would be removed from the endangered species list due to their extinction. The agency said it had […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count sexual exploitation of a child for production of child pornography and one count possession of child pornography. According to court documents, Michael V. Ross, 32, coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and documented some of the abuse through pictures […]
A staggering new statistic reveals that a record-breaking 92.2 billion animals are exploited and killed yearly for food consumption globally, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This unsettling figure highlights the immense suffering experienced by these animals and underscores the urgent need for change to alleviate the strain on our […]
