ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker Sunday ordered all Alaska state flags to be lowered in honor of the people of France and the victims of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. This action follows a proclamation by President Barack Obama to lower all United States flags in honor of those who were killed in this tragic […]
It is Veterans Day in the United States, with President Barack Obama saluting the men and women who have served in the country’s armed forces and are serving now. He hosted a breakfast Wednesday for veterans and their families at the White House, and later laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in […]
The Canadian company behind a proposed pipeline that will carry oil from Canada to the United States has asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its review of the controversial project. TransCanada announced Monday that it had sent a letter to U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry to halt the review of Keystone XL […]
U.S. President Barack Obama is taking steps Monday to ease the path of inmates being released from prisons across the country to find new jobs and subsidized housing. Obama plans to visit a residential drug-treatment center in Newark, New Jersey, to focus on efforts to help those who have completed sentences for criminal offenses to […]