SEOUL—The United States and China reached an agreement Wednesday on imposing new U.N. sanctions on North Korea for its recent nuclear test and long-range missile launch. Details have yet to be released on the proposed measure. The U.N. Security Council is set to hold closed consultations on the issue Thursday. The U.S.-China agreement is expected […]
A federal grand jury handed down indictments against two Anchorage men for “assaulting a Deputy United States Marshal with a deadly and dangerous weapon while he was engaged in his official duties,” it was announced by the Department of Justice on Thursday. Anchorage residents, Leigaga Selau Amituanai, aka “G,” 26, and Sulu Faamolemole, aka “Chase,” 26, were indicted […]
The new terror alert system used to inform the public of terror threats, has received an upgrade, and that upgrade was unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday. Gone is the familiar five-layer, green-to-red, color-coded system that was introduced during the Bush administration following the 9-11 attacks, and set aside […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation Monday filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Alaskan John Sturgeon, who is suing the National Park Service over being forced off the Nation River for using a hovercraft to hunt moose, something that he had been doing for decades. […]