JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau transferred custody of the fishing vessel Yin Yuan, a 191-foot fishing vessel seized 625 miles east of Tokyo, Japan in the North Pacific Ocean, for large-scale high seas drift net fishing, to the China coast guard vessel 2102 on Tuesday in the East China Sea. A […]
Fugitive self-proclaimed spy and NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden says he wants to return home to the United States.In his first interview on U.S. television, Snowden toldNBC-TV newsman Brian Williams Wednesday that he sees himself as a patriot, but that until he can return to the U.S. he plans to ask Russia to extend his […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the achievement of a milestone to address challenges associated with responding to oiled, injured, or sick polar bears in the wild. In April, a brand new polar bear holding module and two smaller transport cages arrived in Anchorage and will soon be shipped to Prudhoe Bay, […]
WHITE HOUSE — The United States has filed charges against five Chinese military officials it accuses of stealing business secrets from American companies.Obama administration officials say the criminal indictments – the first of their kind against foreign government officials – are meant to send a message that the U.S. wants China to stop stealing cyber secrets.“We have […]