The U.S. state of North Carolina sued the federal government Monday to keep its law requiring transgender people to use restrooms that correspond to their gender at birth rather than their self-identified gender. The country’s Justice Department last week claimed the state law violated national civil rights standards. It gave North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory […]
SEOUL—The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea for its submarine launched ballistic missile test Saturday, calling it “another serious violation” of existing U.N. resolutions. In a statement issued Sunday, the Council said these missile activities “contribute to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s development of nuclear weapons delivery systems,” while increasing global tensions. […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they have apprehended an Anchor Point man who “was a person of interest in several recent crimes in the Homer area.” Homer police had issued a request to the public for information of his whereabouts earlier in the day. Troopers responded to a possible sighting of 29-year-old Anchor Point man, […]
At 7:13 pm on New Years Eve, Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla performed a traffic stop on a 2002 Saturn sedan for equipment violations on Copper Creek Road. During the traffic stop, the trooper observed a passenger in the vehicle attempting to ingest drug paraphernalia. When the trooper ordered the passenger, identified as 27-year-old Geoffery […]