WASHINGTON — Experts say North Korea is exploiting the lack of global regulatory controls on cryptocurrency to steal digital currencies to fund its nuclear weapons and missile programs. “Crypto provides Pyongyang with a new form of currency that is significantly less regulated and understood by national governments, financial institutions and international bodies,” Jason Bartlett, a […]
A call reporting shots fired in the Overlook Drive area at just before midnight on Tuesday prompted troopers to respond to the location to investigate. Troopers, upon arrival, would find that 24-year-old Isaac Barnes, who was upset with people in a residence, had discharged rounds through the door. Fortunately, those shots missed any of the […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Thursday to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on July 31, 2020 Ronald Fetuao Maefau, 45, drove a car to an Anchorage apartment […]
A top Russian diplomat has warned that Moscow will respond “militarily” and deploy tactical nuclear weapons, if NATO does not guarantee an end to its eastward expansion. His remarks raise the stakes even higher in the confrontation between Russia and Western powers just days after U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin held a […]