Native Americans have been largely absent from the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. But that could soon change. Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, and if predictions are correct, could become the first Native American woman in Congress. “Tonight, we made history,” […]
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Rio Bravo, Texas, shot and killed an undocumented immigrant Wednesday, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP said in a news release the law enforcement officer was responding to a report of “illegal activity near a culvert where he discovered the group of three migrants.” During the […]
On Wednesday, an Anchorage Grand Jury handed down indictments for Robbery for four Anchorage residents as a result of a January Mountain View robbery of a woman there. 37-year-old Steven Thomas, 36-year-old Sarah Orazio, 43-year-old Sheila Wilson, and 54-year-old Keith Wilson were each charged with a single count of Robbery II. Thomas was also charged […]
Police arrested a Ted Stevens Airport air traffic controller for a violent assault that occurred on Tuesday in the area of Wisconsin and 36th, APD reports. According to the report, a woman, the victim in the case, was near Minnesota Drive and Spenard Road, when the suspect, now identified as 33-year-old Justin Schneider, offered her […]