‘Jeopardy!’ contestant flubs final clue with Napoleon guess
She came up short. A librarian from suburban Baltimore is getting skewered for failing to correctly identify William H. Seward as the author of an 1867 letter in Monday’s final … Read More
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1 dead, 4 missing after charter boat sinks in Sitka, Alaska
One man died and four other people are missing after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska on Sunday. The Coast Guard began searching for the … Read More
Family of Zachary Porter who drowned in Alaska mud flats speak out
The heartbroken family of a 20-year-old Illinois man who drowned Sunday after getting stuck in quicksand-like silt on Alaska’s mud flats said he loved to travel and was on an … Read More
Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash
The US Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission. The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from … Read More
Ryan Redington wins Alaska sled dog race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main … Read More
Defending Iditarod champion Brent Sass leaves race over health concerns
Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health. Sass scratched at the Eagle Island checkpoint, a statement … Read More
Biden to sign off on $8 billion oil drilling project in Alaska
President Biden is planning to approve an $8 billion oil drilling project on federal land on Alaska’s North Slope next week, according to multiple reports. His expected authorization of ConocoPhillips’ … Read More
Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off
Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking … Read More
Woman pleads guilty to killing ‘best friend’ after $9M offer from man who catfished her online
An Alaska woman admits killing a “best friend” after being catfished by an online stranger who said he’d pay $9 million if he was sent photos and videos of the … Read More
US diverts four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska
The US diverted four Russian aircraft flying near Alaska Monday in what government officials called a “routine intercept.” The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday that it “detected, tracked, … Read More
