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Trump heads to Alaska for high-stakes meeting with Putin on Ukraine’s future

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:45:57 +0000

Putin makes first visit to a Western nation since launching invasion of Ukraine; US president says there is mutual respect and he is confident 'something's going to come out of it'

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Alaska’s Nazi Creek given less offensive name after 2-year campaign

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:17:54 +0000

Small waterway, named in line with alphabetical scheme when US recaptured Kiska Island from Japanese, now called Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, or 'gizzard creek' in local Indigenous language

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Alaska man gets 18 months in prison after vandalizing Jewish museum with swastikas

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:05:15 +0000

Federal authorities initially tracked down Luke Foster due to his unrelated efforts to sell hallucinogenic mushrooms online, for which he was also convicted

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Objects shot down over Alaska, Yukon were balloons, US Senate leader says

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 18:26:23 +0000

Schumer says devices downed from 40,000 feet in air were smaller than Chinese balloon downed off South Carolina earlier this month, officials trying to analyze debris for data

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US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers near Alaska

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:05:29 +0000

North American Aerospace Defense Command says the Tu-95s weren't seen as threat, with incident coming amid heightened tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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Why does a 120-year-old church in Alaska have a prominent Star of David window?

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:20:38 +0000

Locals only have theories about how a seemingly out-of-place icon in the remote town of Sitka got there, but one thing is certain: The beloved landmark spurs conversation

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Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as Trump is tested in Wyoming, Alaska

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:17:26 +0000

Ally of former VP's daughter, who has emerged as a leading Republican adversary of Trump, says her defeat will show 'how much of a stranglehold' the ex-president has on the GOP

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Bear-killing Jewish doctor takes on Santa Claus, Sarah Palin in Alaska House race

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:00:51 +0000

Onetime gold prospector is 1 of 50 candidates in special election, alongside Trump-backed former governor and Bernie Sanders-loving Saint Nicholas

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Anchorage mayor: Anti-maskers’ use of yellow stars as symbol is ‘credit’ to Jews

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:38:10 +0000

Mayor of Alaska's largest city later apologizes for supporting use of Holocaust imagery to liken mask mandates to oppression of Jewish people in Nazi Germany

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Swastika stickers slapped on Alaska Jewish museum, gay bar

Fri, 28 May 2021 12:08:35 +0000

Stickers put up in Anchorage include the text 'WE ARE EVERYWHERE'; rabbi says perpetrator 'is dealing with the wrong people. We are not the people that fear'

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Alaska announces screening changes after issuing ‘3REICH’ license plate

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:41:55 +0000

State opens probe into how plate was issued to individual who previously owned 'FUHRER' plate; member of state Human Rights Commission booted for defending it as freedom of speech

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Alaska to investigate issue of ‘3REICH’ license plate, other offensive plates

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:48:19 +0000

Official opens probe into how plate was issued; member of state Human Rights Commission booted for defending it as freedom of speech

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Alaska health worker has serious allergic reaction to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:20:52 +0000

Pharma firm says it is working with local authorities to assess matter and follows all reports of allergic reactions after vaccination, will 'update labeling language if needed'

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Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan defeats Al Gross in Senate contest

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:38:00 +0000

Incumbent easily reelected with more than 57 percent of the vote over Jewish doctor, giving GOP 50 Senate seats before Georgia runoffs

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‘We believe we will win,’ says Al Gross in Alaska, lagging in Senate bid

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:28:45 +0000

With only about half the votes counted, Democrat believes he can make up ground as mail-in votes are counted

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