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  • Elon MuskLaw

    Tesla 3 suddenly accelerated into utility pole and burst into fmales, wrongful death lawsuit claims

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • Mark WarrenNorth America

    Motorcycle diplomacy: Putin gifts $22k Ural bike to Alaska man who went viral for his Russian wheels

    By The Associated Press and Mark Thiessen
  • Pam BondiPolitics

    Pam Bondi dismisses charges against Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away $28,000 worth of Covid vaccines

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard/Courtesy of Air Station Kodiak via AP, File)Finance

    Cargo ship that was delivering 3,000 new cars to Mexico sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. (U.S. Coast Guard/Courtesy Air Station Kodiak via AP)Environment

    Ship in North Pacific carrying 3,000 cars catches fire, forcing 22 crew members to be rescued from lifeboat

    By Mark Thiessen, Lisa Baumann, and others
  • A view at the beginning point of the Trans Alaska Pipeline SystemEnvironment

    Trump wants to double oil flowing through Alaska’s pipelines and build a massive natural gas project as its ‘big, beautiful twin’

    By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen, and others
  • Rob Blackwell stands next to an EV he started leasing right before U.S. President Donald Trump announced expansive new import tariffs, in Richmond, Va., on April 3, 2025. (Maia Curtis via AP)Retail

    Americans scramble to buy cars, laptops and other big-ticket items before tariffs kick in — ‘who knows what next Wednesday might be like’

    By Claire Rush, Mark Thiessen, and others
  • This image taken from video provided by Mountain Mind Media/Alaska Gear Company shows a plane from Alaska Turkey Bomb, which was started by Esther Keim to air drop frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving to people living in remote rural Alaska, flying in November 2024, in Alaska. (Mountain Mind Media/Alaska Gear Company via AP)Lifestyle

    ‘Alaska Turkey Bomb’ pilot drops frozen birds to rural residents who can’t run to the grocery store for Thanksgiving

    By Mark Thiessen, Becky Bohrer, and others
  • A portrait of a young woman in a tropical settingLifestyle

    Stunning tourist paradise marred by fatal plane crashes

    By Mark Thiessen, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, and others
  • IditarodEnvironment

    PETA outraged by 2 dog deaths in Iditarod, calls for ‘despicable race to end’

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • Pack of sled dogsEnvironment

    Snowmobile company employee charged with reckless driving after slamming into sled team and killing 3 dogs in Alaska

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Nihal Mico takes a photo of her sister-in-law Isil Mico as she poses with her daughter Lorena in front of Snowzilla, a snowman measuring more than 20 feet tall, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 10, 2024. Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero and Anchorage seeing some of its coldest temperatures in years as the mayor of the state’s largest city opened warming facilities for those who are homeless or who don’t have reliable heating. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)Environment

    It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and Anchorage told 1,000 businesses to vacate until snow is removed from their rooftops

    By Mark Thiessen, Becky Bohrer, and others
  • This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a reported fire aboard the 410-foot cargo vessel Genius Star XI, approximately 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023. The large cargo ship with a fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. (Lt.Cmdr. Michael Salerno/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)Tech

    A load of lithium-ion batteries has been burning for 5 days aboard a cargo ship now being kept 2 miles from Alaska’s shore

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • Washington stateEnvironment

    Tire industry scrambles to replace 60-year-old chemical hazardous to salmon: ‘One of the biggest environmental issues that the world hasn’t known about’

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
  • Roger KroneLeadership

    The Boy Scouts’ new CEO is a former Eagle Scout who once led a $15 billion defense contractor

    By Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press