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Told roommates will return in 2 weeks: Indian student missing during solo trip to Alaska, mobile phone switched off

An Indian student from Andhra Pradesh, Hari Karasani, has been reported missing in the US during his solo trip to Alaska. The Alaska State Troopers issued a missing persons bulletin giving Karasani’s details and seeking information on whether anyone saw him. The police report said Hari Karasani was reported missing on January 3. He was […]

River in northern Alaska turns orange due to rising heavy metal pollution | World News

A river in northern Alaska made the scientific community focus on it recently after parts of its waterway had changed their colour dramatically, a fact that led to the establishment that the source was beneath the ground, not just a temporary surface change. The change in colour has been connected to the fact that the […]

Alaska Airlines ground all flights: What caused the nationwide disruption?

Alaska Airlines on Thursday grounded its flights at all airports. The ground stop also applies to Alaska Airlines’ subsidiary Horizon Air, a Federal Aviation Administration advisory showed, which was requested for a period of 1 hour 10 minutes ending at 0000 GMT, according to the advisory. Why were the Airlines grounded? The Alaska airline grounded […]

‘Momentum from Trump-Putin meeting gone’: Russia on Alaska summit; blames ‘Europeans’

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15 Nearly two months after US President Donald Trump hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on the Ukraine war, a senior Russian official said on Wednesday that the “powerful momentum” from that meeting has “largely faded.““Unfortunately, we must admit that the powerful momentum generated […]

Chaos at Alaska fair: Armed man brandishes weapon, 24-year-old fights heroically to disarm suspect – video

Armed man brandishes weapon, 24-year-old fights heroically to disarm suspect What could have ended in tragedy at the Alaska State Fair turned into an act of heroism when a 24-year-old bystander leapt into action, disarming a man who pulled a gun during a sprawling brawl.The melee erupted Monday night among a group of at least […]

Alaska bear attack: Woman mauled and dragged 100 yards; family raises $63,700 for care

A routine morning jog in Kenai, Alaska, turned into a fight for survival when 36-year-old Ariean Fabrizio Colton was viciously attacked by a brown bear and dragged more than 100 yards down the road. The incident happened around 5 AM on Tuesday, just moments after Colton stepped outside her home. Wildlife officials said the bear […]

Alaska meeting: Donald Trump hand-delivers first lady’s letter to Vladimir Putin — here’s what it said

US First Lady Melania Trump wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing concerns over the abduction of children in Ukraine, White House officials revealed on Friday. US President Trump personally delivered the letter, authored by his Slovenian-born wife, to President Putin during their high-stakes summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on […]

What Happens When a Small Town Loses Its Radio Station?

Since Congress approved President Trump’s request to claw back $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting, local stations in rural areas are at risk of going dark. Megan Mineiro, a congressional reporter for The New York Times, went to rural Alaska to see how the cuts affect one radio station and a town that relies […]

Alaska summit: Putin paid cash to refuel planes, says Rubio; sanctions block banking access

Vladimir Putin (left), Donald Trump (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s delegation had to pay in cash for jet fuel, when he visited Alaska on August 15, for a high-stakes meeting with US President Donald Trump, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said, citing ongoing US banking sanctions against Moscow.“When the Russians landed in Alaska, they […]

They told me I am viral in Russia: Who is Mark Warren, an Alaska man who gets a personal gift from Putin?

Mark Warren with Putin’s gift which was inspired by his Soviet-era motorbike. (Photo: Anchorage Daily News) Mark Warren, an Alaska man, received a personal gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin after Putin came to Alaska to meet President Donald Trump. It is a new Ural motorbike but Warren never met Putin. The gift follows a […]