Alaska
Authorities have recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl from a landslide that smashed into homes in an Alaska fishing village days ago. Two are still missing.
Authorities say search and rescue crews have discovered two more bodies in the debris field of a landslide that ripped down a mountainside in southeast Alaska.
An off-duty pilot’s alleged attempt to turn off a plane’s engines last month shows that more safety protocols are needed, a class-action lawsuit states.
"I am not OK," Joseph David Emerson allegedly told two pilots before trying to pull emergency handles that would shut off fuel, turning the airliner "into a glider."
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The state's most-watched popularity contest involves residents choosing one of these animals who's been stocking up for winter.
“I was beating on the van and they’re not moving. I could hear them breaking open the packages and everything."
Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr. "simply adored Mary," the congresswoman's office said.
“There is someone distressed on the camera," an internet user wrote as a soaking wet man emerged from the thick mist in Alaska's Katmai National Park.
The Interior Department also moved to safeguard 13 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve in northern Alaska.
The walrus calf's treatment includes always having a "warm body" to lean against.