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The 87-years-old Alaskan congressman announced he is "feeling strong" despite testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

Shannon Caton lunged at the predator and grabbed her shotgun after she came face-to-face with it outside her home.

The U.S. recorded 91,295 coronavirus cases on Thursday—the largest single-day rise since the outbreak began.

One witness described the event as an "enormous ball of light in the sky," as scientists say remains of the meteorite may have landed north of Innoko River.

Sections of the Alaska peninsula coast were under tsunami warnings on Monday after a quake struck in the North Pacific.

The bear charged at the child in "a predatory manner," state officials said.

Scientists warn that an unstable mountain slope above Barry Arm could collapse, triggering a massive landslide.

A few miles from the northernmost tip of the U.S., a couple from Cuba and Mexico serve locals who grew up on bowhead whale.

"It is reassuring that both known infections caused self-limiting illness. However, much remains unknown about the epidemiology and pathology of Alaskapox virus," a state bulletin has said.

The annual week-long celebration is a March Madness bracket-style tournament, honoring the animals as they get ready to hibernate for the winter.

Alaska's August 18 primary election occurred without any of the estimated 130 residents in the newly constructed village of Mertarvik receiving a ballot.

David Small from Eagle in Alaska, who came up with the idea, said other presidents had streets named after them and described Trump as "God's right arm."

The bear was deemed to pose a "significant risk to public safety" by wildlife officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

An investigation into the attack is now underway, the National Park Service has said.

"I did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Justice Scalia," the Republican senator from Alaska said.

As total U.S. deaths approach 200,000, these states have avoided the worst of the pandemic.

New infections were reported to be declining in 28 states across the U.S., including California, Florida and Arizona.

The patient, Veronica Wilhelm, said during the trial she "obviously wouldn't have approved" the procedure and described the dentist's actions as "dangerous".

Robert Hansen murdered at least 17 women in Alaska in the 1970s and 80s.

American fishing vessels encountered Russian military drills off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday and were reportedly ordered to leave the area.

U.S. Northern Command said the submarine was taking part in Russian military drills in international waters.

Average daily new cases have been on an upward trend in several states in the Midwest, including Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.

The administration announced a leasing program on Monday that will open up more than 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration.

Telehealth services are essential for rural Americans.

A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children's Hospital Association showed a 40 percent increase in COVID-19 cases diagnosed among U.S. children during the last two weeks of July.

The restaurant's co-owner said he doesn't believe he was endangering anyone.

"This is very discouraging news and not what we had hoped for," said UnCruise CEO Dan Blanchard on Wednesday.

The 211-mile road would give private mining companies access, through the Northwest Alaska wilderness, to the Ambler Mining District.

Greenpeace estimates over 19 million hectares of land—an area bigger than Greece—has burned since the start of 2020.