Alaska

The animal was shot and killed because it was trying to eat "improperly stored whale meat," prosecutors alleged.

The University of Alaska said it would make every attempt to ensure students could complete their program, but said it may not be possible.

"We saw that microbial communities respond quite rapidly—within four or five years—to even modest levels of warming," said an author of the study.

On the Fourth of July, temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska reached 90 degrees for the first time ever, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Small boats in the bay rushed to the aid of those aboard the aircraft, which came in to land close to the city of Ketchikan.

Under federal law, vessels must keep at least 100 yards from humpback whales in Alaska.

"Let us embrace the impulse to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil so that we may let go of comforting delusions and see the truth in the world. It is done, hail Satan. Thank you."

Darin Schilmiller has been indicted along with five others in relation to the killing of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman on June 2.

The Alaskan Coast Guard rescued a 61-year-old woman on Tuesday and a 62-year-old woman on Wednesday.

The whales, capable of diving thousands of feet into the ocean, are little-understood by scientists.

Mainland Alaska and mainland Russia are only roughly 55 miles apart, and the two share a chain of islands known as the Aleutian Islands, meaning such incidents are not unprecedented.

The men did not know they were being filmed.

The jury held Royal Caribbean 70 percent responsible for the passenger's death.

"For now, the working hypothesis is that I will run it as long as I can be competitive doing it."

"NORAD's top priority is defending Canada and the United States," General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, the NORAD commander, said.

The flight flew from Boston to Buffalo and back again before passengers finally got on a plane that would take them to L.A.

It was just trying to keep warm.

Four million people living in the Arctic permafrost area will be affected by damage to infrastructure.

The quake struck about nine miles away from the largest city in the state.

Ice Poseidon claimed he was shot at in Alaska, which caused him to drive off-road and into a ditch.

Research has revealed fascinating new details about the ancient history of the Americas.

Federal officials launched a probe after 15 Steller sea lions were found dead at the mouth of the Copper River.

The eruption has created a 12,000 foot ash cloud.

A brief argument over the seating of two homeless men at an Alaska café boiled over into social media threats and accusations of racism before vandals ultimately broke in and destroyed the Anchorage, Alaska restaurant.

Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening in an ocean that was once locked in ice.

The winner, 409 Beadnose, did not respond to a request for comment.

Track Palin, 29, is alleged to have hit his former partner in front of their 2-year-old son.

The female bear and her two cubs were killed following the attack.

William McCormick, 28, and Zachary Tennyson, 19, were hunting in the area around Carter Lake.

A 14-year-old boy was rescued from the water, but three others remain missing.