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How many kids are in foster care?

The US foster care system serves over 600,000 kids annually. West Virginia, Alaska, and Montana have the highest rates.

USAFacts

Meet the California firefighter ‘super commuters’ traveling 2,000 miles for work

As cost of living continues to rise in the Golden state, some first responders have moved to Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Florida – even Alaska

The Guardian - US

Watch a see-through squid with demon-like eyes swim in Alaska's deep waters

The see-through cephalopod was spotted by researchers exploring the deep sea surrounding Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

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“I'm not going to get lost like I did 10 years ago” – hiker gets lost, again

Two hikers have been found alive after spending eight days lost in the Alaskan wilderness

Advnture

Tennessee hikers who went missing in Alaska found alive after desperate search

Jonas Bare, 50, was spotted by hikers at the the Chena Hot Springs Resort on Friday evening and then led Alaska Troopers to his wife, Cynthia Hovesepian

The Independent UK

Fisker Releases Alaska And Ronin Details, Tesla's New Charger, Cybertruck Updates

This week's episode of the InsideEVs podcast discusses the Fisker Alaska and Ronin, as well as Tesla's new home charger and Cybertruck updates.

InsideEVs

Study finds 'rare but real risk' of tsunami threat to parts of Alaska's largest city

Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of coastal Anchorage under certain conditions

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US Army soldier accused of killing his wife in Alaska faces court hearing

A U.S. Army soldier is accused of killing his wife in Alaska after a night out celebrating his 21st birthday

The Independent UK

Desperate search for Tennessee couple who disappeared on Alaska vacation five days ago

Police located the vehicle rented by Jonas Bare, 50, and Cynthia Hovsepian, 37, on Saturday at Chena Hot Springs Resort, a popular destination about 60 miles outside of Fairbanks

The Independent UK

'We were freaking out': Scientists left 'flabbergasted' by detailed dinosaur footprints covering a cliff in Alaska

A 20-story rock face in Alaska known as "The Coliseum" is covered with layers of footprints belonging to a range of dinosaurs, including a tyrannosaur.

LiveScience

Fisker Alaska Electric Truck Revealed With 340-Mile Range, $45,400 Price

The brand claims the electric truck will be the lightest and the world’s most sustainable.

Motor1

The story of how the deadliest virus to humans was revived

In August 1997, Johan Hultin requested permission to exhume a mass grave in Alaska, hoping to find the recipe for the deadliest virus ever known: the 1918 Spanish flu. Scientists routinely engineer viruses, but need nature to create them first. Jeffery Taubenberger wanted to understand why some flu strains caused…

The Hindu

These interns took selfies with all 100 senators. Here's what they discovered

Interns in Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's office doggedly tracked down all 100 senators, and took a selfie with them. Here's how they described some of those encounters.

WEKU

Fisherman pulls up record rockfish from 1,000 feet of water

Fishing deep waters in Alaska, Keith DeGraff hooked up to what he thought was a halibut, not a black cod, the target. Turns out, it was neither.

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The Independent UK

US soldier pleaded for help finding missing wife after allegedly killing her and stuffing body in storm drain

Saria Hildabrand, 21, an Alaska National Guard combat medic, was last seen on 6 August when she left the couple’s Anchorage apartment and walked to work

The Independent UK

Off Alaska coast, research crew peers down, down, down to map deep and remote ocean

A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world's deepest and most remote waters

The Independent UK

Rescued walrus calf that was receiving cuddles as part of his care in Alaska dies

A walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope last week and who received cuddles as part of his care after being rescued has died

The Independent UK

Anchorage, Alaska city guide: What to do and where to stay in the capital of America’s last frontier

Alaska’s largest city is a place to climb mountains and meet local wildlife, discovers Alan Dymock, with post-adventure refreshments available in 12 different breweries to delight beer drinkers

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‘Glacial Outburst Flood’ Sweeps Away Homes In Alaska Capital

A local emergency was declared after the Mendenhall River reached record levels due to water originating from a nearby glacier.

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Generational shift ushers in new era for Senate earmarks split - Roll Call

The retirement of key senators last year is reflected in the state-by-state distribution of earmarked dollars in fiscal 2024 spending bills.

The Independent UK

After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses

Residents in Alaska’s capital city have lived with periodic glacial dam outbursts for more than a decade

The Independent UK

Federal report sheds new light on Alaska helicopter crash that killed 3 scientists, pilot

A helicopter that crashed on Alaska’s North Slope in July, killing three state scientists and the pilot, stopped sending flight-status data to a real-time tracking system as it passed over the southeastern shoreline of an Arctic lake

Al Jazeera

Alaska’s bursting ice dam highlights threat of glacial floods worldwide

While little known in US, glacial flooding could threaten about 15 million people around the world, researchers say.

The Independent UK

Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe

The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska's capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world

The Independent UK

Authorities assess damage after flooding from glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital

Raging waters from a weeked outburst of water from a glacier-dammed lake destroyed two buildings and undermined others but are now receding in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau

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