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Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, according to information from Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office

“We don’t anticipate a continual stream of individuals or a flotilla of individuals.”

Two Russians fleeing military service have claimed asylum in the United States after arriving by boat in Alaska, authorities said on Thursday.

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, a senator's office said.

I have been catching up with ABC's recently premiered "The Rookie: Feds," in which Niecy Nash-Betts stars as a middle-aged high school guidance counselor turned FBI "probie." (I say "middle-aged," but that isn't a description that sticks easily to Nash-Betts.) It's an over-the-top action cartoon, in which scenes dealing with…

"Spotlight" director Tom McCarthy isn't done investigating journalism.

Here’s how we’re introduced to Eileen Fitzgerald, the veteran investigative journalist played by two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank in the new ABC drama “Alaska Daily.” She’s working on a big expose for a New York paper when someone lower down the food chain approaches her with concerns about her source.…

Hilary Swank has announced she's pregnant with twins and says that revelation might explain some of her actions on set of her new ABC series “ Alaska Daily.” “You don’t tell for 12 weeks for a certain reason. But then, like, you’re growing and you’re using the bathroom a lot…

Hilary Swank has announced she’s pregnant with twins and says that revelation might explain some of her wardrobe alterations and other actions on set of her new ABC series “Alaska Daily."

Workplace drama follows the disgraced journalist as she moves north to start over in Anchorage.

If hypocrisy in politics turns you off, the election you need is in Alaska, where the candidates are voraciously out for themselves. You can vote beginning Wednesday.