The Latest Breaking News from Alaska

Pentagon shoots down unknown object flying in U.S. airspace

The Pentagon has shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

US shoots down unknown object off coast of Alaska

An unknown object described as the size of a small car has been shot down in US airspace off the coast of Alaska, the White House says.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

US shoots down unknown flying object off the coast of Alaska

The US military has shot down an unknown object flying in US airspace off the coast of Alaska on the orders of President Joe Biden, White House officials said.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

Human skull found nearly 50 years after man mauled to death by bear while hiking

Gary Frank Sotherden was reported missing in the late 1970s. A skull was later discovered by hunters in 1997 along the Porcupine River in Alaska, US, but police couldn't extract any DNA

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Polar bear that killed a mother and her baby son in Alaska 'was in poor health'

The pair were mauled to death as they walked from school to a medical clinic

Wales Online · Feb 7, 2023

Human skull found in Alaska two decades ago belongs to man mauled by bear in 1976

Nearly 50 years after Gary Sotherden vanished while hiking in the remote Alaska interior, the mystery of his death has been solved through DNA

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Polar bear in fatal Alaska attack was in poor health

Officials say a polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby Jan. 17 in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

U.S. shoots downs Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2023

A skull found in 1997 in remote part of Alaska actually belongs to a New York man

Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Skull found in '97 in remote Alaska belongs to New York man

Alaska authorities say a skull found in a remote part of the state’s Interior in 1997 belongs to a New York man who likely died in a bear mauling

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023