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Delta Air Lines takes top spot with Alaska Airlines second, Southwest remains high despite holiday meltdown

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Dunleavy says he wants Alaska to be the nation’s ‘most pro-life state’

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he wanted to make Alaska “the most pro-life state in the entire country” during his annual address to the Legislature, marking the Republican governor’s second term in office.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Alaskan Wolves Have Eaten So Many Deers They’re Now Hunting Sea Otters

Scientists claim that wolves have recently turned to sea otters as their primary prey.

Zenger · Jan 24, 2023

Pictures released of mother killed with baby by polar bear outside Alaska school

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the family

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Polar bear emerged unseen from squall to kill mother, son

Officials in Alaska say a mother and her 1-year-old boy were killed by a polar bear this week as she walked about 150 yards from a school to a health clinic

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

UK snow forecast: Warnings as 10inches to fall in -8C freeze making it colder than Alaska

The Met Office has yellow warnings for ice and snow in Scotland and the west of the country that will run during Thursday morning with temperatures dropping to -8C

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Woman and year-old son identified as victims in fatal polar bear mauling in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A day after an extremely rare attack by a polar bear in the Northwest Alaska village of Wales on Tuesday, authorities identified the victims as a mother and her young son.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Mother and one-year-old son killed in rare polar bear attack

The ‘traumatic’ attack occurred on Tuesday near a school in an isolated Alaska Native village in the northwest US.

Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2023

Rare attack: 2 dead in polar bear mauling in Alaska village

A polar bear chased several residents around a small Alaska Native village, killing two people before a community resident shot and killed the bear

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023