Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Alaska Airlines jet taking off in Nashville braked to a rapid stop on the runway to avoid a possible collision Thursday with a Southwest Airlines plane, and federal agencies are investigating the incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said the...

Alaska high court lets man serving a 20-year sentence remain in US House race

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man currently serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on the November ballot in the state’s U.S. House race. In a brief order, a split court affirmed a lower court ruling in a case brought by the Alaska...

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alaska Airlines jet taking off in Nashville braked to a rapid stop on the runway to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane, and federal agencies are investigating the incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Alaska pilots...

Judge allows a man serving a 20-year prison sentence to remain on Alaska ballot

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man who is serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on Alaska’s ranked choice general election ballot in the race for the state’s only U.S. House seat, a judge ruled Tuesday. State Superior Court Judge Ian Wheeles in Anchorage rejected a request by...

Alaska judge is allowing a man serving a 20-year prison sentence to remain on the ballot in the state’s US House race

A man serving a 20-year sentence in New York gets on the ballot for Alaska's lone House seat

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska's general election ballot for the state's lone U.S. House seat this November. Eric Hafner was convicted in 2022 of threatening to kill judges,...

Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In competing developments about reproductive rights in the nation's largest state, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill to expand birth control access while a judge struck down decades-old restrictions on who could perform abortions. The Republican...

Alaska governor vetoes bill requiring insurance cover a year of birth control at a time

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have forced insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of birth control at a time, a measure that supporters said was especially important in providing access in rural areas. ...

Alaska governor vetoes bill requiring insurance providers to cover up to a year of birth control at a time

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. The decision comes out of a 2019 lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, which challenged...