Alaska Dispatch News

• Troopers: Regal Air pilot killed in crash near Rainy Pass September 25, 2018
  PALMER — A Regal Air Services pilot died in a plane crash Monday in snowy, mountainous terrain near Rainy Pass in the Alaska Range, authorities say.Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot as 67-year-old Carl David Oberg, a well-known pilot from a Palmer family who taught aviation at Service High School.Troopers were notified Monday afternoon that a wheel-equipped […]
• In speech at the U.N., Trump says U.S. will act to counter ‘global control’ September 25, 2018
  NEW YORK- President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his administration will reject attempts from other nations to impose constraints on the United States, vowing to take action in world affairs based on his judgment about how it would benefit Americans.In a speech before world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly, Trump issued a sharp warning […]
• US all but certain to miss weekend deadline to include Canada in three-way NAFTA deal September 25, 2018
  WASHINGTON - The Trump administration appears virtually certain to miss its weekend deadline for reaching agreement with Canada on a new North American trade deal, according to U.S. officials and people close to the talks.In recent days, officials have issued a series of increasingly pessimistic assessments of the chances of including Canada in the trade […]
• This is not politics as usual -- it is political pyromania September 25, 2018
  WASHINGTON -- One of the dubious advantages of a Supreme Court nomination battle is how it brings into the open some of the vicious, ideological arguments that are normally hidden by shame and discretion. That has certainly been true on the right, with some figures demonstrating a callousness toward the charge of attempted rape that […]
• Instagram co-founders resign in latest Facebook shake-up September 25, 2018
  SAN FRANCISCO - The co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, said late Monday they’re exiting the company they sold to Facebook six years ago, the latest chapter in an extended shakeup of the social media giant.Systrom and Krieger submitted their resignations to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and plan to […]