San Francisco Embraces Amsterdam-Style Marijuana Lounges
Only California permits marijuana smoking at pot retailers with specially designed lounges. Unsurprisingly, San Francisco is the trailblazer.
Aftershocks Follow Alaska Earthquake
A magnitude 7.9 temblor strikes off an island in the Gulf of Alaska. No injuries are reported, and a tsunami warning is canceled after a few hours.
Interior Secretary Accused of Engaging in 'Political Blackmail' After Senator's Trumpcare Vote
Critics chastise Ryan Zinke for allegedly targeting Sen. Lisa Murkowski as payback for her refusal to go along with the GOP's health care plan.
The Navy's Anti-Environmental Broadside in the Gulf of Alaska
In May, U.S. warships will sail to the gulf and engage in activities that could poison those once-pristine waters.
Global 'Compost Bomb' Slowly Detonates as Previously Frozen Soil 'Breathes Out' Greenhouse Gases
Warming is causing soil-based microorganisms to release carbon dioxide in a potentially catastrophic process that could add at least as much carbon to the atmosphere as the fossil fuel industry emitted in the mid-20th century, a study finds.
Bernie Sanders Gets Big Boost With Landslide Wins in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii Caucuses (Updated)
The Vermont senator remains an underdog in the Democratic race, but he still likes his chances to capture the nomination over Hillary Clinton.
Sarah Palin Takes the GOP Campaign to New Lows
Palin's endorsement of front-runner Donald Trump this week was a master class in surrealist poetry. Geniuses of the Dada movement would have been humbled by her obliteration of the bourgeois concept we call logic.
How Oil Industry Lobbyists Played the Long Game to Access a Fuel-Rich Corner of Alaskan Wilderness
The story of how the oil company ConocoPhillips overcame years of resistance from courts, native Alaskans, environmental groups and several federal agencies reveals the truth about how Washington really works.
Juan Cole
VIDEO: Obama’s Journey: 10 Signs of Extreme Climate Change in Alaska and Why It Should Scare Us
American corporate news has not devoted the hours to President Obama’s trip to Alaska that it deserves, focusing on the GOP clown car back in the Lower 48 instead.
Gov. Bill Walker Expands Medicaid to 42,000 Alaskans
Alaska is set to become the largest state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act through a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Bill Walker, a Republican-turned-independent.