Sources: NBC News
One person is killed and three others are injured in a landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. 2024-08-26
A Douglas DC-4 crashes into the Tanana River in Alaska, United States, shortly after takeoff from Fairbanks, killing two people on board. 2024-04-23
A plane crashes in Murrieta, California, United States, killing all six people aboard. 2023-07-8
One person is killed and four others are missing after a chartered boat sinks near Sitka, Alaska, United States. 2023-05-29
Three United States Army personnel are killed and another is injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collide over Healy, Alaska, near Fort Wainwright, in the United States. 2023-04-27
A polar bear attacks and kills a woman and her son in Wales, Alaska, United States, after charging several others, in the first fatal attack since the early 1980s. The bear is shot and killed following the attack. 2023-01-17
Tonga is hit by ashfall and a tsunami after the eruption of Hunga Tonga, destroying homes as locals struggle to find higher ground. Major flooding is reported in the capital Nukuʻalofa. Shock waves from the eruption are detected as far away as Alaska, United States. Other Pacific countries have also advised their citizens to seek higher ground. Internet access has reportedly been disrupted in Tonga. 2022-01-15
Two United States F-22 fighters intercept a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers in international airspace near Alaska. 2020-10-20
U.S., Canadian, British and Iraqi officials say they believe the plane crash near Tehran in which 176 were killed yesterday was likely caused accidentally by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, while Iran says it was due to "mechanical failure". 2020-01-9
Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. 2015-02-26