Anchorage woman will finish college semester before going to jail ...
After several postponements, an Anchorage Superior Court judge decided Monday that Alexandra Ellis -- who pleaded guilty last year to striking and killing an Anchorage cyclist in 2014 -- would go to prison on May 2, allowing her to complete her semester of college.Ellis, 18, was sentenced in August to a year in prison in the death of cyclist Jeff Dusenbury, whom she hit while driving intoxicated on July 19, 2014, according to a state sentencing memorandum in the case. She'd pleaded guilty in May..>> view originalAnchorage land use map released for review
A long-awaited map that describes Anchorage land use over the next two decades has been released for public review, and public meetings are taking place Tuesday and Wednesday. The Anchorage Bowl Land Use Plan Map, as it’s called, is aimed at guiding how the city will accommodate future growth, and charts out the future location and density of residential, commercial and industrial land. For example, the map shows “high intensity housing” immediately southeast of downtown Anchorage, and in parts ..>> view originalAsk Alaska: Is traveling solo the new trend?
ANCHORAGE – There’s a new trend when it comes to getting away, according to the travel magazine Afar. It’s packing a suitcase for one and braving the world solo. “It’s wildly popular,” said Afar’s deputy editor Jennifer Flowers, adding that from the year 2013 to 2015, there was a 15 percent increase in solo travel overall. “So many people are doing it now.” One of the reasons to travel solo stems from the freedom and flexibility the experience offers, Flowers noted. The lone traveler’s itinera..>> view originalAnchorage police ID Eagle River murder victim
Anchorage police have identified the victim of an Eagle River homicide as 24-year-old Marcus Dushun Cosby Jr.Cosby was found dead outside an Eagle River home at at the 16000 block of Centerfield Drive on Friday, police said. He’d been shot “several times,” they said.Detectives haven’t made any arrests and continue to investigate Cosby’s death.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Anchorage Police Department at 907-786-8900, or submit an anonymous tip at anchoragecrimestoppe..>> view originalNFL acknowledges CTE link with football. Now what?
(CNN) - For the first time, the National Football League has publicly acknowledged a connection between football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the brain disorder better known as CTE. Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior vice president of health and safety policy, was part of a round-table discussion with the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Monday when Rep. Jan Schakowsky asked him directly: "Mr. Miller, do you think there is a link between football and degenerative brain disor..>> view originalCDC issues new guidelines for opioids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new voluntary guidelines for primary care doctors on the use of opioids for chronic pain, Fox News and USA Today reported. The guidelines, which tell doctors to sharply reduce the use of the medicines, are meant to address a growing epidemic of opioid overdoses."Overprescribing opioids, largely for chronic pain, is a key driver of America's drug-overdose epidemic," CDC Director Tom Frieden told Fox News.Sales of the prescriptions have..>> view originalLegislatures often exempt from records laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) | State capitols are often referred to as “the people’s house,” but legislatures frequently put up no-trespassing signs by exempting themselves from public-records laws.That tendency was apparent when the Associated Press sought emails and daily schedules of legislative leaders in all 50 states. The request was met with more denials than approvals.Some lawmakers claimed “legislative immunity” from the public-records laws that apply to most state and local officials. Oth..>> view originalDallas Seavey wins 4th Iditarod race
(CNN) - Dallas Seavey became a four-time Iditarod champion Tuesday, pulling into Nome, Alaska, in record-breaking time to cheering crowds lining the streets. His dad, Mitch Seavey, came in second place in the 44th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but still beat his son's old 2014 record by almost an hour, according to the Alaska Dispatch News.Dallas Seavey, 28, finished this year's race -- about 1,000 miles -- in eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 seconds, breaking his previous record by ne..>> view originalMaking vaccines work better in developing countries
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) - For Mohommad Mustakim, the risk of diarrhea is everywhere. The 4-year-old and his family live in a crowded slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where open sewage and poor sanitation increase the spread of diarrhea-causing viruses and bacteria. Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in young children worldwide, and in Bangladesh it kills nearly 6,000 children younger than 5 every year. In Pakistan, the infections kill an estimated 23,000 children a year. In India..>> view originalRussia begins withdrawing forces from Syria
(CNN) - Russia began withdrawing its forces from Syria on Tuesday in a move that will leave the Syrian government to fend for itself to a much greater extent -- but with a greatly strengthened hand in negotiations over the country's future. The first group of Russian planes left Hmeymim air base in Syria on Tuesday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Russia's surprise announcement Monday that it would begin withdrawing its forces from the conflict came as suddenly as its devastating a..>> view original
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