Alaska legislators start 2024 session with pay raises and a busy docket
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers open a new legislative session Tuesday against the backdrop of an election year, with a docket that includes education funding, energy proposals and the ongoing quandary of how big to make the yearly dividend check paid to residents. They’re also beginning the session with a pay raise.
Here’s are some things to know:
EDUCATION
School officials have been pleading for a permanent increase in the K-12 per-student funding allocation. They say inflation has eaten away at
Conflict, climate change and AI get top billing as leaders converge for elite meeting in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Earth is heating up, as is . The and Ukraine’s defense against Russia are sputtering along. Artificial intelligence could upend all our lives.
The to-do list of global priorities has grown for this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum gabfest of business, political and other elites in the Alpine snows of Davos, Switzerland. It gets going in earnest Tuesday and runs through Friday.
Over 60 heads of state and government, including Israeli President Isaac Herzog and
US delegation praises Taiwan’s democracy after pro-independence presidential candidate wins election
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Retired U.S. officials met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday and praised the island’s democratic process that and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force.
“Taiwan’s democracy has set a shining example for the world, a democratic success story based on transparency, the rule of law and respect for human rights and freedoms,” former national security advisor Stephen Hadley
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Trump wins Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, while Haley and DeSantis grapple for second. Follow live updates
Donald Trump has won Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses.
The former president’s victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are vying for a second-place finish in Iowa that would give them at least some momentum heading into future races
Emmys finally arrive for a changed Hollywood, as ‘Succession’ and ‘Last of Us’ vie for top awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Succession” secured its legacy with its third best drama series award, “The Bear” feasted as the night’s top comedy, and the two shows about squabbling families dominated the acting awards .
Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary” and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong of “Beef” also had historic wins at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony that was finally held four months late of strikes in Hollywood.
“Succession,”
Jared Goff leads Lions to first playoff win in 32 years over Matthew Stafford and the Rams
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff lifted his arms in the air, encouraging Ford Field fans to get even louder, before taking the final snap to end his long-suffering franchise’s skid in the playoffs.
The crowd delivered, approaching the decibel level of a siren.
Goff came through, too.
Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a pass for a victory-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating
Yemen Houthi rebels fire missile at US warship in Red Sea in first attack after American-led strikes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile that struck a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea.
The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. The Houthis’ attacks have , amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza
City of Toronto adds 45 tobogganing hills to prohibited list
The City of Toronto has added 45 tobogganing hills to their list of prohibited park locations, due to conditions that have been deemed “hazards” to the slope.
In a statement to CityNews, the city said that, “tobogganing is not permitted at some hills because of hazards obstructing the slope, which render the hill unsafe for tobogganing.”
East Lynn Park was one of the parks that was assessed using the city’s toboggan hill inspection program, which was implemented in 2017. The process deemed
Jordan Love and the Packers pull a wild-card stunner, beating Dak Prescott and the Cowboys 48-32
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Jones grew up idolizing Emmitt Smith and the Dallas Cowboys.
The Green Bay running back found a new, and most painful, way to torment the all-time rushing leader’s former team.
Jones ran for three touchdowns, Jordan Love threw for three more in his postseason debut, 64 yards for a score and the Packers handed the Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner Sunday.
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Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — After Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, explained why at a campaign stop near Houston.
“We are not allowing Border Patrol on that property anymore,” Abbott said Friday, drawing applause from supporters while endorsing a state legislator running for reelection. He relayed frustration over migrants illegally entering the U.S. and federal agents loading them onto buses.
“We said, ‘We’ve had it. We’re not