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(3:30 p.m. EST) -- In this week's edition of our latest video series, This Week in Cruise News, Cruise Critic's Managing Editor UK Adam Coulter talks about further pauses in operations from two big lines, takes a look at what's happening with the Alaska cruise season and discusses the big reveal from Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald about when the fleet will get back sailing. Stay tuned for next week's video update, and check out last week's video, which highlights everything you need to know about the exciting new ships slated for 2021, and when cruisers might expect to get...

We See the Truth: Trump Has Not Done Enough Damage. Now exposed criminally corrupt liar, Lisa Murkowski says: "He has caused enough damage." But, SHOCKINGLY, she's exposed herself as working to prevent public exposure and fully proper acknowledgement of SYSTEMIC ELECTION FRAUD that SHE KNOWS EXISTS and of which we ALREADY SEE THE PROOFS. Instead of doing the right thing, she's voted to ensure that SYSTEMIC ELECTION FRAUD fully succeeds in working its corruption... while assuming we will PRETEND to not see it, as she is pretending, just expecting we will not see it, as long as SHE PRETENDS to...

One of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol building is a far-right live-streamer who recently tested positive for the coronavirus — and was seen in the mob without a mask, according to reports Thursday. Tim Gionet, a white nationalist troll known as Baked Alaska, streamed more than 20 minutes of his breach inside building — wearing no mask at points — as terrified lawmakers were rushed to safety, according to Business Insider.

A health worker in Alaska had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday and was hospitalized, according to three people familiar with official reports of the person’s health. The person was still in the hospital on Wednesday morning, under observation.Government officials were scrambling on Wednesday to learn more about the case. The worker had no history of drug allergies but it was unclear whether he or she suffered from other types of allergies, according to one person familiar with the case.

Alaska is the latest state to join the amicus curiae states in the Texas SCOTUS election lawsuit. Arizona was the 18th state to join the Texas lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia.

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - The state of Alaska has joined 19 other states in supporting Texas’ challenge to presidential election results in the Supreme Court. The Texas attorney general filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, seeking to overturn the results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that saw President-elect Joe Biden win the Nov. 3 election. The Department of Law says that the state of Alaska signed on in support of a brief on Thursday. The New York Times writes that the attorneys general from those four battleground states filed court documents, strongly denouncing the attempts to overturn the presidential election...

The Trump administration has rejected a permit for the controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely dealing the project’s final blow even before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

A Fort St. John, B.C. man is earning praise for driving an American family in need from northern B.C. to the Alaskan border near Beaver Creek, Yukon. The roughly 1,700-kilometre trip up the Alaska Highway in winter didn't deter him from volunteering to help out, said Gary Bath. Bath said he noticed an online plea for help last week from an American woman driving to Alaska who was overwhelmed by the winter driving conditions and couldn't drive any farther. "I didn't care how far it was, I just knew they needed help and they had a few short days to...

Scientists from the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory worked with researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute to investigate the cause. They found the meteor over Alaska about 40 miles from the Athabaskan community of Kaltag, which is located on the Yukon River. In a blog post for the American Geophysical Union, UAF science journalist Ned Rozell said witnesses had reported the fireball in regions hundreds of miles apart. One resident of Ruby described it as a “huge ball of light in the sky” moving from north to south. Another resident said it looked like “fireworks” that split into...

Although the poorly documented, sudden appearance, of thousands of "Biden" ballots may appear to be fraud, it's not proof. And in any event, they're mixed in with the full ballot pool, and can't be disentangled. Or can they? Let's consider the dumping scenario. Due to the limited time frame required to falsify ballots, it's likely that only a limited number of people participated. So what does this mean? It means that : (1) the same sets of fingerprints should appear on multiple ballots (likely in the same place(s) on the ballot), and (2) these identifiers won't match known voting ballot...

#FoxNews is a joke. They won't even update the numbers to reflect #Alaska. #FoxNewsIsDead— OpLeD (@OpLeD24) November 11, 2020

Sen. Dan Sullivan, a reliable if somewhat low-profile conservative, has won a second term in the US Senate. Sullivan spent the Trump presidency as a loyal Republican, voting in line with President Trump’s position 91.5 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Decision Desk projected President Trump and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan as winners of their respective races in Alaska Thursday morning. Alaska carries three electoral votes.    With 72.42 - 83.33 percent of the votes in, President Trump was ahead 56.95 percent to Joe Biden's 39.11 percent.  Decision Desk HQ Projects Trump (R) Has Won The State Of AK And Its 3 Electoral Votes Race Called At 11-11 8:22 AM EST All Results: https://t.co/8VxbhWIELL— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 11, 2020 Sullivan, meanwhile, was ahead of opponent Al Gross 57.52 percent to 37.51 percent. Decision Desk HQ Projects @DanSullivan_AK (R) Has...

It’s a big joke in my house that they still haven’t called Alaska for Trump. They called Hawaii in nano seconds for Biden but man, it’s just really hard to count all those grizzly bear votes!

Republicans Collins, Murkowski, and Romney vote Yea. All Republicans vote yes. Kamala Harris not present and not voting. All Democrats vote No.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi once predicted she’d have the 2020 House Democratic majority secured by November — of 2019. Now, days before the Nov. 3 election, she seems to have done it, and she’s expanding her reach. With control of the House hardly contested, Pelosi is working to fortify Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and win extra House seats in case Congress is called on to resolve any Electoral College dispute with President Donald Trump. Pelosi said she feels so confident Democrats will keep the House this election, she’s already preparing to win the next one in 2022....

This event was felt widely in Sand point, Chignik, Unalaska, Manokotak, South Naknek, and the Kenai Peninsula.

BREAKING: M7.5 #earthquake south of the Aleutian Islands triggers #tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska, including Kodiak, Homer. pic.twitter.com/9Jz6OHFjt3— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) October 19, 2020

MAYOR RELEASES PRIVATE AUDIO TO DAMAGE HIS ACCUSER Mayor Ethan Berkowitz came halfway clean on Monday after admitting that he had had an inappropriate “messaging” relationship with TV reporter Maria Athens. But he didn’t come all the way clean. Instead, he asked everyone to respect his privacy. Porcaro That alleged “messaging” relationship was something Athens had never discussed last week. Her actual allegation was that the mayor had been posting lewd photos to a kiddie porn website and she said she had “reliable sources.” She was readying to go on the air with the allegations on Friday, when the station...

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz announced his resignation at Tuesday night’s assembly meeting. Berkowitz, while not in attendance, announced his resignation through a written statement read by his chief of staff. “It is with profound sadness and humility that I resign as the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage,” Jason Bockenstedt said on behalf of the mayor, to applause and cheers from those in attendance.