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  • Vuong's first solo exhibition opens at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.
  • Alaska State Troopers say a North Slope Borough Police officer fatally shot an Utqiagvik (OOK-kee-ah-vik) man Wednesday. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a measure Thursday that guarantees the Carlson Center will remain the home ice of the UAF hockey team. // Hundreds of seismic stations across that Alaska detect earthquakes may soon be used to also identify landslides. // The U.S. Coast Guard tracked Chinese vessels traveling through a section of international waters in the Bering Sea earlier this month for the first time this year. // Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive a $400 million settlement from the federal government for unpaid medical services expenses. // Eielson Air Force Base officials say they’re expecting around 10,000 people to show up next weekend during the Arctic Lightning Air Show and Open House.
  • Government data showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.
  • Vann Newkirk, senior editor at The Atlantic, loves butterflies, especially monarch butterflies. He sat down with NPR's Juana Summers to dig into a trip to Mexico that helped him explore his passion.
  • President Trump is once again attempting to put restrictions on who is automatically guaranteed citizenship after being born in the U.S., just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his attempt to end birthright citizenship.
  • The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too.
  • After connecting through social media, an informal network of moms started crowdfunding to help families in Gaza afford food and shelter.
  • Congressman Nick Begich holds a solid lead over independent candidate Bill Hill after last month’s primary election. But Hill thinks he can beat Begich. // A legal group founded by a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle is suing the state’s judge-nominating body, the Alaska Judicial Council. // The Alaska Judicial Council is recommending that voters don't retain two judges in the Nov. 3 election. // Anchorage Democrat Rep. Andrew Gray has asked Alaska’s attorney general to prosecute former Attorney General Treg Taylor for failing to file financial reports. // Alaska’s commercial salmon season is winding down, and fishermen are thankful they’re getting higher prices for their catch than they’ve seen in decades. // Alaska’s chief investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board retired this week. Clint Johnson spent nearly three decades with NTSB.
  • For StoryCorps, a reflection on how a child's vaccination sparked the creation of one of the most beloved songs in the movie "Mary Poppins."
  • An Amazon Prime cargo plane overran the runway, crashed and rammed into vehicles, where it then caught on fire. All those who died were passengers on the ground.
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