Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 30, 2025
Anchorage officials hope to move residents of the city’s two largest homeless camps into shelter.
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LatestAlaska Army Major invents Arctic system for cold-weather rescue and medical treatment
by APRN News | May 30, 2025
The system aims to keep injured service members warm, dry, elevated, and protected while quickly evacuating them to safe treatment. The goal is to ultimately make it available outside the military.
Anchorage’s largest homeless camps set to be cleared, as city posts notices
by APRN News | May 30, 2025
The camps in Mountain View have persisted for years. The city plans to clear them out starting June 17.
Volunteers recover more victims from 2024 boat capsize near Homer
by APRN News | May 30, 2025
Team members will keep looking until they’ve recovered all human remains from the wreckage site in Kachemak Bay.
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LatestHamas seeks changes to Gaza ceasefire proposal but US envoy calls it ‘unacceptable’
by NPR News | May 31, 2025
Hamas said it was seeking last minute changes to a 60-day ceasefire plan backed by the U.S. and approved by Israel. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff dismissed the changes as “totally unacceptable.”
The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder will meet in the NBA Finals
by NPR News | May 31, 2025
It would be the first NBA title for either of the two energetic fan bases and their exciting young teams. The Thunder, led by newly minted league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is the early favorite.
Skulls taken to Germany for racist study are laid to rest in New Orleans
by NPR News | May 31, 2025
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
What’s it like to anchor NPR live special coverage?
by NPR News | May 31, 2025
What’s it like to anchor NPR live special coverage? Two seasoned NPR hosts discuss.