The warnings about the alcohol-cancer relationship will be added to already mandated warnings about the dangers that pregnant women’s consumption can lead to birth defects.

(CBS DETROIT) - On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state. President Eisenhower signed a special proclamation admitting the territory as the largest state at 664,988 square miles ...

Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years ...

Alaska has become the first state in the nation to require alcohol retailers to post cancer warning signs at the point of sale, after a provision spearheaded by state Rep. Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage ...

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed two bills Wednesday, one allowing first responders to provide life-saving care to police dogs and ...

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Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...

Correction: The headline and article have been corrected to reflect the fact that Alaska is the first state to require warnings of the link between alcohol use and colon and breast cancers ...