California governor defeats recall challenge Voters in California refused to recall Governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election. The election is a little-used provision of direct democracy in about 20 states. As votes continued to be counted Wednesday, nearly two-thirds of voters rejected the recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom…

President Biden, along with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, announced Wednesday, September 15, the creation of a new trilateral security initiative called AUKUS, which combines military and diplomatic efforts and will support Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines to patrol the Indo-Pacific. Background briefing held at the…

Alaska’s largest hospital has implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing limited resources as a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the highly contagious delta variant has strained health workers. Alaska is sixth in the nation for average daily new cases per capita, and one of several with hospitals near or at their breaking points. Last week, Idaho announced it would start rationing medical care at hospitals in the northern part of the state. Meanwhile, intensive care units in hospitals in Southern states have faced a crush of unvaccinated patients.