As voters get ready to cast their ballots in the upcoming U.S. elections, gun laws and firearm history have become important topics on state ballots. In Massachusetts, gun owners are rushing to meet an October 28 registration deadline. The deadline comes just six days before voters decide whether to repeal the law that created it….

Horses towing freight scow between Bettles and Nolan, 1913 (Image: USGS Photographic Library) Alaska Koyukuk gold rush history begins in 1898, when about seventy small steamers carried prospectors up the Koyukuk River through practically unknown country. Most of the boomtowns that sprang up in 1898 and 1899 have since disappeared, leaving Wiseman, Coldfoot and the…

A federal judge in California has ordered a temporary stop to federal investigations into suspected noncitizen voter registration across nine states. She ruled that officials relied on unreliable data and risked frightening eligible voters. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is based in Oakland, issued an order blocking the federal investigations until polls close on…

Alaska Deocrat candidate Mary Peltola meets accident. Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate challenging Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska, and her family suffered minor injuries in a car crash on Saturday, forcing her campaign to reschedule events during the final week before the November 3 election.Peltola and her family were travelling to the Alaska Federation…

US President Donald Trump spent about 70 hours on Air Force One in October. (AP Photo) US President Donald Trump has spent about 70 hours aboard Air Force One so far in October, travelling across the United States to attend rallies and campaign for Republicans ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.The president’s campaign trips…

The snake was captured in the Mango Bajito area of Barrio Nuevo, Naranjito. (Image: Snakeaholic) A Florida-based python hunter has captured an 18-foot-4-inch reticulated python in Puerto Rico after the snake was reportedly spotted strangling a pet cat behind a house. Kevin Pavlidis, known online as Snakeaholic, joined members of Proyecto Retic to track down…