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The latest out of Wisconsin after an SUV plowed into a parade. President Biden taps Fed chair Jerome Powell for a second term. Austria returns to a lockdown to try to roll back a wave of COVID cases.

The civil war in Ethiopia has roots that stretch back millennia. A great tragedy is that so many people once peripheral to the fight have been radicalized.

The Unalaska Department of Public Utilities is upgrading electrical equipment that’s caused some of the island’s recent power outages.The new, more robust transformers will be able to better handle the harsh Aleutian weather, according to acting public utilities director Steve Tompkins. They’re also equipped for possible upgrades to the island’s energy grid, such as renewable energy from nearby Makushin Volcano.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued five new subpoenas for witnesses lawmakers want to hear from, in addition to 35 witnesses subpoenaed already.

The Unalaska Department of Public Utilities is upgrading electrical equipment that’s been causing some of the island’s recent power outages; the Dunleavy administration is wading into the debate by naming a task force to study the issue of bycatch and find ways to make it better for everyone working on the water; and the Unalaska Elder Exercise Group is back.

President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Fed governor Lael Brainard will serve as vice chairman.

Citing the high costs associated with Covid illnesses, a growing number of employers are telling employees who decline to be vaccinated to pay up.

President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve as the economy faces huge challenges, including surging inflation.

On Monday, closing arguments are to begin in the trial of three white men accused of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed as he ran through their Georgia neighborhood last year.

An SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., on Sunday — killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 others.