Alaskan

The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of…

Zoologists refer to manatees and dugongs as "sea cows" but a simple internet search might return the more playful moniker "floaty potatoes." Now, imagine a 24,000-pound version, twice the…

TOKYO — Lydia Jacoby didn’t know what to do.The 17-year-old touched the pool wall, turned to check the scoreboard and a stunned look filled her face.Thundersticks clapped, vuvuzelas…

On a night where the U.S. watched several Olympic and world record-holders dive into the pool at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, it was a 17-year-old Alaskan who took away the spotlight.…