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In Mississippi, criticism continues to stream in after outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned more than 200 people. Some of those let go include murderers.

Alaska radio and television were blanketed at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the nation's first test of the Emergency Action Notification system, designed to alert citizens across the country in case of a national emergency. The test was of a national public warning system that would allow the president to address the country.

Biologist Scott Hatch says the seabirds on an island in Alaska's Prince William Sound show a surprising amount of flexibility in how they respond to the changing environment. Well-fed kittiwakes produced more offspring, while those that didn't breed lived longer.

Until 1950, tuberculosis was the No. 1 cause of death in Alaska. Today, many Alaskans still carry the bacteria that can cause the disease. That helps explain why last year, the state had the highest TB rates in the nation. A small team of health workers is trying to turn that around.

Mississippi is one of 34 states that has let the federal government run its health insurance exchange. It has had the same glitches and long wait times as other states. Despite the trouble, people are slowly signing up.

Getting people screened for colon cancer is a challenge, especially in rural Alaska. So doctors are developing DNA-based tests to catch colon cancer early and less invasively. They hope the new tests will eventually replace or reduce colonoscopies.

Workers at Nissan auto assembly plant in Canton, Miss. begin two days of voting Thursday on whether to join United Auto Workers union. This is the third bid by UAW to unionize a southern auto plant.

U.S. farmers raise 9 billion chickens a year. That's a lot of chicken manure. An enterprising farmer in Mississippi has developed a way to turn their waste into energy.

In Mississippi, some residents still don't have running water after a winter storm weeks ago. It's another frustration as the governor lifts the mask mandate among limited COVID-19 vaccination supply.

A proposed road in Alaska is pitting residents against environmentalists. The people who live in a remote village want better access to an airport with year-round flights to Anchorage for medical emergencies. But the road would cut through a wilderness area, which environmentalists say would set a bad precedent.