ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state's long history with Russia — ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state's long history with Russia — ...

A lot of people hear “Russia sold Alaska” and immediately assume it was because Russia didn’t realize what it had. This version of the story always puts a smirk on the face of Americans considering ...

Okay, maybe that’s a tad of a stretch, but Newsweek took the comment seriously enough to ask “why it matters.” Journalist Natalie Venegas noted that, thanks to “Seward’s Folly,” the U.S. bought Alaska ...