Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer.

A private jet that crashed into military housing in San Diego early Thursday morning was registered in Alaska, according to a flight tracking website.

In Anchorage, Alaska and all over the United States, the number of people sleeping on the streets has risen in recent years, one highly visible consequence of the country’s worsening ...