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Samantha Watson

Reporter · US

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Sep 21, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Samantha Watson

    An emergency dig is on to recover artifacts in Alaska before the next storm (opens the original)

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    Last October, remnants of a typhoon swept through western Alaska causing widespread flooding and displacing hundreds of people from their homes. But for the village of Quinhagak, it also flooded a critical piece of their past, an archaeological dig site. KYUK's Samantha Watson reports on efforts to excavate that past before it's gone. SAMANTHA WATSON, BYLINE: The day after ex-Typhoon Halong hit their coastal village, Jenny Matthew and her husband rode a four-wheeler along the torn-up beach asses

  2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Samantha Watson

    Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says (opens the original)

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    WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" to playing Holly Hunter's husband in "The Piano," has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor's social media page. His death was "sudden and unexpected

  3. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Samantha Watson

    McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican's health. McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was "briefly unconscious" around the time he was first taken to the hospital and has undergone a battery of tests to try and determine what led to his fall. He said he was also treated for mild pneumonia and has been moved to a

  4. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Samantha Watson

    Investigators probe a fire at a music bar in Bangkok that killed at least 27 people (opens the original)

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    BANGKOK — A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition on Monday as investigations began into the Thai capital's deadliest blaze in 17 years. Bangkok city officials said the fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the Thai capital broke out shortly before midnight Sunday, and it took about half an hour for firefighters to bring it under control. The bar, which in Thai calls itself a brew

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