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The horse entered the race at 17-1 odds on Saturday at a wildly different Belmont Stakes this year in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

State and Local News: The Coast Guard searches for missing crew members after a seiner capsized near Hoonah on Sunday. A deadly fire in Sutton killed two people early Saturday. Another pedestrian fatality in Anchorage over the weekend, the 15th this year. The state of Alaska is turning down federal money to remove lead pipes in water lines. The reason might surprise you. Why lead poses a deadly threat to Alaska’s loon population.

Gallego led in the polls for much of his race against Kari Lake, a MAGA firebrand who's yet to concede her 2022 gubernatorial loss.

With McCormick's victory, Republicans have expanded their Senate majority in the next Congress to 53 seats, with two races still to be called.

State and Local News: The Governor and legislative leaders meet to avoid another education funding veto. Anchorage Police shot and killed a man Monday, who witnesses say was walking down Tudor Road, waving a gun. One day after the Eklutna Tribe opened its gaming hall to the public, the state files a lawsuit to shut it down. The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center launches a lecture series on Kenai’s early history.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

Israel's attack on Iran sparked the biggest jump in crude oil prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Stocks fell sharply.

A preview of "The Oldest Profession in Alaska History," a presentation on the history of sex work in Anchorage this Friday at the Writer's Block. It's a subject rarely discussed in a public forum, but historian David Reamer and Maxine Doogan, who worked in a Spenard sex parlor in the 1980s, say it's an interesting story with lessons for today. Also, Alaska State Troopers have updated their cold case website, based on feedback from the public.

The former president is in Egypt to observe its first free presidential election, which begins on Wednesday.

A super-charged political environment and backlash against the GOP health care bill have made Thursday's special congressional election for Montana's lone House seat primed for a possible upset.