Alaska's election director blocked the same-name candidate Dan J. Sullivan from the Senate primary, but he filed a lawsuit to remain on the ballot.

Officials are investigating how the 61-foot fin whale, later found to be pregnant, ended up on the vessel before it docked in Seward.

Four crew members were injured Monday when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in Alaska. It wasn’t immediately clear how seriously they were hurt, but no one died in the crash, the Coast Guard said in a statement.