Days after a burgeoning Alaskan climber was killed in a fall on a peak in Yosemite National Park, climbers discuss why they keep reaching for the summit.

Two people were killed in a four-vehicle collision near mile 62 on Parks Highway in the Willow/Houston area Thursday evening, according to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch report.

Congressman Nick Begich says he will now withhold his pay until the government shutdown comes to an end.