Black History Month: Amelia Boynton Robinson
She lay sprawled unconscious in the road, beaten and gassed by Alabama state troopers. A White officer with a billy club stood over her. The woman…
Continue ReadingShe lay sprawled unconscious in the road, beaten and gassed by Alabama state troopers. A White officer with a billy club stood over her. The woman…
Continue ReadingThe Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday morning — a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to pass President Joe…
Continue ReadingA top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the…
Continue ReadingIt’s called COVAX — and it may be the best hope in vaccinating the world. The relative obscurity of this vaccine program belies its…
Continue ReadingFaced with a barrage of bills to clamp down on ballot access around the country, some voting rights advocates are pinning their hopes on Congress and…
Continue ReadingAs arrests on the southern border increase, White House and other administration officials are opening a channel of communications to advocacy groups…
Continue ReadingRobinhood lifted trading limits on GameStop, AMC and other Reddit favorites Friday, easing restrictions that engulfed the free trading app in…
Continue ReadingThe jobs recovery has hit a roadblock: The US jobless rate hasn’t improved since the fall and economists don’t have high hopes that this…
Continue ReadingIt was negative 13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) when Lorelou Desjardins took a break from her workday to take a walk on the frozen lake…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “This is the…
Continue ReadingIt might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has been a mainstay in the…
Continue ReadingAfter a rough 2020, new economic data shows the US economy is quietly, slowly improving. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On…
Continue ReadingPorto defender Nanu was left with a concussion and a spinal cord injury, according to the club, after a sickening collision with an opposition…
Continue ReadingLloyd Austin pressed his extended forefinger into the table, a sign the new secretary of defense was serious. He had called a meeting Wednesday with…
Continue ReadingHong Kong has introduced sweeping new restrictions for how schools operate, months after the Beijing government imposed a new national security law…
Continue ReadingSeattle Children’s Hospital canceled 1,300 Covid-19 vaccine appointments out of concern over equal access to sign up. “Shortly after…
Continue ReadingThe North Carolina State Board of Education has passed a new standard for teaching social studies that will include a more diverse perspective of…
Continue ReadingJapanese companies bet on Myanmar years ago as the Southeast Asian country emerged from decades of military rule. But this week’s coup has…
Continue ReadingUK regulators have pulled the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN. Media regulator Ofcom said Thursday that it had…
Continue ReadingThe Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK is spreading in the US and could become dominant as the country races to administer vaccines, Dr.…
Continue ReadingA consultant has been fired after he was heard making a racist slur during a break in a Vermont Senate Transportation Committee meeting held via Zoom…
Continue ReadingAzeneth Perry traced the sign of the cross on her body as she watched the ambulance drive away. Her husband, Paul, felt fine the day before, but he…
Continue ReadingThe global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss and species extinction, and a shift to plant based diets is needed to curb the…
Continue ReadingVale has agreed to pay nearly $7 billion in compensation after a dam collapsed at one of its mines in Brazil two years ago, killing 270 people and…
Continue ReadingDr. Alfonso Velandia starts each hospital shift by counting his troops in the battle against coronavirus. The 46-year-old emergency specialist…
Continue ReadingThe fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer Thursday led to a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with the suspect. State Police…
Continue ReadingAMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Defending 1ADII state champion Rockland defeated Leadore 56-48 at Hillcrest High School Thursday. The win secured the Bulldogs…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Bonneville stayed alive Thursday by beating Shelley 35-30 in the girls 4A District 6 tournament. Shelley’s season comes…
Continue ReadingI woke to the sound of my fiancée muttering “f*@!” under her breath on Christmas Eve. While we were sleeping, the Hong Kong government…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Thunder Ridge drops Madison 47-36 Thursday in girls basketball to advance to the 5A District 5/6 championship game. The…
Continue ReadingIn the first two weeks of the Joe Biden presidency, through the medium of Thursday’s powerful speech, sweeping executive orders, a raft of…
Continue Reading“Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees. Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E. In Vienna we sit in a late-night café. Straight connection,…
Continue ReadingKuaishou’s stock more than doubled in value Friday as the TikTok-like video app scored the world’s biggest IPO since the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI), Boys H.S. basketball and girls district tournament…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors have charged three men, in three states, for their alleged actions against law enforcement officers during the Capitol riot and…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – Century booked a spot in the 4A District 5 title game with their 40-35 win over Preston. Tenleigh Smith led the…
Continue ReadingSan Quentin State Prison, where a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported last summer, has been fined more than $400,000 by the California…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has been mocked and criticized by some Republicans and conservatives over a vivid story she told…
Continue ReadingThe civil war raging inside the GOP may look like a problem for the Republican Party, but it is much more. It is a flashing red light for the entire…
Continue ReadingTeachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders…
Continue ReadingAn audit by Florida’s Palm Beach County Health Care District revealed that 1,160 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were spoiled…
Continue ReadingThe Biden White House says the intelligence community will review any incoming requests for intelligence briefings from former President Donald…
Continue ReadingIn 2014, Amanda Gorman was a budding young poet in Los Angeles. As the then 16-year-old practiced reciting her poem “We Dragonflies” on…
Continue ReadingThe Democrat-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, but that…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing intense backlash for indicating support for political violence and pushing wild conspiracy theories and…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is hoping to resurrect a proposal from the Trump administration to mail face masks to every American in an attempt to stop…
Continue ReadingThe House voted Thursday evening to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the…
Continue ReadingTeachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders…
Continue ReadingThe House impeachment managers on Thursday requested Donald Trump testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, in a dramatic move to try to get…
Continue ReadingProsecutors in Minnesota filed a motion Thursday asking a district court judge to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis…
Continue ReadingThe mother of a 9-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by Rochester police officers last month has notified the city and police…
Continue ReadingA federal judge ruled that Oregon must offer Covid-19 vaccinations to all prison inmates immediately — putting them ahead of the state’s…
Continue ReadingThe mother of a 9-year-old girl who allegedly was pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by Rochester police officers last month has notified the city and…
Continue ReadingThe Board of Health at Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) determined both Custer and Jefferson Counties had met the criteria (daily COVID-19 case…
Continue ReadingThe 10 Senate Republicans who met with President Joe Biden this week on his coronavirus relief package sent a detailed letter to the White House…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Police report Patrick Lawrence has been located and is alive and…
Continue ReadingEleven House Republicans broke ranks Thursday evening to join Democrats in voting to remove Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee…
Continue ReadingWhen Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a second statewide lockdown in early December, businesses across California braced for more economic hardship. For…
Continue ReadingThe program compensating alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein will pause payouts because Epstein’s estate is low on cash, program administrators…
Continue ReadingShipments of COVID-19 vaccines will be headed to pharmacies next week under a federal program that aims to get more people vaccinated quickly.…
Continue ReadingAs we head into a new, long-term housing boom, there are concerns this phenomenon combined with staggeringly high unemployment levels could send us…
Continue ReadingA system out of the northwest will usher in scattered snow showers and gusty winds. We’ll see most of the snow favor locations near the Wyoming…
Continue ReadingTo hear Kevin McCarthy tell it, Marjorie Taylor Greene was deeply remorseful and repentant about her past intolerant social media posts during a…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 402 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue ReadingA Covid-19 outbreak that led to dozens of deaths at California’s oldest prison last summer was likely triggered by “deeply flawed”…
Continue ReadingCrush the Curve Idaho launched a COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign focused on providing a central location for vaccine information, education and…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new public health emergency Thursday afternoon requiring face coverings in public, about an hour after…
Continue ReadingMcKinsey & Company, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, will pay nearly $600 million in multiple settlements over its work…
Continue ReadingAt some point in the next 24 hours — after a long process of voting on a series of amendments — the Senate will pass their budget…
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