Despite snow, rain, Pacific Northwest faces drought
Despite a healthy amount of snowfall in the North Cascades over the winter and some recent rain, the Pacific Northwest slid into the “abnormally…
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SDE offers Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants to Idaho schools
Idaho elementary schools can apply now to participate in the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) through Child Nutrition Programs of…
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Are the SAT and ACT tests going away for good?
Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The SAT test was first administered to high school…
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DHW announces new funding opportunity for COVID-19 vaccination clinics
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity to establish and operate mobile, off-site, walk-in and…
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The world doesn’t have enough computer chips. That’s bad news for you
In the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay…
Continue Reading You can now buy a seat on a Blue Origin rocket
Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-backed space tourism venture, will soon begin selling tickets for its rocket. The company made the announcement in a…
Continue Reading Marine, pregnant wife and toddler homeless after house fire
Click here for updates on this story HUBERT, North Carolina (WLOS) — A house fire in Hubert has left a marine, his…
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Biden hits the road to sell sweeping economic proposals after prime-time speech
President Joe Biden hit the road on Thursday, traveling to Georgia to promote his sweeping economic proposals the day after making the case for the…
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Expanded Clean & Green Citywide Cleanup event begins May 6
The Idaho Falls Sanitation Division has expanded and improved the Clean & Green Citywide Cleanup event.…
Continue Reading Non-profit will use unused food from restaurants closing due to pandemic
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The move back to the “Extreme Risk” category in…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Americans want bipartisanship, but most don’t think it will happen
Americans of all political stripes agree that attempts at bipartisanship in Washington are a good thing, but expectations that such efforts are…
Continue Reading Restaurants, other businesses struggle to hire new employees in pandemic recovery
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — On top of changing COVID-19 restrictions, restaurants…
Continue Reading This fast food chain is now one of the most diverse workforces in America — except for its top executives
Shake Shack has emerged as one of the most diverse employers in America after hiring more than 1,000 people in 2020. But the premium burger…
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‘Most certainly’: Manchin raises concerns about Biden’s push for more expansive government
Sen. Joe Manchin, the powerful West Virginia Democrat, made clear Thursday that the aggressive vision for the federal government that President Joe…
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Idaho governor signs ‘nondiscrimination’ education bill
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating” students through teaching…
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Firefighters battle for occupational cancer benefits
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Cancer caused 66-percent of career firefighter…
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Idaho lawmaker accused of rape resigns after ethics ruling
A legislative ethics committee on Thursday voted to censure and suspend Idaho Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger in connection with allegations that he raped a…
Continue Reading Investigation of Rudy Giuliani is ramping up in a big way
Eighteen months ago, media reports indicated that Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was under scrutiny by federal…
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Missing juvenile located
The Idaho Falls Police Department is searching for 16-year-old Tristuana “Ruby” Navarro…
Continue Reading Man out on bond in wife’s murder on the run after robbing car salesman at knifepoint
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of murdering his wife ditched his ankle…
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FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to ban menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars, including menthol flavor, within the…
Continue Reading Teen shot stepdad in head, killing him at restaurant, police says
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 16-year-old is accused of shooting his stepfather to…
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India’s COVID-19 crisis is a problem for the world
There is a split scenario unfolding as the world battles the pandemic. In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, jubilant,…
Continue Reading Resident shot, killed during ‘landlord-tenant dispute’
Click here for updates on this story ANTIOCH, California (KGO) — Antioch Police said a man was shot to death on his…
Continue Reading How cops can de-escalate rather than fire their guns
Last week, our country breathed a sigh of relief as a guilty verdict was handed down against former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George…
Continue Reading Father and 16-year-old son mistakenly held at gunpoint by bounty hunters
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A North Nashville family continues to relive a day…
Continue Reading Resident taking initiative to revitalize city
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — In the same way a sculptor looks at a block of marble…
Continue Reading US economy soared in the first quarter, growing at a 6.4% rate
America is on the path to recovery and economic growth is rampant. But the pandemic recession has been severe and we’re still not done growing…
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Tiny cabins become hot property for pandemic getaways
No Wi-Fi and spotty cell service hold a certain allure after 13 months of Zoom calls. That lack of connectivity is a key selling point for Getaway, a…
Continue Reading Dog rescued after being stranded on island
Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A dog was rescued from an island and is now safe…
Continue Reading Mars helicopter to push the limits on its fourth flight
The Ingenuity helicopter has risen to every challenge it has faced on Mars so far. Now, it’s ready to fly even further, faster and longer than…
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Tiny cabins become hot property in the pandemic
No Wi-Fi and spotty cell service hold a certain allure after 13 months of Zoom calls. That lack of connectivity is a key selling point for Getaway, a…
Continue Reading Biden’s plan will help reverse the ‘she-cession’
On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden unveiled his “American Families Plan,” which calls for $1.8 trillion to be invested in education,…
Continue Reading MAWSS: Large sanitary sewer overflow resumes, spills 30,000 more gallons
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Area Water & Sewer System (MAWSS) responded to…
Continue Reading Family devastated after shootings leave one brother dead and another brother wounded
Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — A Gresham family is devastated after two brothers and a…
Continue Reading The royal Wii? Gold-plated Nintendo console made for Queen Elizabeth is up for sale
Playing video games just got a whole lot posher, as a gold-plated Nintendo Wii made for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II goes on sale on eBay. But…
Continue Reading Biden restores presidential consultations that Trump dismissed
When President Joe Biden drops by Jimmy Carter’s two-bedroom ranch house in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday — a pilgrimage to visit a man he…
Continue Reading Homeless outreach worker: PPB needs to ‘retrain’ officers
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Candles and flowers remain at Lents Park in the grass…
Continue Reading Biden at 100 days: Hottest stock market since JFK
The Biden bust that the Trump campaign warned of has morphed into a Biden boom. The S&P 500 is up 8.6% since the market close on January 20, the…
Continue Reading Driver of van in crash that killed 6 charged with vehicular homicide
Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The driver of a van that lost control and…
Continue Reading ‘Without Remorse’ sets up Michael B. Jordan in Tom Clancy’s revenge thriller
Michael B. Jordan puts his considerable star power to the test in “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” an action movie that basically…
Continue Reading Police investigating after noose found at construction site
Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — Windsor police are investigating after a…
Continue Reading Reese Witherspoon did some reflecting after watching Britney Spears doc
Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears ended marriages the same year and were raising two kids as single moms and Witherspoon says their treatment…
Continue Reading Scheana Shay diagnosed with serious medical condition after giving birth
“Vanderpump Rules” star Scheana Shay just welcomed a new baby, and revealed she was diagnosed with a serious medical condition after her…
Continue Reading Woman abandoned as an infant meets her rescuer 30 years later
Click here for updates on this story IRWINDALE, California (KABC) — Just days after meeting her siblings for the first…
Continue Reading Woman pleads guilty to property damage for slashing 18 tires on 8 police vehicles
Click here for updates on this story RAYTOWN, Missouri (KCTV) — A woman pleaded guilty to property damage for slashing…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: 7 in 10 who watched say Biden’s speech left them feeling optimistic
About half of Americans who watched President Joe Biden’s address to Congress had a very positive reaction to the speech, and 71% said they…
Continue Reading SLU couple says goodbye after delaying retirement to help with pandemic
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — John and Carol Hemkens met 45 years ago at DePaul Hospital. She…
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This fast food chain is now one of the most diverse workforces in America — except for its executives
Shake Shack has emerged as one of the most diverse employers in America after hiring more than 1,000 people in 2020. But the premium burger…
Continue Reading Now, it’s Congress’ turn to pick up the baton on Biden’s agenda
President Joe Biden laid out a far-reaching agenda to Congress on Wednesday night, one that implored his former Senate colleagues and the House of…
Continue Reading Germany puts anti-lockdown group under surveillance for possible extremist ties
Germany’s intelligence service is putting some anti-lockdown activists under surveillance because of concerns they are attempting to undermine…
Continue Reading The subject of his late wife’s famous essay shares a timely lesson on grief – it ‘has no timetable’
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of loss for…
Continue Reading Summer camps across Canada prepare to reopen with COVID-19 modifications
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Summer camps across Canada are gearing up to…
Continue Reading 3 men charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor now face weapon of mass destruction charge
Federal prosecutors unveiled new charges on Wednesday against three men who have been accused in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen…
Continue Reading Fact-checking GOP response to Biden’s joint address
In the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said Biden and Democrats were…
Continue Reading Brendan Hunt found guilty of threatening to assault or murder members of Congress
Brendan Hunt — whose father is a retired judge and who allegedly threatened the lives of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now-Senate Majority Leader…
Continue Reading Joe Biden can’t stop thinking about China and the future of American democracy
White House aides were prepping President Joe Biden to virtually tour an electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant last week when the President…
Continue Reading The global chip shortage has come for iPads and Macs
Even America’s biggest company can’t save itself from a global shortage of crucial computer chips. What’s happening: Apple just had…
Continue Reading Joe Biden warns democracy is still threatened and Trump’s looming shadow proves it
As President Joe Biden used the grand Washington stage to bemoan the Capitol insurrection as the worst attack on US democracy since the Civil War, a…
Continue Reading Turkey prepares for its first national lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise
Turkey is bracing itself for its first national coronavirus lockdown as infection rates continue to climb in the country, now the highest in Europe.…
Continue Reading Navalny appears in court for first time since ending hunger strike, saying ‘I’m just an awful skeleton’
A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via videolink, in…
Continue Reading Biden’s Covid case for big government
The pandemic occupied a major part of US President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress on Wednesday, as he made a sweeping case for big…
Continue Reading Officer posted a TikTok mocking LeBron James’ views on police. His department says it will be dealt with internally
After an Idaho officer posted a TikTok video mocking NBA star LeBron James’ comments about the use of force by police, his employer, the…
Continue Reading Traveling to the Maldives during COVID-19: What you need to know before you go
If you’re planning to travel to the Maldives here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Florida House passes controversial voting bill that would add new restrictions
After several hours of contentious debate, the Republican-controlled Florida House passed its version of a controversial bill that would add new…
Continue Reading Biden goes off-script to thank McConnell for honoring his late son in 2016
President Joe Biden went off-script during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday to thank Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a…
Continue Reading Hits and misses from Biden’s speech to Congress
President Joe Biden delivered the biggest speech of his presidency to date on Wednesday night — an address to a joint session of Congress.…
Continue Reading China successfully launches first module of planned space station
For more than two decades, the International Space Station has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different…
Continue Reading Is it ‘Zoom face’ or is the pandemic aging you?
Is that face in the mirror looking a bit, well, older these days? “Some of this is due to perception, what I call ‘Zoom face,’”…
Continue Reading An hours-long standoff leaves one deputy killed and one wounded in North Carolina
One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said in a…
Continue Reading Federal indictment for Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers is one step closer to justice, mother says
The federal indictment of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery represents “one step closer to justice,” his mother told CNN.…
Continue Reading Three men indicted on hate crime and kidnapping charges in connection to Ahmaud Arbery’s death, federal prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors indicted the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges, the Department of Justice…
Continue Reading Officer involved in botched raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death announces retirement
A Louisville police officer who was involved in the botched raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor has announced his retirement, saying…
Continue Reading India is one of the world’s top 10 buyers of Covid vaccines. It still has nowhere near enough
India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as…
Continue Reading International Space Station gets a rival with planned launch of Chinese space station module
For more than two decades, the International Space Station has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different…
Continue Reading More relaxed CDC coronavirus guidelines could come soon, Fauci says
After loosening its COVID-19 prevention guidelines somewhat this week for people who are fully vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Hong Kong passes new immigration law that could enable China-style exit bans
Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s first joint address to Congress
In his first joint address to Congress, President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone, speaking for more than an hour and pushing his expansive…
Continue Reading Judge denies media request for Andrew Brown videos, but allows family to view recordings
A North Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that video from four body cameras associated with last week’s shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. will…
Continue Reading From ad-libs to whispers, here’s how the Biden address to Congress was covered by the press
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. When Vice President…
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Wednesday high school scores – April 28
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – High school baseball and softball…
Continue Reading Biden promises to lift ‘left-behind and forgotten’ Americans with his ambitious economic agenda
President Joe Biden spoke directly to working- and middle-class Americans who “feel left behind and forgotten” in a rapidly changing…
Continue Reading Sen. Tim Scott in GOP rebuttal says ‘the President and his party are pulling us further and further apart’
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina criticized President Joe Biden and argued he is failing to deliver on his promises in the GOP rebuttal to the…
Continue Reading Suspect faces numerous charges after alleged killing of Delaware police officer and assault of elderly couple
A veteran Delaware police officer has died following an assault after he was dispatched to the home of a person suspected in an attack of an elderly…
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5 takeaways from President Biden’s first address to Congress
President Joe Biden made a sweeping case Wednesday for massive new programs that would transform the government’s role in Americans’…
Continue Reading Standoff continues after one deputy killed and one wounded in North Carolina
One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an ongoing standoff situation near Boone, North Carolina, officials…
Continue Reading India is the world’s top 10 buyer of Covid vaccines. It still has nowhere near enough
India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as…
Continue Reading Read Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s response to Biden’s address to Congress
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to Congress Wednesday night. Read his remarks…
Continue Reading Georgia sheriff allegedly ordered his employees to use excessive force against detainees, federal indictment says
The sheriff of a suburban Atlanta county has been indicted on federal civil rights charges for allegedly ordering his employees to use excessive…
Continue Reading Biden looks to use Covid successes to unite US around his legislative agenda
President Joe Biden, addressing a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night for the first time, called for America to overcome division as he…
Continue Reading Three more Colorado officers placed on administrative leave after violent arrest of 73-year-old woman
Three more Colorado police officers have been placed on administrative leave in connection with the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with…
Continue Reading Read President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress
President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress. Read his remarks as prepared for delivery: Madame…
Continue Reading Hong Kong has fined a journalist for ticking a box. That shows the city’s media freedoms are in jeopardy
Last Wednesday, Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy was honored for her investigative work. The following day, she was convicted for it. In essence, Choy…
Continue Reading Willow Smith shares she’s polyamorous on ‘Red Table Talk’
If you are Willow Smith and ready to share your truth, the only place you can do it is on “Red Table Talk.” The 20-year-old daughter of…
Continue Reading West Virginia governor signs anti-trans sports bill into law
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed into law a measure that prohibits transgender girls and women in the state from competing on…
Continue Reading Biden pushes ambitious economic plan in first prime-time address to Congress
President Joe Biden opened his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night by declaring that “America is on the move…
Continue Reading Harris and Pelosi make history as the first women to lead Senate and House during presidential address to Congress
Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made history during President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress…
Continue Reading Biden to push ambitious economic plan in first prime-time address to Congress
President Joe Biden opened his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night by declaring that “America is on the move…
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Athlete of the Week: Jaxon Christensen, Highland baseball
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Our Sermon Service and Electric athlete of the week is a baseball player who hopes to make it to the majors. Adrian…
Continue Reading Body cam video released after Chicago police shoot and kill man they say had a gun during foot chase
New body cam footage released in Chicago on Wednesday shows the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez as he runs from an officer.…
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