Hawaii officials say DNA tests drop Maui fire death count to 97
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfires down to at least 97 people.…
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Former top US diplomat sentenced in Qatar lobbying scheme
By ALAN SUDERMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top U.S. ambassador has been sentenced to three years of probation and…
Continue Reading North Carolina officials reverse course to allow Christmas parade after girl’s death last year
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials will allow a Christmas parade in the capital city after a truck towing a float had struck and killed…
Continue Reading Judge: Sexual harassment lawsuit against California treasurer by employee she fired can go to trial
The Associated Press By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit against California Treasurer Fiona Ma by a…
Continue Reading Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex abuse…
Continue Reading Tuohys ‘vehemently deny’ allegations by Michael Oher and say they will terminate conservatorship at any time
By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who along with former NFL player Michael Oher were portrayed in…
Continue Reading A Georgia state senator indicted with Trump won’t be suspended from office while the case is ongoing
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator won’t be suspended from office after he was one of 18 others indicted along…
Continue Reading A look at notable impeachments in US history, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on corruption allegations is among several such…
Continue Reading North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota utility regulators will reconsider their denial of a siting permit for a proposed…
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Cow moose dies after attempt to relocate out of Twin Falls
lt cow moose made its way into Twin Falls in the early morning hours of Thursday after being seen in the Snake River Canyon the day…
Continue Reading Family files lawsuit after police fatally shot New Mexico man while at wrong address
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in New Mexico after they responded…
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Rabbitstick Primal Skills Conference draws many to learn survival skills
Many from far and wide met in Madison County this past week to live off the…
Continue Reading California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at ‘brazen’ store thefts
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $267 million to combat smash-and-grab robberies that have…
Continue Reading Lawyers argue 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death should have separate trials
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Defense lawyers say three former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating Tyre…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; Cindy McCain, executive director of the World…
Continue Reading Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year
By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023. The Legislature…
Continue Reading An inquiry found ‘factual disputes’ with allegations of Murdaugh trial tampering, prosecutors say
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors suggest that convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys…
Continue Reading Colorado mountain tied to massacre renamed Mount Blue Sky
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado’s Indigenous…
Continue Reading Louisiana island town to repeal ordinance, let driver fly vulgar anti-Biden flag
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A resort island town on the Louisiana coast has agreed to repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance…
Continue Reading Kansas to no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect gender identities
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their…
Continue Reading Michigan man cleared of killing 2 hunters to get $1 million for wrongful convictions
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for…
Continue Reading Biden set for busy week of foreign policy, including talks with Brazil, Israel and Ukraine leaders
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a busy foreign policy agenda next week. Biden will deliver his address…
Continue Reading Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the…
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Fatal crash west of Burley on I-84
Police are investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash that occurred on Friday at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Interstate 84 at milepost 200.5, in…
Continue Reading Outrage boils in Seattle and in India over death of a student and an officer’s callous remarks
By MANUEL VALDES and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Demonstrators in Seattle have demanded the resignation of two police officers…
Continue Reading A 5-year-old vanished from a New Jersey playground in 2019. A new age-progression photo could bring Dulce Maria Alavez home
By Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have released a new age-progression photo of Dulce Maria Alavez, who vanished from a New Jersey…
Continue Reading Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind…
Continue Reading 6 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ arrested for the abuse and murder of ‘malnourished’ South Korean woman
By Fabiana Chaparro and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Six people who identified themselves as members of a religious group called the…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern CEO promises to keep improving safety on the railroad based on consultant’s report
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after the consultant…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in DC election case concerned about harassment, ‘intimidation’ from Trump, judge says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020…
Continue Reading A man faced murder charges after deputies killed his cousin in a drug raid. A jury acquitted him
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was charged with murder and taken to trial after sheriff’s deputies fatally…
Continue Reading In San Francisco, Kenya’s president woos American tech companies despite increasing taxes at home
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly…
Continue Reading UN calls for more fairness for developing nations at a G77 summit in Cuba
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is calling for nations to build a world that is more fair for developing countries, as he…
Continue Reading Jeezy files for divorce from Jeannie Mai after 2 years of marriage
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Jeezy has filed for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai after two years of in…
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Charter schools working with families despite high waitlist numbers
Charter schools in Eastern Idaho continue to try and accommodate as many families as possible, despite high waitlist…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the…
Continue Reading Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman separate after 27 years of marriage
NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Jackman have decided to end their marriage after 27 years and two children, the pair told People…
Continue Reading New York City mayor gives Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a key to the city during a ceremony in Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs receives the key to New York City. Mayor Eric Adams presented a giant key to the entertainer on Friday in…
Continue Reading Winemaker dies in Italy while trying to save colleague who fainted in wine vat
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according…
Continue Reading Tucker Carlson erupts into Argentina’s presidential campaign with Javier Milei interview
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentinian candidate Javier Milei has railed against socialism and praised Donald…
Continue Reading French ambassador is being ‘held hostage at the French embassy’ in Niger, says Macron
By Dalal Mawad and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at…
Continue Reading At the request of Baghdad, UN will end in 1 year its probe of Islamic State extremists in Iraq
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council has voted unanimously to end, a year from now, a U.N. probe into…
Continue Reading US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s Central Command has decided to interview roughly two dozen service members…
Continue Reading Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville metro councilmember Freddie O’Connell has resoundingly won the race to…
Continue Reading Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A Connecticut city alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6,…
Continue Reading British neonatal nurse found guilty of murdering 7 babies launches bid to appeal her convictions
LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has launched a bid to…
Continue Reading Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials say they have moved juvenile detainees from a former death row building at…
Continue Reading Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says ‘record profits’ should be shared
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the…
Continue Reading Alaska lawmaker’s husband was flying meat from hunting camp when crash occurred, authorities say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say the plane flown by the husband of Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola was carrying a load of moose meat from a…
Continue Reading Donald Trump isn’t backing a national abortion ban. That’s not hurting him in the GOP primary
By WILL WEISSERT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican…
Continue Reading Sioux Falls pauses plan to ditch arsenic-contaminated taxidermy display at state’s largest zoo
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Sioux Falls mayor announced a “strategic pause” in the city’s plans to ditch an…
Continue Reading Jury finds officer not liable in civil trial over shooting death
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal jury in a civil trial has found a Tennessee police officer not at fault or liable for fatally shooting a man in…
Continue Reading UAE official says visa restrictions not lifted for Nigerians
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates has contradicted claims by the Nigerian government that it is to lift a year-long visa…
Continue Reading Railyard explosion in Nebraska isn’t expected to create any lingering problems, authorities say
JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion…
Continue Reading Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current…
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Injury crash on I-84 north of Kimberly
Police are investigating a multi-vehicle injury collision which occurred on Thursday at 2:03 p.m. on eastbound I-84 near mile marker 181 in Jerome…
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Idaho DMV removes convenience fees for online license reinstatement payments
The Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has removed the convenience fee for online driver’s license…
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Idaho’s August unemployment rate increases to 3%
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased in August, rising by two-tenths of a percent from 2.8% in July to 3%.…
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Robbery in Pocatello
The Pocatello Police Department is reporting a robbery happened Thursday in the area of Bartz…
Continue Reading Thousands of plastic tents are being discarded at festivals. Could cardboard tents be the answer?
Dotted across rolling green fields at Bramham Park, a rainbow of plastic sheets flapped in the wind. The country estate, which had hosted around…
Continue Reading Buying a car? What the UAW strike means – and doesn’t mean – for auto sales
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — Now that the United Auto Workers union has started a strike, the US auto market is about to be…
Continue Reading Despite rising gas prices, Americans feel more optimistic about inflation’s future
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Rising gas prices haven’t taken their toll on the American consumer just yet, amid growing optimism…
Continue Reading In a bad omen for inflation, US oil prices top $90 a barrel for the first time this year
US oil prices climbed above $90 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in 10 months, threatening to push gasoline prices even higher and heat up…
Continue Reading Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module is causing tremors on the moon
A spacecraft left behind by US astronauts on the lunar surface could be causing small tremors known as moonquakes, according to a new…
Continue Reading Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise on island both countries share
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic has shut all land, air and…
Continue Reading IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges years after a meltdown began
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has warned that Lebanon is still facing enormous economic challenges…
Continue Reading One American, two Russians blast off in Russian spacecraft to International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut, 2 Russian cosmonauts launch to space station
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A NASA astronaut on her inaugural spaceflight and two cosmonauts launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft…
Continue Reading When Cold War Kids hits the road, so does Nathan Willett’s tennis racquet
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz’s…
Continue Reading Boston Market restaurants shuttered in New Jersey over unpaid wages are allowed to reopen
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Labor officials in New Jersey have lifted a stop-work order that had temporarily shut…
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Doom Haunted Attraction begins Sept. 29
100% of the haunt’s proceeds will benefit the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E.…
Continue Reading West Virginia University gives final approval to academic program, faculty cuts
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has given final approval to wide-ranging cuts…
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22 years since Amber Hoopes disappeared
Sept. 14 marks 22 years since Amber Hoopes…
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Police seek help locating missing person
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance locating a missing 32-year-old Monteview…
Continue Reading Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced new U.S. sanctions on “some of Iran’s more egregious…
Continue Reading Younger voters will be critical in 2024. Biden and Trump are taking different paths to reach them
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, MICHELLE L. PRICE and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Students were dancing in the aisles and their seats…
Continue Reading Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury has acquitted three men in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The…
Continue Reading Kosovo receives $34.7 million US grant to fight corruption and strengthen democracy
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development has given Kosovo another grant to help the country’s integration into the…
Continue Reading Iowa man is found guilty in death of 10-year-old girl whose disappearance prompted a huge search
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has found an Iowa man guilty in the murder of a 10-year-old girl who was missing for eight months before her remains…
Continue Reading They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press NAZLET EL-SHARIF, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian village is mourning dozens of its men killed in the horrific floodwaters…
Continue Reading Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known for his inflated forms, has died at age 91
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms…
Continue Reading Nose hairs, dead spiders and licking rocks are among this year’s Ig Nobel Prize-winning topics
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of…
Continue Reading Spanish judge hears allegations of Franco-era police torture in a case rights groups say is a 1st
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has heard evidence of alleged torture during the rule of late dictator Francisco Franco. Human rights groups say the…
Continue Reading Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way
By MEAD GRUVER and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Mitt Romney’s announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S.…
Continue Reading Remains exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery as the search for 1921 Race Massacre victims has resumed
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second in the search…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain’s national team. Coach delays picking her squad
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The new coach of Spain’s women’s team has had to delay the announcement of her first…
Continue Reading Dubai police seize over $1 billion of captagon drug smuggled inside furniture
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon…
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3 Things To Do This Weekend
Here’s a look at three things you can do this weekend.…
Continue Reading UNESCO puts two locations in war-ravaged Ukraine on its list of historic sites in danger
By BARAA ANWER Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The U.N.’s World Heritage Committee has placed two major historical sites in Ukraine…
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Junkyard of Terror ready for scare season
Owner and manager Adam Boone and his business partner Derek Ricks came up with the idea after opening a successful escape room in the old…
Continue Reading Security forces are seen across Iran as country prepares for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Members of the volunteer arm of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard have…
Continue Reading National Hispanic Heritage Month highlights cultural diversity of Spanish-speaking Americans
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Hispanic history and culture take center stage across the U.S. for National Hispanic Heritage Month.…
Continue Reading 6 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ members are in custody after a woman’s body was found in a car trunk
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Five adults and a 15-year-old self-described as “Soldiers of Christ” religious group members were in custody on murder…
Continue Reading 7,000 people arrive on Italian island of 6,000 as migrant crisis overwhelms Lampedusa
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Chris Liakos, Claudia Colliva and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000…
Continue Reading Princess Diana’s sheep sweater smashes records to sell for $1.1 million
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana has sold at auction for…
Continue Reading Big Pharma’s Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over ‘excessive’ drug prices
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S.-based pharmaceuticals company Johnson & Johnson is being investigated in…
Continue Reading ‘Utter destruction:’ Derna left like a war zone by Libya’s catastrophic flooding
By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city, decimated by…
Continue Reading After attacks, British prime minister says American XL Bully dogs are dangerous and will be banned
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described American XL Bully dogs as a “danger to our…
Continue Reading TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe’s strict data privacy rules
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect…
Continue Reading Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their…
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