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SEATTLE (AP) — Kobe Williamson had 28 points in Seattle U’s 92-55 victory over Idaho on Wednesday night. Williamson added six rebounds for the Redhawks (3-2). Brandton Chatfield scored 18 points and added eight rebounds. Paris Dawson had 11 points and was 3 of 5 shooting, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went

By The Associated Press BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — Kolton Mitchell had 18 points in Idaho State’s 69-55 victory over Campbell on Tuesday night. Mitchell added five rebounds for the Bengals (3-3). Kiree Huie scored 14 points and added seven rebounds and three steals. Brayden Parker was 4 of 5 shooting and 3 of 3

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press The judge overseeing the case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year is banning members of the media and the public from using cameras and audio recording devices in the courtroom, saying they jeopardize the defendant’s right to a fair trial.

By The Associated Press BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) — AJ Smith scored 19 points as The Citadel beat Idaho State 62-61 at the Campbell Classic on Monday night. The Citadel scored only 13 points in the first half, trailed by eight with a minute to go in regulation and took its first lead of the

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Joe Girard scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half to help Clemson pull away for an 85-68 victory over Boise State on Sunday. O’Mar Stanley’s three-point play to begin the second half pulled Boise State (2-1) even at 41. Jack Clark answered with a basket and PJ Hall

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — George Holani ran for 178 yards and two touchdowns as Boise State cruised to a 45-10 victory over Utah State on Saturday night. Holani broke loose on a career-long 75-yard touchdown run and added a 26-yarder, each in the second quarter, as the Broncos built a 31-10 halftime lead. Holani carried

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Jack Layne threw six touchdown passes in a 56-point first half and the Idaho Vandals rolled to a 63-21 victory over Idaho State on Saturday night. Idaho (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 8 in the FCS coaches poll, scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Julius Mims had 16 points in Idaho’s 96-52 win over Division-III Pacific Lutheran on Friday night. Mims added nine rebounds and five assists for the Vandals (2-2). Quinn Denker scored 16 points, going 6 of 9 (2 for 4 from 3-point range). Terren Frank had 14 points

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Miguel Tomley scored 18 points as Idaho State beat Northwest (WA) 85-51 on Thursday. Tomley was 6 of 10 shooting (5 for 8 from 3-point range) for the Bengals (2-2). Isaiah Griffin scored 14 points and added nine rebounds. Kiree Huie finished 6 of 13 from the floor to finish with

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — EJ Neal scored 15 points as Idaho beat NAIA-member Evergreen State 88-42 on Tuesday. Neal added six rebounds and three steals for the Vandals (1-2). Kyson Rose scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Terren Frank had nine points and was 3-of-8 shooting and 3 of 4

NYE, Montana (AP) — Work has resumed at a precious metals mine in south-central Montana a day after a 24-year-old worker died in an underground machinery accident, mine officials said. Noah Dinger of Post Falls, Idaho, died just before 1:30 a.m. Monday when he was operating a machine that bolts wire panels onto the stone

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is likely to miss the rest of the season with a neck injury that sidelined him the past month and his career could be in jeopardy as well. Owner/general manager Jerry Jones confirmed the update on his weekly radio show Tuesday. The 27-year-old Vander Esch

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer When Boise State athletic director Jeremiah Dickey decided a change was needed in the football program, he did something that hadn’t been done since the Broncos joined the FBS level of college football in 1996. The head coach was fired. Andy Avalos was let go Sunday, 10 games into

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Bella Murekatete scored 10 of her 16 points in the first quarter, Eleonora Villa added 12 points and No. 24 Washington State beat Idaho State 64-47 Sunday. Murekatete made 7 of 12 from the field and finished with seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Tara Wallack added 10 points and

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Tyson Degenhart scored 17 points as Boise State beat San Francisco 63-58 on Sunday night. Degenhart also added five rebounds and three steals for the Broncos (2-0). Max Rice added 15 points while going 5 of 14 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range and 3 for 4

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Tre King and Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points each and Iowa State defeated Idaho State 86-55 on Sunday. The Cyclones (3-0) led 44-25 at halftime and kept up the pace in the second half. A 16-2 run midway through the period gave the Cyclones a 30-point lead at 69-39. Iowa State’s

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Boise State fired coach Andy Avalos on Sunday, 10 games into his third season leading the Broncos and with a 22-14 overall record. “I am grateful for the passion, effort and dedication Andy has given to our community and his alma mater while serving as our head

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Maddux Madsen threw long touchdown passes in the first and second quarters to spark Boise State to a 42-14 victory over New Mexico on Saturday night. Madsen connected with Austin Bolt for a 42-yard touchdown just four plays into the game for Boise State (5-5, 4-2 Mountain West Conference) and tight

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Lan Larison ran for a career-high 264 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner with 2:05 remaining, to give UC Davis a 21-14 victory over Idaho State on Saturday night. Larison’s third touchdown run capped a 10-play, 92-yard drive. On the ensuing possession, Jordan Cooke led Idaho State to the UC

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Adrian Cormier put Weber State on top for good with a 13-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter and the Wildcats knocked off FCS No. 4 Idaho 31-29 on Saturday. Cormier’s go-ahead score came in the final minute of the period. Idaho (7-3, 5-2 Big Sky Conference) had evened the

By The Associated Press SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Parker Bjorklund scored 21 points, including two free throws in the closing seconds, as St. Thomas beat Idaho State 54-53 on Friday night. Bjorklund had 12 rebounds for the Tommies (1-1). Raheem Anthony scored 19 points while going 7 of 12 from the floor, including 1

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice this week said that states are going too far by trying to block people from helping others cross state lines for abortion. A ruling in Idaho and the federal government taking sides in an Alabama lawsuit are far from the final

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — De’Sean Allen-Eikens had 19 points in CSU Northridge’s 76-73 victory against Idaho on Thursday night. Allen-Eikens had six rebounds for the Matadors (1-1). Keonte Jones scored 16 points while shooting 6 of 12 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line, and added 11 rebounds

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality is underway. “This lawsuit is not about the right to an abortion. It is about much more,” U.S. District Magistrate Debora K. Grasham wrote in the ruling

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House on Thursday approved development of new nuclear reactors, reversing a 1987 moratorium and sending to Gov. J.B. Pritzker a plan that addresses the Democrat’s safety concerns over the proposal. The 98-8 vote to allow construction of so-called small modular reactors beginning in

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only small modular nuclear reactor

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the political schism that emerged during the

By ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger onto the mint-green exit card. And a photograph was snapped of his frightened face. Paul Tomita was four. It was July 4, 1943. Independence Day at Minidoka, a camp in the

By ED KOMENDA The Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The 13 largest U.S. tire manufacturers are facing a lawsuit from a pair of California commercial fishing organizations that could force the companies to stop using a chemical added to almost every tire because it kills migrating salmon. Also found in footwear, synthetic turf and

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chibuzo Agbo had 19 points in Boise State’s 89-55 win against Vanguard on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams. Agbo added seven rebounds for the Broncos. O’Mar Stanley scored 16 points and added seven rebounds. Cam Martin had 12 points, 13 rebounds, four assists

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Andrej Jakimovski scored 21 points to lead Washington State to an 84-59 victory over Idaho in a season opener on Monday night. Jakimovski sank 8 of 16 shots with three 3-pointers for the Cougars. Redshirt freshman Myles Rice, who missed all of last season battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, finished with 13 points,

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Brayden Parker’s 21 points helped Idaho State defeat Warner Pacific 92-36 on Monday night. Parker also contributed seven rebounds for the Bengals (1-0, Big Sky Conference). Kiree Huie scored 13 points and added 10 rebounds and three blocks. Maleek Arington was 4 of 7 shooting and 3 of 3 from the

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Malik Sherod ran for a career-high 132 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown, and returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score to help Fresno State beat Boise State 37-30 Saturday night. Dylan Lynch made field goals of 48, 22 and 24 yards for Fresno State (8-1, 4-1 Mountain West Conference). Mikey

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Richie Munoz threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns — all in the second quarter — and Weber State beat Idaho State 33-21 on Saturday. Munoz’s 23-yard scoring pass to Jaden Thrower with 10:55 before halftime marked the game’s first score. A 19-yard scoring pass to Jacob Sharp 4 1/2 minutes

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Marcus Harris picked off a pass and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown with 2:44 left to play to help Idaho fend off winless Northern Colorado 27-13 on Saturday. Idaho (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky Conference), ranked fifth in the FCS coaches poll after knocking off then-No. 2 Montana State 24-21

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswalk. The car was moving

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court appearance. The state is one of many that have struggled to ensure their public defense systems meet the requirements of the U.S. Constitution’s Sixth

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho last year, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervised release and he

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters are poised to decide whether to ban foreign influence in elections, many of them irked over the $22 million a Canadian utility spent to fight state referendums on a hydropower transmission project. Hydro Quebec, owned by the Canadian province, exploited an election law loophole

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho woman and her son have been charged with kidnapping after prosecutors say they took the son’s minor girlfriend out of state to get an abortion. Court documents show Idaho police began investigating the mother and son earlier this summer after a 15-year-old girl’s mother told authorities her daughter

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors will build upon their case by questioning some of Ellis’ closest allies in court Tuesday. On Monday, Cedric Armstrong, the man who ran the sober-living home

By EMILY TATE SULLIVAN of EdSurge AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them. She drags a small popcorn maker onto the carpet and asks them to

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Freshman Carson Conklin came off the bench to throw three touchdowns passes in his debut and Sacramento State pulled away for a 51-16 victory over Idaho State on Saturday night. Kaiden Bennett staked Sacramento State (6-2, 3-2 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 7 in the FCS coaches poll, to a 7-0

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Maddux Madsen threw for 147 yards with a touchdown, the Boise State defense allowed only 112 yards and the Broncos defeated Wyoming 32-7 on Saturday. Starting quarterback Taylen Green threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Eric McAlister and a two-point conversion gave the Broncos an early 8-0 lead. Madsen came on

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Gevani McCoy hit Hayden Hatten with the go-ahead touchdown and Idaho defeated Montana State 24-21 on Saturday in a game that saw three lead changes in the fourth quarter and created a three-way tie for first place in the Big Sky Conference. The 12-yard pass with 2:47 remaining capped a wild

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge on Thursday declined to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder and one count of burglary in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the school’s campus

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago — the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more about their ancestry. Sharon Hayes, 67,

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly a foot of snow buried parts of North Dakota on Thursday as the region’s first wintry weather of the season swept through the Rockies and into the northern Plains, slowing travel and frustrating some farmers who still have crops left to harvest. The storm dumped

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in the the murders of her two youngest children and another woman could soon be taken to Arizona to face similar charges. Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho earlier this year of killing her two kids

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court will decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout during the legislative session this year can run for reelection. The decision, announced Tuesday, means the lawmakers should have clarity before the March 12 deadline to file for office, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-help books to an Elmore Leonard novel. “The common concept underpinning the censorship we’re seeing is that certain ideas

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Snow has started falling in the northern Cascades and Rockies in the first major snowstorm of the season, prompting people to search out their winter coats, gloves, boots and ice scrapers after a warm fall in many places. The National Weather Service warned of hazardous

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University warned people on campus Tuesday not to open any food delivery robots because of a bomb threat. University officials at the Corvallis, Oregon, campus at lunchtime sent out what they called an urgent alert on X, formerly known as Twitter, that there was a bomb threat in Starship

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season is expected to hit the northern Cascades and Rockies and move into North Dakota this week, sending residents searching for their winter coats, gloves and boots and facing much different driving conditions after a warm fall in many

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. A lawsuit filed by 33 states

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Cooke threw for one touchdown and ran for a second in the first quarter and Hunter Hays ran for two more as Idaho State posted a 38-24 Big Sky Conference win over Portland State on Saturday. Cooke capped a nine-play, 81-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run five minutes into

TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) — A 19-year-old man shot four people Thursday in central Washington state, killing three of them, and then killed himself, police said. Toppenish Police Chief John Clary said in a statement that at about 5 a.m. the man shot and killed a 13-year-old boy, an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman at

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The trial has started for parents accused of starving a boy to death nearly three years ago in Washington state. Prosecutors in opening statements this week said 15-year-old Karreon Franks weighed 61 pounds (27.67 kilograms) when he died from starvation and neglect, The Columbian reported. Felicia Adams, 54, and Jesse Franks,

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states. The project, known as GTN Xpress, aims to expand the capacity of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, which

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Feds approve expansion of Pacific Northwest gas pipeline opposed by environmental groups and top West Coast officials.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison. An Idaho judge last week issued a death warrant for Thomas Creech, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate. Creech

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse convicted of sexually abusing women in custody at an Oregon prison has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Tony Klein’s sentence handed down Tuesday also includes five years of supervised release after prison, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office — District of Oregon.

MIAMI (AP) — Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, according to a report released Tuesday by the Miami Seaquarium. Lolita — also known as Tokitae, or Toki — died Aug. 18 at the age of 57. Her carcass was transported to the

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trail of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made the

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson had a night to remember in his first Big 12 game. The true freshman rushed for five touchdowns against Texas Tech on Saturday, the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision since Israel Abanikanda of Pittsburgh had six against Virginia Tech on Oct. 8,

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi heaved a 33-yard pass to Dallin Hooker in the end zone on the final play from scrimmage and Colorado State scored the last 21 points of the game to beat Boise State 31-30 in a wild finish on Saturday night. Trailing by 20 with about six minutes remaining,

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Clifton McDowell threw a touchdown pass and ran for a TD, Grant Glasgow kicked three field goals and Montana held on to beat Idaho 23-21 Saturday night in a battle of two of the top teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. McDowell completed 11 of 18 passes for 116 yards, including

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Hunter Hays scored untouched on a 1-yard quarterback draw with 52 seconds left and Idaho State, led by a career day from freshman quarterback Jordan Cooke, ended a 12-game losing streak to Eastern Washington with a 42-41 win on Saturday night. Cooke threw his second TD pass, a 25-yarder to Aaron

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out. Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye on Thursday denied a request by a plaintiff who is challenging the law to keep it from being enforced until the lawsuit is

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge issued a death warrant on Thursday for the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, scheduling his execution for next month. Thomas Creech was convicted of killing two people in Valley County in 1974 and sentenced to death row. But after an appeal that sentence

MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after a gas line exploded at nearby rural intersection late Thursday morning. Canyon County Sheriff’s spokesperson Joe Decker said he did not yet know if any injuries were reported in connection with the explosion in southwestern Idaho but said people

MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials evacuate town of about 10,000 people after gas line explodes at rural intersection.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Washington state who was fired last year has been sentenced to prison for stalking his now ex-wife and repeatedly violating a no-contact order. Michael Phipps, 50, pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to stalking, first-degree malicious mischief, three counts of violation of a no-contact order

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eyewitness testimony Tuesday in the continuing trial three police officers, who are white and Asian American, charged with the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man, starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers painted. Keyon Lowery, 26, told the jury in Pierce County Superior Court that Ellis didn’t act aggressively

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, a record $5.6 billion in revenue surplus will be returned to taxpayers in the form of an income tax credit known as a “kicker,” officials said Monday. The state’s Office of Economic Analysis, which confirmed the amount of the kicker in a news release, described it as “the largest

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer For the third time in nine years, Michigan has reached the halfway point of the regular season having given up the fewest points in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Wolverines have allowed just four touchdowns and 40 points, an FBS-best average of 6.7 per game, and hadn’t surrendered

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Gevani McCoy ran for a touchdown and passed for another score, wide receiver Hayden Hatten threw his second touchdown pass of the season and Idaho beat Cal Poly 42-14 Saturday night. Idaho (5-1, 3-0 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 3 in the FCS coaches poll, has won three games

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Quarterback Taylen Green ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for another and Boise State’s defense pitched a second-half shutout in the Broncos’ 35-27 rally over San Jose State on Saturday night. Quali Conley’s 6-yard scoring run gave the Spartans a 27-7 lead with 4:56 before halftime. In Boise State’s

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish in what they’ve described as one of the largest damages claims for illegal killing of wildlife in state history. In

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Portland, Oregon, man of murder in the shooting deaths of three of his neighbors. Brett Pruett, 61, was found guilty of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, burglary and assault, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Police found three

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An Oregon man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy in southwest Washington state has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole. Guillermo Raya Leon, 28, was sentenced Thursday in the 2021 death of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown, The Columbian reported. A Clark County Superior Court

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former U.S. Army intelligence officer has been charged with attempting to provide classified defense information to the Chinese security services during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic — including some listed in a Microsoft Word document titled “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government.” Authorities on

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers’ sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The withdrawals reflect a shift in many states

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Sept. 4, 2022, crash, said Thursday that a single component of a critical flight control system failed, causing an unrecoverable,

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed to help restore a sacred Native American site on the slopes of Oregon’s Mount Hood that was destroyed by highway construction, court documents show, capping more than 15 years of legal battles that went all the way to the

By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has formally requested federal aid and a major disaster declaration to help people recover from deadly wildfire destruction in August in the eastern part of the state. The Democratic governor said in a news release Wednesday that he sent a letter

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis on Thursday challenged a forensic video analyst’s interpretation of videos shot by witnesses that show the Black man’s fatal arrest in Tacoma, Washington. Prosecutors also planned to call Ellis’ sister, Monét Carter-Mixon, to testify

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that conservationists and tribes called a potential breakthrough, President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to use all available authorities and resources to restore “healthy and abundant” salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin. Biden’s order stops short of calling for removal of four

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A small plane spiraled out of the sky and crashed into an Oregon home on Tuesday, killing two of its three passengers, officials said. Dramatic video taken Tuesday evening showed the plane rapidly descending straight down toward the ground in the small city of

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A cellphone video of the 2020 fatal arrest of Manny Ellis shows the Black man on the ground with his hands in the air in surrender as police officers held his neck and shot him with a Taser, according to a certified video analyst called to

SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his address delayed medics’ response. William Yurek, 48, died in his town house in 2021 after his son called 911 and arriving Seattle Fire Department medics

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after the two states’ GOP-led legislatures canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Presidential caucuses in both states are planned March 2,

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to China next week, traveling to the country amid heightened tensions and after several members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet visited over the summer. Schumer, along with Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, is visiting

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, accused in the death of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down on the sidewalk

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s minimum wage will increase 54 cents to $16.28 an hour next year. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries made the announcement Friday, The Seattle Times reported. A full-time worker making that wage would earn nearly $34,000 per year. The 3.37% increase is a cost-of-living adjustment based on the federal

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The lawsuit announced Monday

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police wrestle the unarmed Black man to the sidewalk. One officer pushes his face into the pavement as he pleads in vain: “Can’t breathe.” Witnesses capture the scene at a dark intersection on their cellphones — one yells, “Hey! Stop! Oh my God, stop hitting him!”

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Seth Henigan passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns, Blake Watson rushed for 113 yards and two scores and Memphis beat Boise State 35-32 on Saturday. Memphis (4-1) took its first lead of the game with 1:43 left in the third quarter when Geoffrey Cantin-Arku blocked a field goal and returned

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Anthony Woods ran for 183 yards and five touchdowns, Nick Romano ran for 129 yards and Idaho pounded out a 44-36 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday. The Vandals (4-1, 2-0 Big Sky Conference), ranked sixth in the FCS coaches’ poll, trailed 28-21 midway through the third quarter before scoring 23