A Russian warplane crashes on a training mission. The fate of the crew is unknown
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has announced that one of its warplanes crashed during a training mission in southern Russia without specifying…
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Looking for a refill? McDonald’s is saying goodbye to self-serve soda in the coming years
NEW YORK (AP) — Say goodbye to refilling that Coke. McDonald’s is getting rid of self-served soda. The Chicago-based fast food chain plans to…
Continue Reading Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children’s books are challenged
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered…
Continue Reading Second Wisconsin Republican announces bid to take on Sen. Tammy Baldwin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second Republican with little name recognition is entering the U.S. Senate race to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy…
Continue Reading Hawaii health officials warn volcanic smog known as vog has returned during latest eruption
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Health officials are warning the public about air-quality hazards from the latest…
Continue Reading With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation’s child…
Continue Reading How Libya’s chaos left its people vulnerable to deadly flooding
By JACK JEFFERY LONDON (AP) — A storm that has killed thousands of people and left thousands more missing in Libya is the latest blow to a country…
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Enrollment up at BYU-Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho students began their first day of the fall semester…
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Bannock County 9/11 community commemoration
It has been 22 years since the 9-11 terror attacks that changed the…
Continue Reading How an extramarital affair factors into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the questions that hangs over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial…
Continue Reading 5 former officers charged in death of Tyre Nichols are now also facing federal charges
By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal…
Continue Reading Defense Department awards $20.6 million to support nickel prospecting in Minnesota and Michigan
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Defense has awarded $20.6 million to developers of the proposed Talon…
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Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear is doing well but has long recovery ahead, family says
The family of a Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off his lower jaw says he is doing well at a hospital in Salt Lake City but has…
Continue Reading 5 former police officers involved in deadly beating of Tyre Nichols indicted on federal charges
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Five former Memphis police officers involved in the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols…
Continue Reading NY Philharmonic gets $40 million gift that endows Gustavo Dudamel’s job as music director
NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic at its spring gala on April 24, the orchestra said…
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New garage in Pocatello allows you to work on car
A new auto repair shop is giving people the opportunity to do work on their own cars.…
Continue Reading Guatemalan authorities raid electoral facilities, open boxes of votes
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Agents from Guatemala’s Attorney General’s office have opened dozens of boxes of votes and photographed their contents in…
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BLM concludes Black Mountain, Hardtrigger, Sands Basin wild horse gather
The BLM gathered 229 wild…
Continue Reading Pulitzer officials expand eligibility in arts categories; some non-U.S. citizens can now compete
NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has revised its longtime rules on eligibility for many of its arts awards and will now allow those not…
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Rigby man sentenced for lewd conduct with child under 16
A Rigby man was sentenced on Aug. 30 on a felony charge of lewd conduct with a child under…
Continue Reading Montenegro police probe who built underground tunnel leading to court depot holding drugs, and why
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro have launched an investigation after an underground tunnel was discovered leading from a key…
Continue Reading What’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has launched an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.…
Continue Reading Bea Romer, Colorado first lady who championed state-funded preschool, dies at 93
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado first lady Bea Romer, who helped establish public funding for preschool to help the state’s…
Continue Reading For HBCUs, the bands are about much more than the show to the Black community: ‘This is family’
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — It’s almost 10 p.m. and still a sweltering, sticky 95 degrees when Texas Southern’s Ocean of…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill Mexico Attorney General’s delegate to southern state of Guerrero
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen have killed the representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s office in the…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Bahrain prisoners suspend hunger strike as crown prince to visit United States
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hundreds of prisoners have suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain just ahead of a visit of the…
Continue Reading France’s Foreign Ministry says one of its officials has been arrested in military-run Niger
PARIS (AP) — France’s Foreign Ministry says that one of its officials has been arrested in military-run Niger, and is calling for his immediate…
Continue Reading Rescue teams are frustrated that Morocco did not accept more international help after earthquake
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Rescue teams in Europe are frustrated that Morocco did not throw open its doors to more outside…
Continue Reading Manhunt for the escaped Pennsylvania killer draws hundreds of officers to small township where he’s believed to be armed with a rifle
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania manhunt for an escaped convicted killer has escalated and shifted focus to a small…
Continue Reading Supporters of Native activist Leonard Peltier hold White House rally, urging Biden to grant clemency
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of activists and Indigenous leaders are rallying outside the White…
Continue Reading Panel finds no single factor in horse deaths at Churchill Downs. More screening is suggested
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer A report from horse racing’s federally created oversight panel found no single cause of death among 12 horses at…
Continue Reading Site for the first atomic blast opens for one day in October – here’s how to go
By Kathleen Bangs, CNN (CNN) — It’s one thing standing in line to watch the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.” It’s another thing entirely…
Continue Reading A timeline of the escape and manhunt for convicted Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail outside Philadelphia has come to an end…
Continue Reading Inflation woes persist for small businesses as they struggle to hire
America’s small businesses felt gloomier in August as they continued to struggle with inflation and hiring qualified workers, according to a survey…
Continue Reading US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States has slapped terrorism sanctions on a family network of seven individuals and…
Continue Reading CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Everyone ages 6 months and older should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several low cost and low tech interventions would increase the chances of mothers and their babies…
Continue Reading Alabama walk-on football player arrested on sodomy charge
WEAVER, Ala. (AP) — A walk-on member of the Alabama football team has been arrested on a charge of second-degree sodomy. Freshman defensive back…
Continue Reading Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor’s order suspending right to bear arms in public
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has ignited a firestorm after she suspended the right to…
Continue Reading With COVID-19 cases on the rise, should students take extra precautions?
Summer has ended and kids are back in school. However, COVID-19 cases are on the rise, along with key metrics like hospital…
Continue Reading Roy Kidd, who guided Eastern Kentucky to 2 NCAA Division I-AA football championships, dies at 91
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Roy Kidd, who coached Eastern Kentucky to two NCAA Division I-AA football championships in a Hall of Fame career, has died. He…
Continue Reading Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when…
Continue Reading Infowars host Owen Shroyer gets 2 months behind bars in Capitol riot case
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Infowars host Owen Shroyer has been sentenced to two months behind bars for joining the…
Continue Reading Pope’s Ukraine peace envoy heads to China on mission to help return Ukraine children taken to Russia
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission to return Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Houston Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr. fractured girlfriend’s vertebrae in NYC assault, prosecutors say
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.’s alleged attack on his girlfriend at…
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Wilson Boat Ramp schedule update
Now through Sunday, Sept. 24, the Wilson Boat Ramp will have normal ramp…
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ISU Physics’ Haunted Science Lab earns $10,000 grant
The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the department’s annual Haunted Science…
Continue Reading Jets QB Aaron Rodgers has a torn left Achilles tendon, AP source says
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers has a torn left Achilles tendon, according to a person familiar with the diagnosis, and the…
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Harmful algal bloom identified in Island Park Reservoir
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing a health advisory for Island Park Reservoir, urging caution when recreating in or near…
Continue Reading Missouri clinic halts transgender care for minors in wake of new state law
By JIM SALTER and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri clinic will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex…
Continue Reading Former No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep gets 4-year ban in doping case
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations. The…
Continue Reading Over 3 years after it was stolen, a van Gogh painting is recovered but with some damage
BRUSSELS (AP) — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered more than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was…
Continue Reading Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA experts say
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose…
Continue Reading Rhino kills zookeeper and seriously injures another in Austria
By Inke Kappeler and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A zookeeper in Austria has died and another has been seriously injured after being attacked by a…
Continue Reading Vatican opens up a palazzo built on ancient Roman ruins and housing its highly secretive tribunals
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has opened the doors to one of Renaissance Rome’s most spectacular palazzos in a show…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record for longest spaceflight
By The Associated Press NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. record of 355 days…
Continue Reading Her gun violence plan is probably unconstitutional. This governor is doing it anyway
CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Is it better to do nothing or to do something many people are positive will be struck down by…
Continue Reading Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suspending state gas and diesel taxes again
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor is suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Gov. Brian Kemp declared a…
Continue Reading McCarthy signals a Biden impeachment inquiry ahead, but first he must pass a bill to fund government
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to endorse moving ahead with an…
Continue Reading Escaped Pennsylvania prisoner now armed with a stolen rifle and ‘extremely dangerous,’ police say
CNN, WPVI By Nouran Salahieh and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two…
Continue Reading Top Hamas leader in Beirut in a bid to stop clashes at Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp
By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A top Hamas leader arrived in Beirut to push for an end to clashes in…
Continue Reading Apple expected to unveil the iPhone 15. Here’s what to expect.
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple is expected to take the wraps off its next iPhone on Tuesday during what has become an annual late…
Continue Reading Cruise ship with 206 people has run aground in northwestern Greenland, no injuries, no damage
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew has run aground in northwestern Greenland.…
Continue Reading Spain’s Andalusia region will expand the Doñana wetlands park. Critics applaud but want more action
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The government of Spain’s southern Andalusia region plans to expand a prized national…
Continue Reading Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants from US in swap for Iranian-Americans and billions in assets
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United…
Continue Reading A new documentary reexamines the Louis CK scandal, 6 years later
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — A new documentary premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival examines the Louis C.K. scandal…
Continue Reading European Union to rush more than $2 billion to disaster-hit Greece, using untapped funds
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union is promising Greece more than 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) in financial support in the wake of…
Continue Reading Congo communities forcibly uprooted to make way for mines critical to EVs, Amnesty report says
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The mining of minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies…
Continue Reading Beleaguered Armenian region in Azerbaijan accepts urgent aid shipment
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Authorities in an isolated ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan have allowed entry of a humanitarian aid shipment in a step…
Continue Reading This entire village was wiped out ‘in just 10 seconds’ in Morocco’s devastating earthquake
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. At six years old, she…
Continue Reading This entire village was wiped out ‘in just 10 seconds’ in Morocco’s devastating earthquake
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. At six years old,…
Continue Reading Latvia grows worried over a surge of migrants attempting to cross from Belarus
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the…
Continue Reading Police round up migrants in Serbia and report finding weapons in raid of a border area with Hungary
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police in Serbia say they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found weapons during a raid along the country’s border…
Continue Reading With European countries hungry for workers, more Ukrainians are choosing Germany over Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A report says Poland is losing large numbers of Ukrainian refugees from its workforce as they travel to Germany to seek…
Continue Reading Taliban reject Pakistani claims of unlawful structures, indiscriminate firing at key border crossing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are rejecting Pakistani government accusations they’re to blame for the closure of a key border…
Continue Reading Maps and photos show the impact of the Morocco earthquake
By Rob Picheta, Krystina Shveda, Henrik Pettersson, Lou Robinson, Amy O’Kruk and Clint Alwahab, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 3,000 people are dead,…
Continue Reading Families ask full appellate court to reconsider Alabama transgender care ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama families with transgender children asked an appellate court Monday to review a decision that will let the state…
Continue Reading Author Sandra Cisneros receives Holbrooke award for work that helps promote peace and understanding
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Sandra Cisneros is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring…
Continue Reading Rubiales summoned by Spanish judge investigating his kiss of player at Women’s World Cup
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The former president of Spain’s soccer federation been ordered to give testimony to a…
Continue Reading Court renews detention of 5 Israelis in Cyprus police custody after U.K. woman accuses them of rape
PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court extended the detention of five Israelis for another six days after a British woman accused them of…
Continue Reading These highly trained scientists and doctors were making history. Reporters kept asking them sexist questions
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — As Sally Ride prepared to make history as the first American woman in space, it should have been a moment…
Continue Reading Spain strips deceased former Chilean President Pinochet of a Spanish military honor
MADRID (AP) — Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Gen. Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honor bestowed on him more than 40…
Continue Reading Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted…
Continue Reading Pakistan court orders 5 siblings of girl found dead near London put into child protection center
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has ordered the five siblings of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead…
Continue Reading When do the Jewish High Holidays start? The 10-day season begins this week with Rosh Hashana
The Associated Press Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Friday, Sept. 15, and continues through the evening of Sunday, Sept. 17.…
Continue Reading EU lawmakers approve a deal to raise renewable energy target to 42.5% of total consumption by 2030
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — European Union lawmakers endorsed a deal Tuesday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc’s energy mix, another…
Continue Reading Israeli academics and artists call on Biden and UN to shun Netanyahu during his upcoming US visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli academics and artists have urged U.S. President Joe Biden and United Nations Secretary-General António…
Continue Reading Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whirling north of Puerto Rico as a Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would remain in open…
Continue Reading Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A sweeping study of sex abuse by priests and others within the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland…
Continue Reading American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a ‘crazy adventure’
By ROBERT BADENDIECK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep…
Continue Reading Police warn that escapee Danelo Cavalcante is armed. He has avoided searchers for nearly two weeks
By MARC LEVY and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Authorities warned that an escaped murderer who has evaded capture in southeastern Pennsylvania for…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Food service workers prepped for success in other jobs
By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Despite having great soft skills, workers with a history of food service work may be overlooked as not having relevant…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Sept. 12: Hurricane Lee, Covid-19, Kim Jong Un, Libya, iPhone
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google goes to court today to face the Justice Department and a group of states that accuse the company of…
Continue Reading The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people. United…
Continue Reading Fans cheer German basketball team’s return home after winning World Cup title
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Fans cheered Germany’s basketball team on its return home after winning the World Cup for the first time. The team…
Continue Reading Mosquitoes are annoying and some are deadly. Here’s why we can’t – and shouldn’t – simply kill them all
By Ritu Prasad, CNN (CNN) — At this point in the year, we’re all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the…
Continue Reading Heavy rain brings flash flooding in parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one city declaring a state of emergency as water…
Continue Reading New Mexico’s governor just temporarily banned the public carrying of firearms in Albuquerque. Here’s what you need to know
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an emergency order banning both open and concealed firearms in…
Continue Reading Farm laborers to receive greater protections under Biden administration proposal
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant farm workers would receive new protections under a Biden administration…
Continue Reading Poland says it won’t lift its embargo on Ukraine grain because it would hurt its farmers
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his government will not lift its embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain as scheduled Friday…
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