Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after mass shooting
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after…
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Justice Department ramps up efforts to reduce violent crime with gun intel center, carjacking forces
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to reduce violent crime in the U.S.,…
Continue Reading Five icons you should know from Time’s 100 most influential people of 2024 list
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Who are the 100 most influential people in the world? Every year, TIME Magazine has an answer. TIME released its…
Continue Reading Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons in Kyiv’s latest apparent war innovation
By Associated Press Russia’s defense ministry says air defenses have downed what authorities describe as five Ukrainian balloons. The sides have…
Continue Reading UK’s Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate’s cancer diagnosis
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William returns to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife’s cancer…
Continue Reading ‘Wild, wild west.’ Families say organs of deceased Alabama inmates have been removed without their consent
By Isabel Rosales, Chris Youd and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — After inmate Jim Kennedy Jr. died last year at the Limestone Correctional Facility…
Continue Reading ‘Wild, wild west.’ Families say organs of deceased Alabama inmates have been removed without their consent
CNN By Isabel Rosales, Chris Youd and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — After inmate Jim Kennedy Jr. died last year at the Limestone Correctional…
Continue Reading Biden scores endorsements from Kennedy family, looking to shore up support against Trump and RFK Jr
By ZEKE MILLER, WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15…
Continue Reading Israeli soccer facing Palestinian calls for action by FIFA at annual congress
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be…
Continue Reading Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — After a disastrous year marked by high costs, accusations of environmental harm and project cancellations in 2023,…
Continue Reading Fernando Tatis Jr. has 50 custom cleats planned this year, including odes to Gwynn, Curry and more
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. plans to unveil 50 pairs of custom cleats this season, including odes to…
Continue Reading Reuters photographer wins World Press Photo of the Year with poignant shot from Gaza
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem captured this year’s prestigious World Press Photo of the…
Continue Reading ‘There is no time to waste’: EU leaders want to boost competitiveness to close gap with US and China
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are debating at a summit in Brussels a new “European Competitiveness…
Continue Reading Stabbed bishop delivers first message from hospital as malicious disinformation spreads
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The last time Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel addressed his parishioners he was standing at the…
Continue Reading Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Copenhagen’s mayor says she has been in touch with her Paris counterpart to see…
Continue Reading European Union official urges G7 to step up air defense for Ukraine and expand Iran sanctions
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CAPRI, Italy (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat is urging the Group of Seven to take quick and concrete…
Continue Reading Nokia sees double-digit fall in January-March sales as weak market for 5G technology prevails
HELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia has reported a smaller-than-expected profit and a substantial double-digit fall in…
Continue Reading Strong quake in southwestern Japan leaves 9 with minor injuries, but no tsunami
By MARI YAMAGUCHIA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities say that a strong earthquake that struck the country’s southwest Japan…
Continue Reading UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have misused…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares gain despite Wall Street’s tech-led retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares advanced on Thursday even after sinking technology stocks sent Wall Street lower in the S&P…
Continue Reading Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them.
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the…
Continue Reading Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger
By GRACEY WAKARY and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities closed an international airport and residents…
Continue Reading Hard right makes hay with European farmers’ anger ahead of June elections
By RAF CASERT Associated Press ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) — Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a…
Continue Reading Germany arrests 2 for allegedly spying for Russia, planning sabotage to undermine Ukraine aid
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say two German-Russian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of espionage. One of them is accused of agreeing to…
Continue Reading United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heaviest…
Continue Reading China-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the Chinese Formula 1 race in Shanghai
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. And no matter who wins on Sunday, the star…
Continue Reading LAPD officer will not face criminal charges in killing of 14-year-old girl at store during police confrontation with suspect
By Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles Police Department officer will not face criminal charges in the 2021 fatal…
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Athlete of the Week: Dax Whitney, Blackfoot Baseball
BLACKFOOT (KIFI) – It’s hard to stress just how dominant Dax Whitney has been this baseball season. Blackfoot’s senior ace leads 4A in…
Continue Reading US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — America stands with Japan until all Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end…
Continue Reading China and Indonesia call for cease-fire in Gaza
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting…
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Imposter scams on the rise in Idaho says Department of Finance
The Idaho Department of Finance is warning about the rise of Imposter Scams in a recent press…
Continue Reading Takeaways from this week’s reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — More than half a year after the…
Continue Reading How South Africa’s former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since…
Continue Reading 911 service provider Lumen blames 911 outage on installation of light pole
By Andy Rose, Melissa Alonso, Dalia Faheid, Dakin Andone and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The outage of 911 systems in several states Wednesday…
Continue Reading Sydney boy accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says
By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader says a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during…
Continue Reading Prominent figure in German far-right party going on trial over alleged use of Nazi slogan
By GEIR MOULSON and KERSTIN SOPKE Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany…
Continue Reading Panama’s presidential frontrunner skips third and final debate ahead of May 5 election
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Six of the eight candidates vying to be Panama’s next president have laid out their plans to…
Continue Reading Man suspected of throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts is arrested, prosecutors say
By Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been arrested for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb that damaged The Satanic Temple…
Continue Reading Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of…
Continue Reading South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Progress is being made in getting more women into leadership positions in South Carolina.…
Continue Reading Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power
By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream.…
Continue Reading New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is awaiting a decision from three federal judges that could affect the balance of…
Continue Reading Closing arguments set in case against Arizona rancher charged in fatal shooting of unarmed migrant
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A southern Arizona jury will hear closing argumentsin the case against a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his…
Continue Reading Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred a flurry of bipartisan legislative…
Continue Reading California school safety officer’s murder trial ends in mistrial after jury fails to reach verdict in shooting of 18-year-old
By Cindy Von Quednow, Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A mistrial has been declared more than two years after a former California…
Continue Reading Trump trial jury selection process follows a familiar pattern with an unpredictable outcome
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury selection process at the historic criminal trial of former…
Continue Reading Jury selection in Trump hush money trial faces pivotal stretch as former president returns to court
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection in the hush money trial of…
Continue Reading A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students’ spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at…
Continue Reading Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, AP-NORC poll finds
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of U.S.…
Continue Reading Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote island
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of…
Continue Reading 25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between…
Continue Reading Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang…
Continue Reading UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel’s demands for its dissolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the…
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The importance of insurance when disaster strikes
Prepare for the unexpected when a disaster happens. Why getting the right insurance is…
Continue Reading Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack
By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney shopping mall has opened to the public for the first time since the mass…
Continue Reading Expert will testify Bryan Kohberger’s cell phone was outside of Moscow on the night of the Idaho murders, defense says
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving…
Continue Reading Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
By JILL COLVIN and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President…
Continue Reading Video shows 3 jailers watch as officer wrapped chain around detainee’s neck and briefly choked him, lawsuit says
By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A surveillance video showing a jailer wrapping a chain around the neck of an inmate whose attorneys say was…
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The most popular poker players in Idaho
Clubs Poker compiled a ranking of the most popular poker players in Idaho using data from The Hendon…
Continue Reading Whistleblowers outline allegations of nepotism and retaliation within Albuquerque’s police academy
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several members of the Albuquerque police academy’s training staff who were…
Continue Reading Biden administration set to provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for…
Continue Reading Biden administration set to provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for…
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EconoLodge standoff suspect moved to Bonneville Co. Jail
The Idaho Falls Police say Flores was medically cleared and booked into the Bonneville County Jail on Wednesday, April…
Continue Reading Oklahoma man arrested after authorities say he threw a pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the headquarters of a group in Salem,…
Continue Reading Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s…
Continue Reading NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they’ve switched schools
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer — as long as…
Continue Reading California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for ‘Erin Brockovich’ contaminant
By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical…
Continue Reading Who owns businesses in California? A lawmaker wants the public to know
By TRÂN NGUYỄN The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar…
Continue Reading Chilean report into LATAM Airlines flight plunge finds ‘involuntary movement forward’ from pilot’s seat
By Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — A preliminary report from Chile’s aviation authority on the LATAM Airlines plane that plunged mid-air on March 11…
Continue Reading Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department, AP source says
By ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say…
Continue Reading 11-year-old’s beach find was likely largest known marine reptile to swim Earth’s oceans, scientists say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English…
Continue Reading What’s inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel
KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid…
Continue Reading Tennessee judge wants more information on copyright before ruling on school shooter’s writings
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge is weighing whether to allow the release of a Nashville school…
Continue Reading New Hampshire man who brought decades-old youth center abuse scandal to light testifies at trial
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The man whose allegations of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center sparked…
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Power County seeks input on the future of condemned historic building
The fate of a historic building in Power County will be discussed at an upcoming meeting. County commissioners are seeking public comment regarding…
Continue Reading Biden is off on details of his uncle’s WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War…
Continue Reading A lake in Mexico’s ‘magical town’ is disappearing. Authorities blame drought, and theft
CNN By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities…
Continue Reading A lake in Mexico’s ‘magical town’ is disappearing. Authorities blame drought, and theft
By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is…
Continue Reading Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour
By SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy…
Continue Reading Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice, has died. She…
Continue Reading New York competition, smoking, internet betting concerns roil US northeast’s gambling market
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Casinos in the northeastern U.S. are dealing with numerous challenges as they brace for…
Continue Reading Georgian police fire tear gas to break up protest against so-called ‘Russian law’
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in the capital of Georgia on Tuesday unleashed tear gas to break up a large demonstration outside the country’s…
Continue Reading Lawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about…
Continue Reading Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from July’s catastrophic flooding and other…
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Public open house scheduled for proposed boat ramp project on the Snake River in Bingham County
A public open house has been scheduled to discuss a proposed boat ramp project on the mainstem Snake River below McTucker Creek in Bingham…
Continue Reading Catch up on the day’s news: Mayorkas impeachment fails, dementia risks, NBA player banned
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Continue Reading Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people
By Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, Sara Smart and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A new report on the disastrous Maui infernos that left 101 people dead…
Continue Reading Catch up on the day’s news: Mayorkas impeachment fails, dementia risks, NBA player banned
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Continue Reading Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in…
Continue Reading Sweeping gun legislation awaits final votes as Maine lawmakers near adjournment
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is nearing adjournment with unfinished business, including final votes on a series of gun safety bills…
Continue Reading Tip leads to arrest in cold case killing of off-duty DC police officer in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors have announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer…
Continue Reading Brazilian police detain woman suspected of taking a dead man to withdraw bank loan
By Alessandra Castelli, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil have detained a woman suspected of wheeling a dead man, who she said was her uncle, to a…
Continue Reading Appeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey’s county line primary ballot design in place
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats to scrap a ballot design widely…
Continue Reading India election: A visual guide to voting in the world’s largest democracy
By Rosa de Acosta and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth exercise in democracy is underway in India, where nearly a billion people will go to…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from upstate New York park
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for…
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Circus elephant wanders the streets of Butte, MT
Lots of folks in Butte, Montana, couldn’t believe what they were seeing on…
Continue Reading South Carolina coach Dawn Staley gushes over congratulations from Queen B
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has gotten plenty of prominent congratulations since winning her third national title…
Continue Reading Abu Ghraib military contractor warned bosses of abuses 2 weeks after arriving, testimony reveals
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib…
Continue Reading Kentucky spokeswoman: School is ‘distressed’ to hear of alleged sexual misconduct by ex-swim coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky spokeswoman says the school is “distressed to hear disturbing allegations” of sexual assault by former…
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