Troopers rescue camels and zebras from truck fire on Indiana interstate
CNN By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Traffic on an Indiana interstate was a real circus Saturday morning – complete with camels, zebras and a…
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Hiker dies of suspected heart attack in Utah’s Zion National Park, authorities say
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A man died of a suspected heart attack while hiking a strenuous trail in Utah’s Zion National Park, authorities said…
Continue Reading This week’s Good Stuff: An iconic inventor, an Oscars prediction and a great cat guy
By AJ Willingham, CNN Get CNN’s The Good Stuff newsletter for positive vibes and uplifting news delivered to your inbox every Saturday…
Continue Reading What we know about the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip, who says he’s innocent, and the Supreme Court
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip will finally get the chance to argue for a new trial before the US…
Continue Reading Authorities identify 2 teenage boys shot and killed while leaving Chicago school with other students
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have identified two teenage boys who were fatally shot Friday by masked suspects as they and other students were leaving…
Continue Reading Mystery deaths of 3 Chiefs fans fuels speculation but police say there’s still no sign of foul play
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press It’s been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Jackie Robinson statue stolen from youth league field in Wichita, Kansas
By Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Police in Wichita, Kansas, are asking for help to locate a stolen statue of…
Continue Reading South Carolina deputy fatally shoots man after disturbance call
PIEDMONT, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by sheriff’s deputy. The Greenville County…
Continue Reading ‘Dunkirk’ actor Barry Keoghan named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Barry Keoghan, best known for his roles in “Dunkirk,” “The…
Continue Reading Troopers rescue camels and zebras from truck fire on Indiana interstate
By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Traffic on an Indiana interstate was a real circus Saturday morning – complete with camels, zebras and a…
Continue Reading Zebras, camels and flames, oh my! Circus animals rescued after truck catches fire on Indiana highway
MARION, Ind. (AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern…
Continue Reading Russia marks 80 years since breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a nearly 900-day siege by Nazi…
Continue Reading Donald Trump is on the hook for $88.3 million in defamation damages. What happens next?
By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Donald Trump hurled insults at E. Jean Carroll, saying the advice columnist…
Continue Reading Charges against country singer Chris Young in Nashville bar arrest have been dropped
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young stemming from an encounter with…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport’s expansion for private planes
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a march in southern England to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an…
Continue Reading China orders a Japanese fishing boat to leave waters near Japan-held islands claimed by Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard says its officers ordered a Japanese fishing vessel and several patrol ships in waters surrounding tiny…
Continue Reading Anguish lingers as transgender kids’ families seek medical care outside Texas — and fight a state ban
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Lisa Stanton could feel her heart racing, her body breaking out in sweat and her palms going numb as she sat this…
Continue Reading US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader’s candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government is condemning the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of…
Continue Reading Eileen Gu chooses ‘All of the Above’ when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, Eileen Gu is more…
Continue Reading German train drivers will end a 6-day strike early and resume talks with the railway operator
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s railway…
Continue Reading Crash involving multiple vehicles snarls traffic on Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say crash involving multiple vehicles has closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland and…
Continue Reading Here’s why gas always costs more in California
Gas prices in the United States have slid from their all-time peak in fall 2022, but there are drivers in at least one state who still pull up to the…
Continue Reading Utah Legislature passes bill to ban DEI programs at schools and in government
By Rebekah Riess and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The Utah Legislature Friday joined the growing list of lawmakers across the nation acting to ban…
Continue Reading Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is acknowledging that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by…
Continue Reading China’s top diplomat at meeting with US official urges Washington not to support Taiwan independence
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has told U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan that Washington should stand by a commitment not to…
Continue Reading Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing Max 9 jetliners again for the first time Friday
Associated Press Alaska Airlines began flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again for the first time Friday since they were grounded after a panel blew…
Continue Reading Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica to jointly…
Continue Reading Thousands march against femicide in Kenya following the January slayings of at least 14 women
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in cities and towns in Kenya to protest the recent slayings of…
Continue Reading A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit
By KEVIN FREKING and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the…
Continue Reading Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says his government and the United States have held a first session of…
Continue Reading Will other states replicate Alabama’s nitrogen execution?
By KIM CHANDLER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writers ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Experts on capital punishment say Alabama’s first-ever use of…
Continue Reading Man convicted of manslaughter in the killing of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith following a traffic crash nearly eight years ago has been convicted of…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill 9 people in Iran near border with Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news outlet says unknown gunmen have shot to death nine people in the southeastern part of Iran that borders…
Continue Reading Biden and Germany’s Scholz will meet in Washington as US and EU aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Feb. 9 as the West struggles to provide new aid…
Continue Reading What you should know about the moon area where Japan’s lander touched down
The journey of “Moon Sniper,” the robotic explorer that has made Japan only the fifth country to put a spacecraft safely on the lunar surface,…
Continue Reading Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a safety net that’s under stress
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor’s appointments for more…
Continue Reading Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a safety net under stress
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor’s appointments for more than a decade.…
Continue Reading Crew extinguish fire on tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen after US targets rebels in airstrike
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen’s…
Continue Reading Airstrike kills 3 Palestinians in southern Gaza as Israel presses on with its war against Hamas
By NAJIB JOBAIN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Witnesses say an Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern Gaza…
Continue Reading French farmers vow to continue protesting despite the government’s offer of concessions
PARIS (AP) — French farmers have vowed to continue protesting and are maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country’s major roads. The…
Continue Reading Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz, German chancellor warns of antisemitism, threats to democracy
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on all citizens to defend Germany’s democracy and…
Continue Reading Ukraine says there’s no evidence for Russia’s claim that dozens of POWs died in a plane crash
By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own…
Continue Reading Tuvalu’s prime minister reportedly loses his seat in crucial elections on the Pacific island nation
SYDNEY (AP) — Prime Minister Kausea Natano has reportedly lost his seat in parliament in elections on the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu. The…
Continue Reading Texas seized part of the US-Mexico border and blocked federal Border Patrol agents. Here’s what happened next
By Holly Yan, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Eagle Pass, Texas, has turned into the epicenter of a growing feud between Texas and…
Continue Reading Developers want to build America’s tallest skyscraper in an unlikely city
A group of developers wants to construct what would be America’s tallest building in an unlikely place: Oklahoma…
Continue Reading Philippine troops kill 9 suspected Muslim militants, including 2 involved in Sunday Mass bombing
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine army says troops killed nine suspected Muslim militants in the volatile south,…
Continue Reading Who was St. Brigid and why is she inspiring many 1,500 years after her death?
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Devotees of St. Brigid plan to celebrate her Sunday with the scheduled return of a relic associated with the…
Continue Reading Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — People across Haiti are wondering what awaits them after a court in…
Continue Reading Israeli Holocaust survivor says the Oct. 7 Hamas attack revived childhood trauma
By ALON BERNSTEIN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Holocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he’d live to see…
Continue Reading Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry
By TERRY CHEA Associated Press PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease…
Continue Reading How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election
By DAVID KLEPPER and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s…
Continue Reading Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024
By MEG KINNARD and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s…
Continue Reading Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp…
Continue Reading The world’s largest cruise ship begins its maiden voyage from the Port of Miami
MIAMI (AP) — The world’s largest cruise ship is set to begin its maiden voyage from the Port of Miami. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is…
Continue Reading A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native…
Continue Reading Beijing steps up military pressure on Taiwan after the US and China announce talks
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward the island in a…
Continue Reading Hawaii officials identify 70-year-old mother as the last of the 100 known victims of the Lahaina wildfire
By Mike Valerio and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii officials announced Friday the identity of the last of the 100 known victims who were…
Continue Reading Kenya’s high court rules that deploying the nation’s police officers to Haiti is unconstitutional
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti…
Continue Reading Vince McMahon, fundador de WWE, renuncia en medio de acusaciones de tráfico sexual
Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Vince McMahon renunció a su cargo de presidente ejecutivo de TKO, la empresa matriz de WWE, luego de…
Continue Reading Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE after former employee files sex abuse lawsuit
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon has resigned from WWE’s parent company. Friday’s resignation occurred the day after a…
Continue Reading Man charged in 20-plus calls of false threats in US, Canada pleads guilty
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses…
Continue Reading US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece after Turkey OKs Sweden’s entry to NATO
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighters jets to Turkey following the…
Continue Reading American founder of Haitian orphanage sexually abused 4 boys, prosecutor says
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A prosecutor says an American founder of a Haitian orphanage forced four boys who lived in the…
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Why isn’t Venus like Earth? New space mission aims to find out
A satellite designed to study Venus from top to bottom and a trio of gravitational wave-surfing spacecraft are two of the latest missions that the…
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PCSD 25 administers swearing-in ceremonies for 2 school board members
The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 welcomed a new board member, swore in an incumbent board member and took action for its annual…
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ISPFS releases Annual Report on Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits
The report spotlights the state’s proactive stance in addressing sexual assault…
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Idaho still experiencing a slight downward trend in workplace fatalities
Idaho is still experiencing a slight downward trend in workplace fatalities according to the state’s most recent Census of Fatal Occupational…
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New Teton County Fairgrounds Community building is now available for public rentals
After much anticipation, the new Fairgrounds Community building is now open to the public and available for…
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Annual Sportsmen Against Hunger event scheduled this weekend
Do you want to do something “wild” to benefit the Idaho Foodbank in southeast…
Continue Reading What happened at the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Witnesses watched through a window at an Alabama prison as Kenneth Eugene Smith became the…
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Murder suspect indicted by grand jury in Bonneville County
A Bonneville County grand jury indicted 42-year-old Chris Brandon Foiles for the murder of his girlfriend.…
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Victim identified in suspicious death investigation
The victim has been identified from that suspicious death in Bonneville…
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Coroner identifies man who died in fiery crash
The 21-year-old driver of the Ford Mustang that struck a propane truck on Wednesday along US Highway 20 has been…
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Structure fire at Hobson’s Trailer Park considered total loss
A structure fire at Hobson’s Trailer Court, located off the 2900 block of the S Yellowstone Highway, on Friday is considered a total loss.…
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Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race kicks off in Jackson
The cold temperatures aren’t stopping the fun for the Pedigree Stage Stop Dog Sled Race with the kick off in…
Continue Reading Other passengers support man who opened emergency exit, walked on wing of plane in Mexico airport
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a…
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Blackfoot Animal Shelter sees disturbing trend as more pets are left abandoned in the outdoors
Some of our local animal shelters are starting to see a disturbing trend regarding pets coming into the shelter. The trend? Pets, are being abandoned…
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Texas Roadhouse to reopen this weekend
The Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Ammon will reopen this weekend after two and half weeks of hard…
Continue Reading Woman committed to mental institution in Slender Man attack again requests release
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of the two Wisconsin women accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please internet horror character Slender Man is…
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Chaplains of Idaho are there to help
When a fire displaces someone, our state isn’t without…
Continue Reading Alleged carjacking suspect fatally shot by police at California ski resort
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — An alleged carjacking suspect was fatally shot by police at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The shooting…
Continue Reading Covering child care costs for daycare workers could fix Nebraska’s provider shortage, senator says
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is looking to follow in the footsteps of Kentucky in implementing a program that…
Continue Reading Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas begins legal case against swimming’s world governing body
By David Close and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has begun legal proceedings against World Aquatics, swimming’s…
Continue Reading Hawaii officials identify the last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials have identified the last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina in August.…
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Commission acknowledges utility’s electric Integrated Resource Plan
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has acknowledged Avista Utility’s 2023 electric Integrated Resource…
Continue Reading A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have awarded a prison medical care contract to the same…
Continue Reading Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a Kansas park
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas town is in uproar after a prized Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a public park. Wichita police on Friday were…
Continue Reading Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre testifies about extensive spending and jet charters at New York civil trial
By Sabrina Souza and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Wayne LaPierre, who over the course of three decades became the face of the US gun rights…
Continue Reading Brad Pitt at Rolex 24 to film scenes for Formula One movie
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Of course Brad Pitt is at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the most prestigious endurance…
Continue Reading Investigation reveals Fargo gunman’s movements before deadly police shooting
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Newly released investigative reports into last year’s deadly ambush of Fargo police…
Continue Reading Oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Aden after Houthi missile attack
By Kareem El Damanhoury, Tara John and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden is on fire after a missile attack by…
Continue Reading Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has found a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a…
Continue Reading No diploma? No problem! Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals
LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a…
Continue Reading Justice Department finds Cuomo sexually harassed employees and settles with New York state
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the state of New York to…
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Utah poised to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people
Utah is poised to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after its Republican-controlled Legislature passed a…
Continue Reading Family of 85-year-old Florida woman, killed by an alligator while walking her dog, files wrongful death lawsuit
By Brammhi Balarajan and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of an 85-year-old woman who was killed by an alligator while walking her dog has…
Continue Reading Family of 85-year-old Florida woman, killed by an alligator while walking her dog, files wrongful death lawsuit
WPTV, BILL SERGE, LAW FIRM HANDOUT, SERGE FAMILY, CNN By Brammhi Balarajan and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of an 85-year-old woman…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.; Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
Continue Reading Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are…
Continue Reading Inmate overpowers deputy at hospital, flees to nearby home before fatally shooting himself
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an inmate being treated at a hospital in Ohio overpowered a sheriff’s deputy who was guarding him and took…
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