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May. 30, 2023 14:39 PM EDT

Top New Shows (US): 1. Scamanda, Lionsgate Sound 2. Freeway Phantom, iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV 3. Pretty, Not Smart with Louie and Yoatzi Castro, Louie and Yoatzi Castro & Studio71 4. The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder...

Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them

May. 26, 2023 00:26 AM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters. A 5-4 majority significantly expanded the ability of farmers,...

Community commits kind acts to honor slain University of Idaho student for 'Maddie May Day'

May. 25, 2023 15:29 PM EDT

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The family of one of four University of Idaho students killed in a stabbing attack last fall wanted to find a way to celebrate her birthday by remembering the joy she brought others, not the grief created by her absence. And so earlier this month Madison...

Suspect 'stands silent' in slayings of 4 Idaho college students; judge enters not guilty pleas

May. 22, 2023 16:37 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students opted Monday to “stand silent” to murder charges, prompting the judge to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf ahead of a trial in which he could face the death penalty. The Nov. 13,...

Pregnant woman, toddler fatally shot in Idaho, sheriff says

May. 19, 2023 19:03 PM EDT

WALLACE, Idaho. (AP) — A 33-year-old pregnant woman and her toddler son were found shot to death in a home in northern Idaho, authorities said. Deputies responded at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a death at the home, Shoshone County Sheriff Holly Lindsey announced on...

Police in Idaho search for boy they say was taken by father

May. 18, 2023 20:37 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Idaho are looking for a 2-year-old boy who they say was taken by his non-custodial father Thursday. Police in Nampa said they were looking for the boy and Rodolfo Reyes, 36. Police said on social media that the boy was taken from a yard. ...

Idaho mom convicted in deaths of 2 kids and romantic rival faces new Arizona charge

May. 17, 2023 15:19 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who was convicted in Idaho last week in the deaths of her two children and a romantic rival has been indicted for a second time in Arizona, this time on charges that she conspired to kill her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty last...

Grand jury indicts man in 4 University of Idaho stabbing deaths, eliminating need for hearing

May. 17, 2023 14:35 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a man who was already charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, allowing prosecutors to skip a planned week-long preliminary hearing that was set for late June. Bryan Kohberger was arrested late last year and...

Mandatory flood evacuations ordered in Hailey, Idaho

May. 16, 2023 18:28 PM EDT

HAILEY, Idaho. (AP) — Authorities issued evacuation notices Tuesday for some neighborhoods in the central Idaho city of Hailey because of river flooding. The Blaine County sheriff at the request of the Hailey Fire Department issued an order Tuesday for people living in eight homes...

Doomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts woman in murders of 2 children, romantic rival

May. 12, 2023 23:43 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted Friday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, a verdict that culminates a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and she was a goddess sent to usher...