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Health Oct 23
Regions throughout the U.S. in crisis as country nears high for COVID-19 casesThe United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on the nation. The surge’s impact is being felt in every section of the country.
Nation Oct 02
Voting nearly impossible for eligible voters behind barsMost of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote. But a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative finds many of them are unable to, stymied by misinformation, limited access to ballots…
Nation Jul 29
Federal court to review ‘protest bans’ in Portland arrestsThe protest bans, first reported by ProPublica, were included in at least a dozen cases — most of them involving misdemeanor charges of failing to obey a lawful order.
Economy Jun 24
U.S. inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them backAn IRS spokesman says the agency is relying on the unrelated Social Security Act, which bans incarcerated people from receiving some types of benefit payments.
Nation May 11
New U.S. plans reimagine fighting wildfires amid virus risksNew plans offer a national reimagining of how to fight wildfires amid the risk of the coronavirus spreading through crews.
Nation Apr 09
Coronavirus forces new approaches to fighting wildfiresThey are two disasters that require opposite responses: To save lives and reduce the spread of COVID-19, people are being told to remain isolated. But in a wildfire, thousands of firefighters will be summoned to work in close quarters for…
Health Mar 27
Ski vacation hot spot becomes virus ground zero in IdahoA scenic Idaho county known as a ski-vacation haven for celebrities and the wealthy has a new, more dubious distinction: It has the highest per-capita rate of confirmed coronavirus infections in America outside of New York City and its surrounding…
World Jul 03
Hundreds mourn at vigil for victims of birthday party attack in IdahoMonday evening roughly 1,500 people turned out at a vigil honoring members of refugee families targeted in the stabbing.
Nation Jul 02
3-year-old refugee girl dies of injuries after stabbings in IdahoTimmy Kinner is American, and the victims are members of refugee families from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia. Boise Police Chief William Bones said the evidence does not suggest the attack was a hate crime.
Politics Nov 23
Trump stance on illegal immigration may aid private prisonsPresident-elect Donald Trump's stance on immigration could mean big money for the private prison industry.