Politics Mar 30 Health care provider sues over Idaho’s strict abortion ban A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers.
Nation Oct 26 Coroner identifies suspect in Boise mall shooting that killed 2 Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob Bergquist. Police say Bergquist died at a hospital late Tuesday morning.
Nation Oct 25 Police say 2 killed, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting At a news conference, authorities said officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The majority of the mall has been cleared but police were still looking for any additional victims.
Health Sep 07 Idaho enacts crisis hospital care standards amid COVID surge The activation includes 10 hospitals and healthcare systems in Idaho's panhandle and north-central Idaho. The move allows hospitals to allot scarce resources like intensive care unit rooms to those most likely to survive.
Health Sep 03 Idaho hospitals nearly buckling in relentless COVID surge Intensive care beds are full of unvaccinated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, and doctors are bracing for the need to conserve scarce resources for the patients most likely to survive.
Nation Apr 29 Idaho lawmaker accused of rape resigns after ethics ruling The investigation into Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger began in March. A young staffer reported he raped her in his apartment after the two had dinner at a Boise restaurant. Von Ehlinger has denied all wrongdoing and maintains he had consensual…
Health Oct 23 Regions throughout the U.S. in crisis as country nears high for COVID-19 cases The 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 bars Most 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 arrests The 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 back An IRS spokesman says the agency is relying on the unrelated Social Security Act, which bans incarcerated people from receiving some types of benefit payments.