Jul 25 Wildfires prompt California evacuations as crews battle fires in Oregon, Idaho By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Evacuations were ordered in California's Butte and Tehama counties as crews battled a fire reported near Chico just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 27 Read the Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions in Idaho A 6-3 Supreme Court decision released Thursday allows Idaho doctors discretion to perform emergency abortions while the current law says it is only permissible to save the life of a pregnant patient. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 3:37 How a draft opinion on Idaho's abortion ban was mistakenly posted by the Supreme Court By John Yang, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court handed down two opinions Wednesday but left some of the most politically fraught cases for the final days of its term. One left undecided for now is focused on abortion and a ban in Idaho. But we… Continue watching
Jun 26 Opinion briefly posted to its website shows Supreme Court poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, Bloomberg reports By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk. Continue reading
Jun 01 Idaho man sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend's 2 children in doomsday plot By Associated Press Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just… Continue reading
Apr 23 What's EMTALA, the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court's Idaho abortion case? By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Here’s a look at what rights it provides patients and how a Supreme Court ruling might change that. Continue reading
Apr 23 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion ban Supreme Court justices raised questions Wednesday about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal health care law after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
Apr 23 Analysis: Supreme Court will weigh whether Trump is immune from prosecution. Here's what to watch By Marcia Coyle The U.S. Supreme Court wraps up arguments for this term with two of the most contentious issues of the year: abortion and former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution. Continue reading
Mar 02 Trump wins Missouri and Idaho caucuses, sweeps Michigan's Republican party convention By Summer Ballentine, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump continued his march toward the GOP nomination on Saturday, winning caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and sweeping the delegate haul at a party convention in Michigan. Continue reading
Feb 28 Idaho set to execute 73-year-old Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press He is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S. who has been imprisoned since 1974 and convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more. Continue reading