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Yellowstone Bear World, fined by OSHA, lobbies for bill to nix oversight of wildlife parks

Idaho lawmakers have moved forward with a bill crafted by a Rexburg drive-thru wildlife park that would remove Idaho Fish and Game and Idaho State Department of Agriculture oversight for similar facilities.

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Idaho firing squad bill forms friction between attorney general, prison officials

BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences.

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A mobile billboard promoted abortion pills in Boise. It was asked to leave, nonprofit says

BOISE, Idaho — A nonprofit organization planned to spend three days in Boise — as part of a multistate initiative — informing the public about reproductive rights and access to abortion pills.

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Kohberger endorses public defender as attorney in hearing over possible conflict issue

BOISE, Idaho — The court-appointed public defender for Bryan Kohberger asserted she does not have a conflict of interest representing the University of Idaho homicide suspect after previously acting as attorney for a parent to one of the four stabbing victims, according to a newly unsealed legal filing.

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Additional unsealed warrants reveal what police took from Kohberger home in Pennsylvania

BOISE, Idaho — Police seized weapons including knives and a handgun, in addition to a litany of Bryan Kohberger’s personal effects, during a search of his parents’ Pennsylvania home, according to an expanded list of items from an unsealed warrant released Thursday and obtained by the Idaho Statesman.

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Unsealed Pa. warrant details what police seized from Kohberger’s family home

BOISE, Idaho — Pennsylvania police and the FBI seized a dozen items from the home of Bryan Kohberger’s parents in eastern Pennsylvania, including black clothing and his size 13 Nike shoes, and also took a DNA swab of the Idaho homicide suspect’s mouth, according to an unsealed search warrant released…

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Idaho could pursue executions by firing squad. Here’s how much it would cost

BOISE, Idaho — The cost of implementing a bill that seeks to make the firing squad Idaho’s backup execution method has more than doubled since it was last reviewed by the state prisons system, according to a spokesperson for the agency.

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Bryan Kohberger lived here: Pennsylvania friends, neighbors recall Moscow homicide suspect

POCONO MOUNTAINS, Pa. — A dense, gray cloud settled above Monroe County in the first days of February, blocking the sun’s attempts to break through. More than a month since the U.S. shifted its gaze to this rural region, a shame has fallen over its residents, the result of an…

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Bryan Kohberger’s former friends tell how he became addicted to heroin because he wanted ‘validation’

Bryan Kohberger is accused of murdering Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kerndole and Ethan Chapin last November

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Would Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial stay in Latah County? What the experts say

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger won’t be seen in court again until June. Even after that appearance, a preliminary hearing at the Latah County Courthouse, it will be longer before a potential jury trial may form.

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Media outlets ask Idaho Supreme Court to remove gag order in Kohberger murder case

BOISE, Idaho — More than two dozen media companies, including The Idaho Statesman and several TV stations, have filed a petition asking the Idaho Supreme Court to remove a sweeping gag order in the case of the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students.

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My search for the most Idahoan meal possible ended in Boise. Yes, it included potatoes

BOISE, Idaho — When the cashier handed me what looked like a potato surrounded by chocolate syrup and a giant dollop of whipped cream on top, I couldn’t help but audibly mutter a phrase that starts with “what the …” and ends with a word I can’t publish. I’ll let…

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Harry Whittington, longtime Texas GOP supporter shot by Dick Cheney in a 2006 hunting accident, dies

Whittington, who was 95, was shot in 2006 during a quail-hunting trip near Corpus Christi. He quickly forgave Cheney.

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What do cellphone records say about Bryan Kohberger’s location when Idaho students were killed? An expert explains

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho authorities have alleged that Bryan Kohberger’s cellphone records showed he was in the Moscow area less than an hour after four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house — and that he visited the “coverage area” of the home 12 times…

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Attorney for Idaho suspect Bryan Kohberger represented parent of slain college student before taking his case

BOISE, Idaho — Up until taking his case, Bryan Kohberger’s court-appointed public defender was actively representing a parent of one of the four Moscow stabbing victims her client is accused of killing, court records show.

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Boise mall shooter’s home was riddled with bullets. How did neighbors, police not notice?

BOISE, Idaho — Police reports noted dozens of spent shell casings inside and outside Jacob Bergquist’s residence, as well as a homemade firearm silencer.

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Idaho faith healing exemption remains unchanged, and more children die

BOISE, Idaho — Linda Martin grew up with death. As a child, she would see friends at church one week and then never again, she said. When the community’s elders gathered at someone’s home, she assumed the worst: another loss.

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Idaho Republican who vowed to protect ‘traditional marriage’ wants to eliminate licenses

BOISE, Idaho — A Republican state senator who vowed to protect “traditional” marriage plans to propose legislation that would eliminate marriage licenses in Idaho — a GOP tactic in other states to prevent same-sex marriages.

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Inside the crime scene: Documents reveal information on house where Idaho students were killed

BOISE, Idaho — At 1122 King Road in Moscow sits the gray six-bedroom, three-bathroom house that continues to be the source of significant national attention.

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Kohberger told neighbor of prior DNA test, raising questions about how police found him

PULLMAN, Wash. — Bryan Kohberger told a fellow Washington State University graduate student living in the same on-campus housing complex that he submitted his DNA for consumer genetic testing to explore his ancestry, the neighbor told the Idaho Statesman.

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Paul Johnson obituary

Prolific journalist and historian who shifted allegiance from the left of Labour to become an ardent Thatcher supporter

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‘We are happy to be back’: University of Idaho students return to campus in wake of suspect’s arrest

MOSCOW, Idaho — University of Idaho students sensed renewal of the everyday campus experience Wednesday with the start of spring classes, enjoying overdue greetings, embraces and conversations with classmates almost two months after the North Idaho community became the talk of the nation.

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Criminology peers at Washington State say Kohberger spoke up in class — except when Idaho college killings were the topic

BOISE, Idaho — Graduate school peers of Bryan Kohberger recall him as actively engaged in their Washington State University criminal justice and criminology program — someone who sought connections while also sharing little about his past in his first semester as a doctoral student.

Texas Observer

‘Striking Does Work’: Fort Worth Journalists Win Only Newspaper Union Contract in Texas

NewsGuild workers at papers in Dallas and Austin are still bargaining.

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What we know, and still don’t know, about the homicide investigation in Moscow

MOSCOW, Idaho — The Moscow Police Department-led investigation into the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students — Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — came under scrutiny as authorities remained tight-lipped and maintained that they had not identified a suspect nearly seven weeks into the…

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