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A mom and son are charged in Idaho after a teen is taken to Oregon for an abortion

With some narrow exceptions, abortion is banned in Republican-controlled Idaho but is legal in Oregon, and the state made it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents' consent.

November 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Nicole Blackmon says she is mourning two children, the teenager she lost to gun violence and her stillborn baby. She is suing Tennessee because she says abortion bans interfered with her care.

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  • Health

Women fight abortion bans in 3 more states with legal actions

Patients and doctors in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma are taking legal action against state abortion bans. Women told dramatic stories of dangerous pregnancies and delayed care.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Ammon Bundy speaks to a crowd of supporters in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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  • National

Idaho militia leader Ammon Bundy is due back in court. But will he show up?

The antigovernment militant is scheduled to appear in a Boise, Idaho, court Monday on charges stemming from a tense protest that led to the lockdown of one of the state's large hospitals.

July 10, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Autumn Hendry moved into the Nesting Place maternity home after she became pregnant, but she wasn't allowed to stay after she began using meth and alcohol again.

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  • Religion

Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions

A crisis pregnancy center in Idaho opened a maternity home in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The residents have more complicated stories than the home's founders expected.

May 09, 2023
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
In this screen grab from video provided by KTVB-TV, sheep move along state Highway 55 as they cross the road near Eagle, Idaho, on Monday.

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  • Animals

What's white, fluffy and has 10,000 legs?

In Idaho, it's not unusual to see ranchers moving a bleating herd of sheep up to higher elevation at this time of year. But the sight of 2,500 trotting across a highway brought a crowd of onlookers.

April 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Four University of Idaho students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death on Nov. 13.

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  • National

What we know about the University of Idaho stabbings

The authorities arrested a suspect, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger, on Friday.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • Emma Bowman
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at an event on Tuesday. The Justice Department is suing Idaho, arguing that its new abortion law violates federal law because it does not allow doctors to provide medically necessary treatment, Garland said Tuesday.

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  • Law

An Idaho abortion law draws a Justice Department lawsuit

The DOJ argues that a restrictive new ban conflicts with a federal law that requires doctors to give pregnant women appropriate medical care, including abortion when necessary.

August 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Law enforcement detains 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front after they were removed from a U-Haul truck near the LGBTQ+ community's "Pride in the Park" event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on June 11, 2022.

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  • Law

Police in Idaho are getting death threats after arresting Patriot Front members

Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend.

June 13, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
An arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Idaho officials on Friday agreed to a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.

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  • National

Idaho announces $119 million opioid crisis settlement

Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden say it's the second-largest consumer settlement in state history.

May 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Legal experts say so-called bounty hunter bills, including the Missouri measure that would let people sue anyone they suspect of helping a resident get an abortion in another state, are most certainly unconstitutional, with little chance of withstanding legal challenges. Here, abortion-rights activists gathered to protest Republican-led restrictions in St. Louis last September.

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  • Law

Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?

Building on SB 8 in Texas, some Republican lawmakers are trying a new strategy: pushing bills that would attempt to limit what residents can and can't do even beyond state lines.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Bingham County, Idaho, Sheriff Craig Rowland faces criminal charges for allegedly aiming a pistol at members of a church youth group.

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  • National

An Idaho sheriff faces calls to resign after allegedly aiming a gun at church teens

Sheriff Craig Rowland faces felony criminal charges following the incident. Critics say he also used racist language to describe members of Idaho's Shoshone-Bannock tribal community.

December 24, 2021
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  • Brian Mann
At the region's biggest hospital, Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, 97% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and all of the intensive care unit beds are filled.

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  • Health Care

Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines

At least 10 hospitals in the state started rationing care for everyone because they're filled with COVID-19 patients. But there's deep distrust of authority.

September 12, 2021
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  • Nate Hegyi
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Vice President of Partnerships Dan Rose and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg walk together at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Top tech and media moguls descend on the resort every year for a week of activities - and deals.

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  • Business

Moguls, Deals And Patagonia Vests: A Look Inside 'Summer Camp For Billionaires'

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is expected to attend. So is Apple's Tim Cook. A look inside the Sun Valley conference for top media and tech moguls organized by a little known investment firm.

July 05, 2021
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  • David Gura
After a false rumor circulated that Antifa agitators were coming to Sandpoint and nearby Coeur d'Alene to riot and loot businesses, armed vigilantes and Second Amendment supporters gathered in downtown Coeur d'Alene, alarming some of the residents.

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  • National

Are Paramilitary Extremists Being Normalized? Look To Idaho For Answers

The arrests of militiamen who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan's governor echo loudly in the Idaho Panhandle, a region long synonymous with anti-government extremism.

October 17, 2020
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler

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