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Kohberger pleads guilty to 4 students' murders in Idaho, in deal carrying life terms

7:02pm July 01, 2025

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday in the stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students after reaching a plea agreement for the 2022 killings. The deal stipulates a life sentence.

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Suspect identified in the fatal ambush of 2 firefighters in Idaho

3:03pm June 30, 2025

Police on Monday named Wess Roley, 20, as the suspect in the attack. He was found dead late on Sunday, according to law enforcement.

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Man started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush, officials say

9:39pm June 29, 2025

Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.

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Lori Vallow Daybell convicted of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019

1:01am April 23, 2025

Jurors found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty after deliberating for about three hours, and she faces another possible life sentence on top of the three she is already serving in Idaho.

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Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

5:00pm April 12, 2025

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

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Abortion bans still leave a 'gray area' for doctors after Idaho Supreme Court case

8:22am June 28, 2024

The decision on abortion that the Supreme Court handed down Thursday was narrow. But confusion for doctors in abortion ban states about how to deal with pregnancy emergencies remains widespread.

Alissa Pili #35 and Jenna Johnson #22 of the Utah Utes react after a basket against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Spokane, Wash. on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Man admits racial harassment of Utah women's NCAA basketball team

4:42pm May 07, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Prosecutors in northern Idaho say they won't bring charges against a man who admitted to using a racial slur against University of Utah women's basketball players.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case examining a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions.

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Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

6:00pm April 24, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room.

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Idaho that centers on abortion rights.

Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions

1:57pm April 24, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.

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The Supreme Court will hear another case about abortion rights on Wednesday. Protestors gathered outside the court last month when the case before the justices involved abortion pills.

What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears Idaho case about abortion in emergencies

5:42pm April 23, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.