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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.

Health & Safety

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.

The criminal complaint against Alexander Scott Mercurio is photographed on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

National

Prosecutors say an Idaho man planned a church attack to support the Islamic State

1:25am April 10, 2024

by The Associated Press

Authorities said Alexander Scott Mercurio adopted the Muslim faith against his Christian parents' wishes and was in contact with FBI informants posing as Islamic State group supporters.

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - MARCH 25: Alissa Pili #35 of the Utah Utes is introduced before the game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at McCarthey Athletic Center on March 25, 2024 in Spokane, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Sports

Police investigating racial harassment of NCAA women's basketball team in Idaho

7:14pm March 26, 2024

by Troy Oppie

Police are investigating reported harassment of the University of Utah women's basketball team while staying in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho for the NCAA tournament in nearby Spokane, Washington.

A police vehicle is parked outside Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

National

Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

2:25am March 21, 2024

by The Associated Press

A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice were on the loose after the accomplice staged an overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being moved from a hospital, police said.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention

5:36am March 03, 2024

by The 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.

This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009.

National

Idaho prepares to execute one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S.

5:41am February 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

Officials say Thomas Creech's spiritual adviser will be allowed to stand next to Creech with a hand on his shoulder during the scheduled Wednesday execution. Creech has been imprisoned since 1974.