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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death last year say he was on a long drive by himself around the time of the slayings. His attorneys said in documents filed Wednesday that witnesses may be able to testify he

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand plans to boost its defense capabilities as tensions rise in the Pacific, due in part to a military buildup by China. Defense Minister Andrew Little said Friday that current defense spending amount to about 1% of the nation’s economy, a proportion he expects

REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision is a major win for the Biden administration, which had argued that the rule was integral to its efforts to maintain order along the U.S.-Mexico border. The new rule makes

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday. The attack happened near the town of Cardwell on a remote

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code for the court but that there wasn’t consensus among the justices on how to proceed. Kagan publicly shared her stance on Thursday while speaking at a judicial conference in Portland, Oregon. She

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor wants to step in after Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked an appeals court to reverse the conviction of a former Missouri police officer who is white and killed a Black man in 2019. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker this week

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man in downtown Boise, Idaho. The Boise Police Department says officers responded at about 10:55 a.m. Thursday to a call from a man requesting police assistance at his apartment. The Idaho Statesman reports Chief Ron Winegar said officers arrived at the apartment complex and initially

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines found 110 pounds of dynamite hidden in a methamphetamine laboratory run by a drug cartel. The Navy Department says other explosives were also found at the site in the northern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is the headquarters of the drug cartel of the same name. The navy said Thursday

By The Associated Press The American Academy of Pediatrics has reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming medical for children as the treatments face a growing push for bans and restrictions across the U.S. The board for the group unanimously reaffirmed its 2018 position on the treatments. the board also voted to provide additional documents to support

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected their car was stolen says she decided to speak out after seeing video from a passerby and realizing two officers had aimed firearms at her 13-year-old son while his hands

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal agencies. The separations mark a shift from previous comments by Texas leaders who said families should stay together.

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators say the pilot of a charter jet took off without permission, causing an approaching JetBlue plane to cancel its landing at the last second. The incident happened at Boston’s Logan International Airport in February. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the charter captain heard air

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting until a gun rights group’s lawsuit against the statute has concluded. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven ruled Thursday

EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) — A 5-year-old southern Illinois girl has died after a starting gate being hauled by a car prior to a harness race struck her while she was sitting in the grandstand at a county fair. The St. Louis city medical examiner’s office says Harper Finn of Altamont died Wednesday evening at St.

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison, saying he became a leader of a $5 million health care fraud only after frittering away substantial earnings from his professional career. Terrence Williams was sentenced Thursday by Judge Valerie

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has made a pitch to North Korean officials to increase the sale of munitions to Moscow. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that Shoigu spoke last week to