Law enforcement has named the deceased lone suspect in an ambush-style shooting that left two firefighters dead and a third critically injured on Sunday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as 20-year-old Wess Roley. While the authorities have yet to indicate a motive for the slayings, Roley’s grandfather, Dale Roley, told CNN …
Read More »New Docuseries Reveals the Untold Story of the Idaho Murders
In the early morning of Nov. 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off campus home. Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were all members of the school’s Greek life and beloved by their campus community, which …
Read More »Woman Dragged From Republican Town Hall Seeks $5 Million in Damages
When Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of an Idaho town hall in February over her aggressive questioning of Republican officials — by dark-clad men who refused to identify themselves — it seemed like a scene ripped from The Handmaid’s Tale, replete with a man on stage mocking her: “She spoke …
Read More »Yes, Republicans Really Are Coming for IVF
This week at a resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, delegates at the Republican Oarty convention quietly approved a platform with a retooled “Right to Life” plank. Journalists were barred from the proceedings, but reporter Logan Finney of Idaho Reports obtained the language ahead of the event and, reading it, it’s …
Read More »The Supreme Court Will Decide if States Can Force Hospitals to Let Women Die
The Supreme Court will decide this term whether states can force doctors to turn away patients suffering serious, life-threatening medical complications, or if doctors will be allowed to provide standard medical care to those patients: abortions. The court announced last week it will hear arguments over the Emergency Medical Treatment …
Read More »SCOTUS Allows Idaho to Keep Banning Abortion in Nearly All Cases
The Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, which applies to medical emergencies. The decision arrived on Friday as a legal battle over reproductive rights rages on in the state, and is the first time the high court weighed in on Idaho’s abortion ban since the …
Read More »Bryan Kohberger's Alibi in the University of Idaho Killings Is a Late-Night Drive
Bryan Kohberger, the suspect accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is offering up an alibi: He was on a long drive when the homicides occurred last November. Earlier this week, Kohberger’s lawyer, Anne Taylor, filed a court document stating: “Mr. Kohberger has long had a habit of going …
Read More »Idaho Murder Suspect 'Stands Silent' During Arraignment, Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea
A judge in the Idaho Murders case has entered not guilty pleas on behalf of suspect Bryan Kohberger in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho college students. When the judge asked Kohberger’s attorney whether he was prepared to plead to the charges, the attorney said she and Kohberger …
Read More »'You Ripped My Heart Out': Jury Hears Jail Phone Call Between 'Doomsday Mom' and Surviving Son
After days of testimony from acquaintances about Lori Vallow‘s fringe religious beliefs, seen as a motivating factor in the alleged conspiracy with husband Chad Daybell to murder her children Tylee Ryan and J.J. Vallow, an Idaho jury heard testimony from her surviving adult son, Colby Ryan. “Oh my baby,” Vallow, …
Read More »Jury Selection in Lori Vallow Murder Trial Touches on Religious Belief, Internet Misinformation
The murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, which began with jury selection on Monday in Boise, Idaho, has all the makings of a media firestorm. The deceased include two of her three children: Tylee Ashlyn Ryan, who was 16 when she died, and adopted son Joshua Jaxon “J.J.” Vallow, …
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