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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are looking to expand the number of participants in auctions for state lands and potentially bring in more money by allowing remote bidding.
The announcement by the Idaho Department of Lands on Wednesday comes ahead of an Aug. 13 auction in Coeur d'Alene for 10 cottage sites at Priest Lake in northern Idaho and an auction this fall for a 14-acre (5.5 hectare) “high-end” island in Payette Lake near the vacation and second-home town of McCall in west-central Idaho.
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Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Tudor Dixon in Michigan's Republican primary for governor, just days before the election that will determine the party's opponent for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Dixon is a conservative commentator and actress. She's emerged as a leading candidate in a crowded field. Trump's endorsement Friday comes in a race where candidates have maneuvered for his support for months. He joins former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in endorsing Dixon. DeVos, who is from Michigan, resigned from Trump's Cabinet after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
PHILADELPHIA — Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro hold big early leads in Pennsylvania’s critical races for U.S. Senate and governor, while their Republican opponents face significant skepticism from voters, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.
Thee leading candidates in Oregon’s gubernatorial race used the first debate of the campaign as an opportunity to defines themselves. The Statesman Journal reports that over the 90-minute debate Friday, candidates received questions from a panel of newspaper editors during a meeting of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Former House Speaker Tina Kotek is the Democratic nominee. Former House Republican Leader Christine Drazan is the Republican nominee. Former Sen. Betsy Johnson is running as a nonaffiliated candidate. Drazan and Johnson largely pitched themselves as “change” candidates who would bring a different perspective to a governor’s office that has been held by Democrats since 1987. Kotek promoted herself as the most experienced candidate.
AUSTIN, Texas — After the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spent nearly three hours in Huntsville at a campaign fundraiser that he was criticized for not canceling.
Minnesota US Rep. Dean Phillips calls for 'dynamic' new candidate for president in 2024, not Joe Biden
Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when heavy rains turned streams into torrents that swamped towns across Appalachia. More rainstorms were forecast to roll through in coming days, keeping the region on edge as rescue crews struggled to get into hard-hit areas that include some of the poorest places in America. It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have hammered parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis this week. Scientists warn that climate change is making weather disasters more common.
A 10% reduction in West Virginia's income tax proposed by Gov. Jim Justice has stalled in the state Senate. Instead of taking up the Republican governor’s proposal Friday, the Senate explained its intentions to reduce the personal property tax and business inventory tax. Voters in November are being asked in November to approve a constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to do so. The GOP-controlled House easily passed the income tax cut Thursday without debate. Senate President Craig Blair has said an income tax reduction alone would not aid the state economy or attract businesses and new residents.
An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shooting deaths of three people at a church potluck dinner in June. Al.com reported Friday that a Jefferson County grand jury this week indicted Robert Findlay Smith in the June 16 shootings of 84-year-old Walter “Bart” Rainey; 75-year-old Sarah Yeager; and 84-year-old Jane Pounds. The report cited court documents as saying prosecutors presented the case Thursday to a grand jury, which returned the indictments. Authorities have not yet identified a motive in the slayings. Smith remains held without bond, and a trial date has not been set.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems has filed for bankruptcy, but his attorney says it shouldn't disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack. The trial in Austin, where Jones lives and Free Speech Systems is based, wrapped up its first week of testimony and is expected to conclude next week. The bankruptcy filing was announced in court late in the day. Courts in Texas and Connecticut have already found Jones liable for defamation for his portrayal of the Sandy Hook massacre as a hoax.
From suggestions on how to handle name, image and likeness deals to talks about College Football Playoff expansion, here are five takeaways from the Big Ten Conference football media days.
Henrik Stenson turned his focus to golf and it was good. The Swede made his debut in the LIV Golf series with a 64 to share the lead with Patrick Reed. Stenson is among the latest additions to the Saudi-funded league and it cost him the Ryder Cup captaincy for Europe. He says he was happy to be able to focus after a busy week. It wasn't a happy return for Phil Mickelson. He's very popular in the New York area. A spectator called to him on his first tee to “do it for Saudi royal family.” Mickelson shot 75.
The House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for communities affected by climate change; protect watersheds; and make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance. The bill now goes to the Senate.
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A Massachusetts man has been arrested for threatening to blow up Arizona’s top election official following the 2020 election that saw former President Donald Trump lose in the state. James W. Clark of Falmouth made an initial court appearance in Boston on Friday. The 38-year-ild faces a three-count indictment charging him with threatening to explode a bomb in Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ “personal space” if she did not resign. Court records do not show a lawyer for Clark, or show if he remains in custody. The threat was sent on Feb. 21, 2021, through an online form maintained by the Secretary of State’ s election department. It was one of countless threats made against Hobbs for her role in certifying the 2020 election.
A federal appeals court has ruled against a group of New York parents who sued after the state made it more difficult for children to get a medical exemption from school immunization requirements. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by families and Children’s Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group. The lawsuit challenged state rules that were tightened in 2019 after a major measles outbreak. Children now can get an exemption from required vaccines only if they have rare medical conditions. The families said their rights had been violated.
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Atlanta Dream guard AD Durr will miss the remainder of the WNBA season to prepare for right hip surgery. The team announced it ias shutting down Durr, who averaged 10.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 15 games with the Dream. Durr recorded three 20-point games and led the team in scoring on four occasions after being acquired in a June trade with the New York Liberty. Durr was the second overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Louisville.
International tourism in Mexico has finally surpassed the pre-pandemic levels, after 10.26 million visitors came to the country in the first half of 2022. Mexico's Tourism Department noted that was 1.5% more than the 10.11 million tourists who arrived in Mexico in the first half of 2019. Mexico's strongest showing was with U.S. tourists. The number of Americans arriving by air in the first six months of the year was 6.66 million; that is 19.1% higher than in the same period of 2019. It is not clear whether the war in Ukraine, which may have discouraged some Americans from visiting Europe.
Domenico Vicini reached another Davis Cup milestone by becoming the first player in tournament history to play 100 matches. It came two days after the 50-year-old became the oldest player to win a Davis Cup match. The San Marino player who turns 51 in September played a doubles match with 17-year-old Simone De Luigi against Iceland in Europe Group 4 play. They lost 6-2, 6-3 to Rafn Bonifacius and Daniel Siddall. Vicini says reaching the century mark is “a great achievement for me.” Vicini won his doubles match on Wednesday against Albania. Three years ago Vicini set a Davis Cup record as the oldest player to win a singles match. That was at age 47 years, 318 days.
Taking a day of regular training camp away from their team facilities, the Minnesota Vikings traveled for an afternoon practice at U.S. Bank Stadium as a way for the new coaching staff and players to become more comfortable with their gameday surroundings. Like many things under new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O’Connell, the trip offered a fresh outlook for a team needing one after missing the playoffs three of the past four seasons. Three days into camp, Vikings ownership is enjoying what it sees from its new leadership.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is using federal COVID-19 relief money to give teachers another $125 to buy school supplies. The move comes months after he issued a similar stipend. A Republican who is running for reelection, Kempt made the announcement Friday at a high school in Henry County. Teachers got $125 for supplies from the same source last year. The last supplement cost about $15.9 million. The total cost for this round of spending has yet to be finalized. Democrats say Kemp is getting credit for handing out COVID-19 relief when he and other Republicans opposed some spending.
A federal judge has seized control of a Mississippi jail after citing “severely deficient” conditions at the facility. U.S. Southern District of Mississippi judge Carlton Reeves placed Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center into receivership. The judge will soon appoint an expert, known as a “receiver,” to temporarily manage the facility in hopes of improving its conditions. Reeves said that deficiencies in supervision and staffing lead to “a stunning array of assaults, as well as deaths.” Seven individuals died last year while detained at the jail. An attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice said only eight other times in U.S. history has a judge placed a local jail or state prison into receivership.
Jared Kushner says Steve Bannon threatened to break him “in half” during a feud between the fellow White House advisers to former President Donald Trump.
LOS ANGELES — The alleyway near where rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in South L.A. in 2019 will be temporarily closed to address what authorities say is a rash of criminal activity in the area.
ALBANY, N.Y. — A coalition of Manhattan lawmakers are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency as monkeypox infections continue to rise.
The Kansas City Royals activated All-Star catcher Salvador Perez from the injured list and put him in the starting lineup against the New York Yankees. The reigning major league home run leader was set to bat third as the designated hitter barely a month after surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. Kansas City initially estimated the 32-year-old Perez would need eight weeks to recover after surgery June 24, but doctors assured the club he was ready for big league action. Perez, a seven-time All-Star, played three minor league rehab games with Triple-A Omaha and went 4 for 8.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he couldn’t stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that campaign finance reports and flight-tracking records show that Abbott arrived in Huntsville at 4:52 p.m. on May 24 — which was hours after the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and was then was driven about 2 miles to a local supporter’s house. He didn’t leave the city till 7:47 p.m. A spokeswoman for Abbott's campaign says that the governor has been forthright about his movements that day.
Prosecutors in Spain are calling for Shakira to do some hard time.
House votes to ban semi-automatic weapons after 18-year lapse; response to mass shootings likely to stall in Senate.
A 14-year-old student was in a building known as the pottery shack at the Montessori School of Raleigh’s middle school campus. Also in the room was Nick Smith, a beloved and gregarious math teacher who students nicknamed “Senior.”
As monkeypox cases rise across California, state officials in California are ramping up their efforts to acquire vaccine doses and educate the public on the disease.
Jurors are deliberating after a lawyer for a wealthy dentist accused of shooting his wife at the end of an African safari urged them Friday to acquit his client in what he said was a government case built on gossip and innuendo. Prosecutors say Larry Rudolph killed Bianca Rudolph with a shotgun to be with his longtime girlfriend. Defense attorney David Markus told jurors that federal prosecutors failed to prove that she didn’t shoot herself accidentally while packing quickly to return home. U.S. Assistant Attorney Bryan Fields told jurors the fatal shot could not have been caused by her accidentally dropping the gun.
TAMPA, Fla. — A day after Bucs general manager Jason Licht acknowledged the team needed to learn as much as possible about Kyle Trask this preseason, the former Florida Gators quarterback got an extensive look-see.
An investigative report looking at Sharon Hill Borough's police policies and procedures in the wake of a police shooting that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility last year was released late Friday— but all findings and recommendations were withheld from the public. Representatives of the small borough just north of the Philadelphia International Airport are claiming the report redactions were done under attorney-client privilege in light of pending litigation. An attorney for Bility's family called the redactions shameful. Three police officers were fired and are facing manslaughter charges after firing their weapons in the direction of the crowd in response to an unrelated shooting nearby. Bility was killed and three others were injured by police gunfire.
CHICAGO — The second day of Lollapalooza opened with questions swirling outside the Grant Park gates about the music festival’s future in Chicago, and about contract talks between Texas-based producer C3 Presents and the city. Inside, the focus was on the experience and the music.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips said he doesn't want Joe Biden to run for president again in 2024, one of the first Democrats in Congress to bluntly call for him to step aside and for a "new generation" of leadership in the White House.
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MINNEAPOLIS — More than six years after Prince Rogers Nelson unexpectedly died and left no will, the court case surrounding the music legend's estate has come to an end.
SAN DIEGO — The moment had unfolded, what, 20 times before? U.S. soccer superstar Alex Morgan lining up for a penalty kick attempt against Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, one of the best ball-stoppers on the planet.
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