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Number of refugees resettled in Idaho drops by half

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new report from the International Rescue Commission finds that the number of refugees resettled in Idaho has declined by half since 2016. Boise State Public

Palestinians protest Trump’s Mideast peace conference

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians burned effigies of President Trump and marched a donkey pasted over with images of Gulf royals in the West Bank on Tuesday, as the

Tribes to get more documents in Dakota Access lawsuit

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering the Army Corps of Engineers to turn over more documents that several Native American tribes claim could bolster their lawsuit seeking

Ill. becomes 11th state to allow recreational cannabis

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ new governor delivered on a top campaign promise Tuesday by signing legislation legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, the 11th state to do

REGION SHORTS

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

Wyoming woman sues government over gynecologist’s assault CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming woman has sued the U.S. government, claiming a federally funded medical clinic was negligent in its hiring

Calls increase for Democrats to face climate change in Miami

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

MIAMI (AP) — Rising sea levels could threaten the very existence of Miami and much of the rest of South Florida, and Democrats are facing calls to confront climate change

Missing Utah college student last seen in a park at 3 a.m., authorities say

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student missing for over a week was last seen meeting an unknown person at a park at 3 in the morning,

Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s

Washington governor calls for ending government partnership with fossil fuels

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee is proposing a clean break between the federal government and the fossil fuel industry, ending tax breaks for oil companies and banning all drilling and

‘Baby Trump’ blimp now a world traveler

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — He was born in a London pub and now his clones are floating all over the U.S. — quite literally. President Donald Trump increasingly is being tailed