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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 and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, in April. EMTALA is a more than three decade-old federal law that says hospitals that accept Medicare (most hospitals in this country) cannot turn…

The law could penalize doctors performing the procedure in medical emergencies The Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, which applies to even 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 the states’s abortion ban since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. A lower court ruling that blocked the law in hospital emergencies was put on hold and…

Dec. 29, 2023 3 AM PT To the editor: The primary takeaway from your article about retired cops and firefighters taking their pensions and fleeing California is that certain pockets of this nation are riddled with petty — if not delusional — grievances. You get a well-paying job with both union and civil service protections, retire at 50 with a six-figure pension and complain. Retired Long Beach officer Jorge Grajeda — now living in Eagle, Idaho — griped that he was paying up to $40,000 a year in taxes. Considering he…

“Don’t throw things, you know?” Kelsea Ballerini’s plaintive request during a recent concert shouldn’t be that hard to follow.In the latest bout of singers being pelted by concert fans, the country star was hit in the face by a bracelet thrown by someone in the audience at her Wednesday night show in Boise, Idaho. The musician was struck while performing her song “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” a video posted on Twitter showed. Ballerini held her face as she stepped away from the microphone before asking her…

Global cobalt mining and processing facilities. Credit: Geology (2023). DOI: 10.1130/G51160.1 A new study published in Geology evaluates the potential for cobalt extraction from the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB) of east-central Idaho, using a detailed study of the Iron Creek deposit. The ICB hosts the second-largest known domestic resource of the critical mineral cobalt, one of the key ingredients in many rechargeable batteries…

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.After 10 days in Idaho, I’m grateful to be back home.But man, did I learn and see some amazing stuff in the Gem State.Despite its conservative reputation, Idaho has a history of environmental action. A memorial outside the state Capitol celebrates the conservation legacy of Gov. Cecil Andrus, who helped protect tens of millions of acres in Idaho and across the country. And as I…

The Justice Department filed a motion on Thursday to hold Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira without bail, arguing he is a flight risk and presents “an ongoing risk both to the national security of the United States and to the community.” Teixeira, 21, allegedly released sensitive and confidential government information on Discord, an instant messaging site, according to an FBI investigation.Simone Giertz on Project Failures | Gizmodo Talks Teixeira signed multiple security and non-disclosure agreements with the Massachusetts…

A robust labor market gave Americans confidence to quit their jobs last year, especially in some Western states. Workers voluntarily left their jobs 4.2 million times each month, on average, in 2022, up about 20% from 2019, before the pandemic took hold in the U.S. But workers weren’t equally confident about their prospects for quickly finding new employment across the country. In much of the West and South, people quit their jobs at higher rates than average late last year, according to Labor Department data. Meanwhile,…

The investigation into the recent tragic stabbing deaths at the University of Idaho continues to progress, with a suspect currently in custody. Accused assailant Bryan Kohberger is now in Idaho, after proceedings saw him transported from his previous location, a jail in his home state of Pennsylvania. As the story of Kohberger’s supposed actions develops, an unfortunate coincidence has arisen in the process thanks to his sister’s role in a film that also involved a college stabbing. You won’t find Two Days Back among the…

HARRISBURG, Pa. —  A suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official said Friday.Arrest paperwork filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Court said Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition in a criminal homicide investigation based on an active arrest warrant for first-degree murder issued by the Moscow Police Department and Latah County Prosecutor’s Office.A law enforcement official confirmed the arrest to…