BOISE, Idaho — A new billboard went up in Boise with the message, "Don't shoot Tom Creech! Stop firing squad executions." It was paid for by the Execution Intervention Project. Their leader, Rev. Dr.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opponents of the death penalty held a virtual news conference Tuesday urging Gov. Brad Little to drop the firing squad as Idaho's ...

This spring, the state finished a renovation at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution south of Boise. The project took the better part of a year and cost more than $1.2 million. It is a retrofitted ...

Days after OpenAI revealed one of its models went rogue and hacked into another company's servers, House lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the federal government to effectively shut ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a different approach to prediction markets and sports event contracts. Rep. Tarik Khan introduced HB 2711 on Wednesday, a bill that would create a regulatory ...

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Two Nevada Congressmen, following in the footsteps of their Senate counterparts, introduced bipartisan legislation that would ban prediction markets from offering sports and casino-style event ...

The legislation would force tech companies to build controls to shut down or throttle powerful AI systems. The legislation would force tech companies to build controls to shut down or throttle ...

A Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that would free colleges from conflict-of-interest rules when they steer students toward state-backed loans. Colleges typically give students “preferred ...

A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The sanctions legislation that ...