CVS polishes off deal to buy former Rite Aid stores, prescription files

CVS has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s locations. It also has transferred customer prescription files from 626 pharmacies in 15 states to nearby CVS locations.

Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts began popping up online from people across the political spectrum expressing outrage at the concept of a foreign military base on American soil.

What Americans think about Trump's handling of Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) – Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted as he suggested a deal with Iran had been reached.

Pete Hegseth belongs to an archconservative church network. Here's what to know

WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, an archconservative network of Christian congregations.

A Q-Tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – The lead prosecutor tasked with finding justice for four University of Idaho students killed in a grisly quadruple stabbing more than two years ago laid out his key evidence Wednesday at a court hearing for Bryan Kohberger, who agreed to plead guilty earlier this week to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Bryan Kohberger told a judge Wednesday that he was guilty of the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022 that stunned and terrified the campus and set off a nationwide search, which ended weeks later when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.

Friction between Trump and Republican senators is growing

WASHINGTON (AP) – The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans neared a breaking point this week as he upended their efforts to speedily confirm one of his own nominees and said he would not sign the renewal of a key surveillance law unless they agree to new terms.

Man killed 2 Idaho firefighters who had asked him to move his vehicle

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) – A man who started a wildfire and then fatally shot two firefighters and wounded another in northern Idaho was a 20-year-old transient who attacked the first responders after they asked him to move his vehicle, a sheriff said Monday.

Voters favored early and mail ballots in last year's presidential election

ATLANTA (AP) – Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.