The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their ban on the medical use of donated blood. Members can now receive products derived from blood, but transfusions of whole blood remain prohibited. The policy was announced Friday. It allows individuals to receive treatments involving plasma, platelets, and red and white blood cells. Members can also decide whether to donate blood for medical products. However, the organization continues to oppose whole blood transfusions and donations. Critics argue the ban has led to preventable deaths. The policy stems from their interpretation of Bible passages about abstaining from blood.
State supreme court decisions about acceptable language used to define ballot initiatives — an issue not just in Idaho but elsewhere too — may…
I couldn’t tell you what I had for dinner last night, but I remember September 11, 2001.
Darrell Manning, who died last month at 94, was smack in the middle of Idaho’s hot and pivotal politics of the 60s. He served four terms as a …
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This image from Homeland Security Investigations body camera video shows federal authorities entering the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, N.Y., Sept. 4, 2025. (Homeland Security Investigations via AP)
I have a solid and satisfying correspondence with a history professor friend in Pennsylvania. His name is Dave. We write each other about what…
Get out and vote; just this time, you won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. —Donald Trum…
We know what Idaho voters — in the aggregate — thought of Donald Trump in the last three presidential elections: They backed him 66.9 percent …
