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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 18, 2010 - 1:43 pm

LOS ANGELES -- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

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By Farnoush Amiri and David Rising Associated Press

June 29, 2025 - 8:27 pm

Dozens of staff members, two inmates and a bystander were among the casualties of Israel’s attack last week on Tehran’s Evin prison, a facility where many political prisoners and dissidents have been held.

Gunman started Idaho blaze, fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush attack, officials say

By Christopher Weber Associated Press

June 30, 2025 - 12:07 am

A sniper ambushed firefighters responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community Sunday, killing at least two people and unleashing barrages of gunfire over several hours in an attack the governor called a “heinous” assault.

Review-Journal revives Judicial Performance Evaluation

By Noble Brigham / RJ

June 29, 2025 - 7:37 am

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Las Vegas resident sues Nevada secretary of state to obtain records

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