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WSU can be held liable for Sam Martinez hazing death, state Supreme Court rules

WSU can be held liable for Sam Martinez hazing death, state Supreme Court rules

In a 5-4 decision, the court found that WSU owed 19-year-old freshman Sam Martinez a "duty of care because of its special relationship with Gamma Chi," the fraternity where he died. The decision means that the university can be found liable for his death, though the court did not decide whether WSU breached its duty.

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David Hahn chosen to be new Boise State president

Boise State University has a new president. The Idaho State Board of Education on Wednesday voted to hire David Hahn, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona, to serve as Boise State’s new president. The hire comes over a year after former President Marlene Tromp took a new job at the University of Vermont and left the university. During a board meeting Wednesday, David ...
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Life, and with it hope, returns to waters decimated by Mount St. Helens eruption

On a recent June day on upper Mount St. Helens, there was a tail flap, a splash, and a native species returned to its ancestral waters for the first time in four decades. Chinook salmon had thrived in the North Fork Toutle watershed for thousands of years before the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens wiped out their spawning grounds (and nearly everything else in its path). Now, thanks to ...
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Wisk, Boeing’s air taxi firm, rushed software testing, ex-employee claims

A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has accused Wisk of rushing software testing and retaliating against her for raising safety concerns. Briahna O’Neill said she was fired from Wisk in March 2025 after filing two internal safety reports alleging company executives pushed engineers to reduce testing on flight-critical software. O'Neill claims they ...
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University of Idaho students can now major in AI. What does that mean?

Starting this fall, students at the University of Idaho can major in artificial intelligence. The university announced Thursday that it is offering three options for students to pursue AI degrees, including a bachelor’s degree, a master’s of science or a master’s of engineering. The programs will be offered at the university’s Moscow and Coeur d’Alene locations, and the graduate degrees will ...
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