Three Republican-led states will be allowed to move forward with a lawsuit to restrict access to mifepristone, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the Supreme Court rejected an

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how mifepristone is used.

Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can press forward with their lawsuit to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, a federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the US Supreme Court had rejected an earlier version of the legal challenge.

A Texas federal judge Thursday ruled Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can join a case challenging access to the abortion pill. Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk allowed the states to pursue legal action in Texas that seeks to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from allowing online prescriptions for Mifepristone over concerns that it could “undermine state abortion laws and frustrate state law enforcement,

A man got home from his family vacation and decided to check some lottery tickets in Idaho. One ticket was worth $1 million. Alberto Vega bought Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle tickets from a Maverik convenience store in Burley for the Dec. 30 drawing, the Idaho Lottery said in a Jan. 16 news release.

A woman spent $5 on a lottery game in Idaho, then won a big prize. Chelsey Reeder stopped at a Jacksons Food Stores in Meridian and bought a Triple 7s, the Idaho Lottery told McClatchy News by email Jan. 9. Reeder scratched her ticket, and it revealed she had won the game’s top prize of $77,777.

A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

A Powerball ticket sold in Kansas won $100,000 but narrowly missed the $285 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched four of five winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play multiplier in the drawing Monday, Jan. 13, the Kansas Lottery said. A Powerball ticket sold in Virginia won a $1 million prize.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US — Mike Carstensen, a Washington farmer, was elected as the US Wheat Associates’ (USW) next secretary-treasurer at the organization’s meeting on Jan. 15 in Washington, DC, US. He will begin his term for the 2025-26 fiscal year at the July board of directors meeting in Boise, Idaho, US.

Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can pursue legal action to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from allowing online prescriptions.

Idaho State plays the Sacramento State Hornets after Isaiah Griffin scored 23 points in the Bengals' 86-61 victory over the Montana Grizzlies.

Northern Colorado will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Bears face Idaho. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season.