Local: The city is amending water facilities plans to accommodate for Northgate

Pocatello’s engineering staff is finalizing long-term amendments to the city’s drinking water and wastewater facilities plans, as directed to evaluate impacts of Northgate, a multi-use project under construction in northeast Pocatello planned to eventually include thousands of homes and several businesses. The city hired an engineering consultant, Murraysmith, to assist in making the amendments. The latest set of revisions should be finalized within the next few weeks. One of the requests called for the city to evaluate the most direct route for a sewer line to Northgate, which would cross through Chubbuck and would require collaboration with Chubbuck and Bannock County officials to construct.

Courtesy of John O’Connell of the Idaho State Journal

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Regional: A man was shot by police in Idaho Falls

A man was killed late Friday night in an officer-involved shooting with Idaho Falls police. The man is the third individual to be killed by police in Idaho Falls during the past two years. The actions of police were deemed to be justified in the previous two shootings. The names of the suspect and the officers involved in the shooting have not been released. Idaho Falls police have not yet provided many details about the shooting, including whether the man who was shot was armed. The officers were not injured in the incident. No other individuals were involved in the shooting and there is no ongoing threat to the public, police said.

Courtesy of the Idaho State Journal and the Post Register

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Statewide: The Vatican defrocked an Idaho priest for extreme child pornography

The Vatican has defrocked an Idaho priest, W. Thomas Faucher, who was convicted of possessing violent and extreme child pornography last year. The decision means the church has stripped him of the title of priest and banned him from serving as a member of the clergy. Prosecutors said they found more than 2,000 photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse on Faucher’s computer and phone, including depictions of torture. Prosecutors also said they found evidence of online conversations in which Faucher discussed his desire to rape and kill infants and children.

Courtesy of the Associated Press

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National: Teva Pharmaceutical shares rose after they paid out a $23 billion settlement

Teva Pharmaceutical shares surged Monday after announcing a $23 billion settlement it said would resolve allegations against the company for its role in helping to fuel the nation’s opioid crisis. The stock rose as much as 18% in intraday trading before giving up some of those gains. It ended the day up more than 8%. Mallinckrodt and Endo International also briefly moved higher, before ending the day down 4.5% and 4.6%, respectively. Under the deal, Teva agreed to donate $23 billion in opioid addiction treatment drugs and pay $250 million over 10 years. The company said there is an agreement in principle with a group of attorneys general from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and other defendants.

Courtesy of Berkeley Lovelace Jr. of CNBC

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International: Benjamin Netanyahu has abandoned an attempt to form a new government

After nearly a month of fraught negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has abandoned his attempt to form a new government. On Monday, the longtime leader, who heads the conservative Likud party, acknowledged his failure to cobble together a coalition from last month’s muddled election results, and he returned the mandate to President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu had been given 28 days to secure the 61 seats necessary to achieve a functioning majority by building support from smaller parties in the 120-member Knesset. After the most recent election — the country’s second inconclusive vote in less than six months — Likud won 32 seats, but the scandal-plagued prime minister could not make up the gap necessary to obtain a majority and secure his fifth straight term in office.

Courtesy of Colin Dwyer of NPR

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