Idaho Press

1 day ago | idahopress.com | Kyle Hightower

BOSTON (AP) — Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals. In the East, Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks are a win away from reaching the conference finals for the first time in 25 years. New York wasn't given much of a shot entering its semifinal matchup against a Boston Celtics team it went 0-4 against during the regular season. There aren't a lot of Knicks doubters now.

1 day ago | idahopress.com | Kevin Richert

The Kuna School District faces an $8 million tort claim over a reported in-school sexual misconduct incident. Meanwhile, the Twin Falls-based Xavier Charter School faces a separate $5 million tort claim. A former student at the school, a special education student, says he was a victim of repeated acts of “unlawful sexual activity and abuse,” involving an older female student.

2 days ago | idahopress.com | Matthew Lee |Rebecca Santana |Mogomotsi Magome

DULLES, Virginia (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home, which the country's government strongly denies. The decision to admit the Afrikaners also has raised questions from refugee advocates about why they were admitted when the Trump administration has suspended efforts to resettle people fleeing war and persecution who have gone through years of vetting.

3 days ago | idahopress.com | Steve McMorran

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ryan Fox, who broke through for his first PGA Tour win at the Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday, comes from a line of sporting champions in his native New Zealand. Fox’s father and sometime caddie, Grant Fox, was a leading rugby player who played 46 times for New Zealand’s All Blacks and is fourth on the career scoring list with 645 points. Grant Fox was a member of the New Zealand team that won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987.

4 days ago | idahopress.com | Ciaran Fahey

BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso’s last home game in charge ended in a 4-2 drubbing by Borussia Dortmund that boosted the visitors’ chances of Champions League qualification on Sunday. Karim Adeyemi scored one goal and set up another for clinical Dortmund to stay one point behind fourth-placed Freiburg with one round of the Bundesliga remaining. Dortmund next plays relegated Holstein Kiel, while Freiburg plays Eintracht Frankfurt in the final round.