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Virtually two weeks after the stabbing deaths of 4 College of Idaho college students, police are nonetheless looking for clues and asking the general public for assist.

Investigators are reviewing greater than 260 digital submissions – together with movies and photographs – by the general public to an FBI hyperlink, the Moscow Police Division mentioned Friday evening.

Detectives are requesting all obtainable movies, whether or not there seems to be movement and content material or not, police mentioned in a information launch late Friday.

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The 4 college students – Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21 – have been discovered stabbed to demise in a Moscow house on November 13, and police nonetheless haven’t discovered a suspect or the homicide weapon, believed to be a fixed-blade knife.

Goncalves and Mogen have been at a sports activities bar the evening of the murders, and Chapin and Kernodle have been at a fraternity celebration. Two roommates have been on the house when the 4 our bodies have been discovered. Police say they don’t imagine the roommates have been concerned within the murders.

“Detectives are additionally looking for further ideas and surveillance video of any uncommon conduct on the evening of November twelfth into the early hours of November thirteenth whereas Kaylee and Madison have been in downtown Moscow and whereas Ethan and Xana have been on the Sigma Chi home,” the discharge mentioned. “Anybody who noticed uncommon conduct close to these areas or has video surveillance is requested to submit their ideas.”

Investigators have despatched 113 items of bodily proof they collected to the Idaho State Police crime lab for evaluation, Moscow police mentioned within the Friday replace.

Police mentioned earlier this week that they’ve combed by means of greater than 1,000 ideas and interviewed greater than 150 individuals.

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little has dedicated as much as $1 million for bills associated to the continued investigation, Idaho State Police Col. Kedrick Wills mentioned throughout a press convention earlier this week.

“Like all Idahoans, Governor Little is deeply saddened by the lack of these 4 vibrant and promising younger lives,” Wills mentioned. “And he’s ensuring the State of Idaho gives all the assets potential to make sure that the particular person or individuals accountable for this are dropped at justice.”

Greater than 45 investigators from the FBI, state police and Moscow police are concerned within the homicide case.

Authorities have mentioned they haven’t dominated out that a couple of particular person could have been concerned within the killings. Police imagine the assault was focused.

The murders are the primary in Moscow since 2015 and have rattled the city and the college campus with 9,300 college students. Some professors canceled lessons final week. One wrote on social media he “can’t in good conscience maintain class” till police launch extra info or determine a suspect.

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Whereas college students have been on fall break this week, college President Scott Inexperienced despatched a be aware to college students and staff Tuesday about studying choices. When lessons resume, there will likely be two weeks left within the semester.

“School have been requested to arrange in-person educating and distant studying choices so that every pupil can select their technique of engagement,” he wrote. “Transferring programs absolutely on-line shouldn’t be most popular however could also be obligatory in restricted conditions.”

Whereas rumors surrounding the murders swirl by means of the city of about 25,000, police have mentioned they’ll solely launch vetted info that doesn’t hinder the investigation.

“There may be hypothesis with out factual backing, stoking neighborhood fears and spreading false info” Friday’s launch said. Police are encouraging the general public to reference “official releases for correct info and up to date progress” on the investigation.

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President Trump has been reprogramming funds to pay workers during the shutdown who are essential to his political agenda. Tony Romm, a New York Times reporter covering economic policy, explains the moves, and the questions they’ve raised.

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It’s been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help?

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It’s been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help?

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce says he grew up going to Six Flags parks and wants to help make them special for the next generation of families.

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Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and fiance of Taylor Swift, sparked jokes and hopes this week when he announced his investment in the embattled amusement park company Six Flags Entertainment.

The football star, alongside two corporate executives, teamed up with JANA Partners to purchase a combined stake of about 9% of Six Flags’ shares, making them one of its largest shareholders, according to Tuesday’s news release.

JANA Partners is an activist investment firm, meaning it buys a substantial stake in a company’s equity in order to push for changes — both operational and managerial — it believes will benefit that company.

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“Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to continue the tradition and make Cedar Point and Six Flags even more special for the next generation of families!” Kelce wrote on Instagram. “So crazy to even imagine this is real, but you gotta love it when life comes full circle.”

Kelce also shared home video clips of himself as a child enjoying the rides at Cedar Point, the 364-acre amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, that he and his brother (and retired pro footballer) Jason grew up going to every year, as the two enthusiastically reminisced in an episode of their New Heights podcast. Kelce, who grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, calls himself a “lifelong Six Flags fan.”

Cedar Point’s former operator, Cedar Fair, merged with Six Flags in 2024 to become the largest amusement park operator in North America, touting 42 parks across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

At the time, many amusement parks — and Six Flags especially — were struggling to increase attendance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Park analysts and enthusiasts hoped the merger would lower ticket costs, raise revenue and make it more competitive against industry heavyweights like Disney and Universal.

But that hasn’t been the case, says Dennis Speigel, CEO of the consulting firm International Theme Park Services.

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“As this merger occurred, I think the due diligence was probably done a little too quickly and it had a lot of flaws in it,” he told NPR. “And then it was also impacted by what I call the external factors: weather, economy, uncertainty of what’s happening in geopolitical areas.”

Six Flags now has $5.3 billion in debt. Its CEO, Richard Zimmerman, is set to step down by the end of the year, after it reported a net loss of $100 million for the second quarter of 2025 and combined attendance down 9% year-over-year. It is shuttering one of its parks — Six Flags America in Bowie, Md. — in early November and is expected to close another in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2027.

Speigel is hopeful the new shareholders will get Six Flags back on track. And while he was initially surprised to learn of Kelce’s involvement, he says it makes sense because “he’s at the zenith of his career in football … and in love.”

“Having a name like that be associated with Six Flags at this point in time, when they’ve gone through quite a few years recently of negativity, speaks well to their future and what they’re looking to do,” he says. “Obviously, he’s a younger person. He speaks to the teens, the young adults and the young adults with families. And that’s the Six Flags audience.”

Kelce’s fame — and high-profile love story — have boosted businesses before. Swift is credited with increasing female NFL viewership and ticket sales as their relationship unfolded. And, in recent days, his social media announcement has been flooded with fans’ pleas for a Swift-themed park, or at least a rollercoaster.

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Six Flags’ rocky ride 

Six Flags opened with the “Six Flags Over Texas” park in 1961, and for years was one of America’s most iconic theme park companies (along with Disney). But for the last decade, Speigel says, it has been “a ship at sea without a captain.”

“I would have to say [out of] the top five or six operators during the last couple of years, Six Flags has suffered the most,” he says.

Six Flags has had four CEOs since 2015.

It shifted its pricing strategy in 2022 to target a more affluent demographic, confusing and alienating core customers in the process. And in recent years, a number of high-profile ride malfunctions have stranded and even injured visitors. This year, extreme temperatures and economic uncertainty drove attendance down even further.

“To see Six Flags have fallen off the precipice and down to where it is now, it’s sad,” Speigel says. “And everybody in the industry, competitors and alike, are all rooting for their return and their comeback.”

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Visitors dance under a "Welcome Back" sign at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif. in 2021.

Visitors arrived to a “Welcome Back” sign at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., when it reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2021.

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What might change? 

JANA Partners said in its announcement that it plans to engage with Six Flags’ management and board of directors “regarding opportunities to enhance shareholder value and improve the guest experience.”

NPR has reached out to Jana Partners for more information about its goals but did not hear back by publication time.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the investment firm wants to “modernize technology, refresh leadership and evaluate a potential sale as ways to boost the company’s share price.”

In a statement shared with NPR, a Six Flags spokesperson said it appreciates the perspectives of shareholders and takes their feedback seriously.

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Speigel says Six Flags’ debt could force the new investors to take “some drastic measures,” like selling some of its parks, either to commercial real estate or even private equity groups. And he stresses that foot traffic is key in the industry.

“We live on repeat visitation, and repeat visitation is driven by capital improvements, new rides and attractions, dark rides, the new technologies,” he says. “So we have to hopefully see the growth from that.”

Speigel says even though U.S. amusement parks may not be experiencing the same rate of growth that they did several decades ago, they still attract some 400 million visitors each year — most of whom don’t care who owns a park as long as their experience is clean, fun and safe.

He hopes JANA recognizes Six Flags, and the industry in general, as “the last real bastion of family fun in the United States, in fact globally, where a family can go as a total unit. And I hope they put their capital behind that and lift it out of the ashes where it is now.”

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Map: Minor Earthquake Strikes Southern California

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Map: Minor Earthquake Strikes Southern California

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Pacific time. The New York Times

A minor earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3 struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The temblor happened at 8:12 p.m. Pacific time about 6 miles northeast of Yucaipa, Calif., data from the agency shows.

As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.

Aftershocks in the region

An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in the same general area. Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.

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Quakes and aftershocks within 100 miles

Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake. These events can be of equal or larger magnitude to the initial earthquake, and they can continue to affect already damaged locations.

When quakes and aftershocks occurred

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Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale. When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Pacific time. Shake data is as of Thursday, Oct. 23 at 11:16 p.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is as of Friday, Oct. 24 at 1:12 a.m. Eastern.

Maps: Daylight (urban areas); MapLibre (map rendering); Natural Earth (roads, labels, terrain); Protomaps (map tiles)

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