Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in slaying of 4 Idaho college students

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<p>Jordan FreimanJuly 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM</p>

<p>Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty in the slayings of four University of Idaho students in November 2022, according to a letter sent to the victims' families by prosecutors.</p>

<p>Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the stabbings of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, who were killed at a home in Moscow, Idaho, during the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022.</p>

<p>In the letter, portions of which were shown to CBS News by Mogen's father, Ben Mogen, the Latah County (Idaho) Prosecutor's Office says attorneys for Kohberger requested a plea deal and Kohberger accepted it.</p>

<p>The letter says Kohberger agreed to plead guilty to all the counts against him and that he would be sentenced to "four consecutive (back to back) life sentences on the four Murder counts" and would waive all rights to appeal.</p>

<p>The letter also says that if Kohberger "enters guilty pleas as expected" at an upcoming hearing, "we anticipate that this case will be set for sentencing in late July. If Defendant does not enter guilty pleas as expected, we are prepared to proceed to trial as planned."</p>

<p>The date of the plea hearing was uncertain Tuesday morning.</p>

<p>Kohberger had been fighting the charges. His trial was expected to begin in August, following several delays.</p>

<p>An attorney for the family of one of the other victims, Goncalves, confirmed to CBS News that they received a proposed plea deal for Kohberger.</p>

<p>The murders terrorized the community, and for weeks, the hunt for a suspect was shrouded in mystery. Kohberger was arrested six weeks later at his parents' home in Pennsylvania. According to a police affidavit, DNA evidence linked him to a knife sheath found at the crime scene.</p>

<p>At the time of his arrest, Kohberger was a Ph.D. criminology student and teaching assistant at Washington State University's Pullman campus, which is about a 15-minute drive from Moscow, Idaho.</p>

<p>After news broke of the plea deal, a post on the Goncalves family's Facebook page said, "We are beyond furious at the State of Idaho. They have failed us. Please give us some time. This was very unexpected. We appreciate all your love and support."</p>

<p>In a separate post, the family said they attended a meeting with prosecutors. Aubrie Goncalves, the youngest member of the family, was not able to attend the meeting and said in a written statement, "The introduction of this plea deal, just weeks before the scheduled trial, is both shocking and cruel." She continued, "Bryan Kohberger facing a life in prison means he would still get to speak, form relationships, and engage with the world. Meanwhile, our loved ones have been silenced forever."</p>

<p>In a formal statement, the Goncalvez family said, "The Latah County Prosecutor's Office's treatment of our family during this process is something I wouldn't wish on anyone."</p>

<p>The family added that "it was no shock how the Latah County Prosecutor's Office mishandled the plea deal. They vaguely mentioned a possible plea on Friday, without seeking our input, and presented the plea on Sunday. Latah County should be ashamed of its Prosecutor's Office."</p>

<p>The trial was originally going to be held in Latah County, where the murders occurred, but Latah County District Judge John Judge later ordered the trial be moved over concerns the media coverage and statements from local officials would make it impossible for Kohberger to receive a fair trial. The Idaho Supreme Court moved the proceedings to Boise.</p>

<p>Bryan Kohberger listens to arguments during a pre-trial hearing on Oct. 26, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. / Credit: Kai Eiselein / Getty Images</p>

<p>Kohberger's defense team had previously tried to remove the death penalty as a possible sentence if he was convicted, but Ada County Judge Steven Hippler denied their motions back in November 2024.</p>

<p>Among the evidence prosecutors were planning to present was Kohberger's Amazon purchase history showing he bought a Ka-Bar knife with sheath and sharpener, which they claimed matched the sheath found at the crime scene. Prosecutors also claimed "touch DNA" matching DNA taken from Kohberger was found on the sheath. The defense tried to exclude the touch DNA evidence, but Hippler denied that request.</p>

<p>Prosecutors were also planning to present surveillance video of Kohberger's car and cellphone data that they said tied him to the vicinity of the killings.</p>

<p>Last week, the judge denied a motion by Kohberger's lawyers, who were seeking to argue that four "alternate perpetrators" could have committed the murders. The judge called it "rank speculation" and said "nothing links these individuals to the homicides."</p>

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Canadian teen jailed in Poland as Russia spy may be freed early, court says

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<p>July 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM</p>

<p>WARSAW (Reuters) -A Canadian teenager sentenced in Poland last year to 20 months in prison for spying for Russia could be released early under certain conditions, a Polish court said on Tuesday.</p>

<p>A statement by the court did not give details of the possible conditional release.</p>

<p>Europe is in a heightened state of alert over what security agencies across the continent call Russia's "hybrid war" of sabotage and espionage - accusations which the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.</p>

<p>Laken Pavan, who turned 18 a few weeks after his arrest, pleaded guilty to charges of helping Russian intelligence and was sentenced in December 2024. He is due to leave prison in January 2026.</p>

<p>On April 16, 2024 Pavan flew from Vancouver to Moscow via Istanbul and joined a volunteer group in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, according to Polish court documents seen by Reuters.</p>

<p>The organisation's social media account said it was set up in 2014 to recruit mercenaries to fight for Russia in Donetsk and the neighbouring Ukrainian region of Luhansk and to organise humanitarian projects for civilians.</p>

<p>Pavan told Polish investigators that in late April 2024 he was arrested in Donetsk and questioned by men who said they were from Russia's Federal Security Service, according to the court documents.</p>

<p>After several days of detention, Pavan said, he was instructed to return to Europe, lose his passport to conceal his trip to Russia and begin working for the FSB, the documents showed.</p>

<p>He told Polish prosecutors he flew to Copenhagen, but later decided to move to Warsaw as life in Denmark was too expensive.</p>

<p>A couple of days after checking into a Warsaw budget hotel, Pavan said, he asked a receptionist to call police. When they arrived, he confessed to working with the FSB and planning to pass information about Poland's military to his Russian handler, the court documents showed.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Anna Koper; editing by Mark Heinrich)</p>

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Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs

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<p>Paul Davidson, USA TODAYJuly 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM</p>

<p>The U.S. hiring cooldown is casting a chill over a teen summer job market that has sizzled the past few years.</p>

<p>Fewer teenagers are looking for jobs. And a smaller share of those looking are getting hired.</p>

<p>The development appears to reflect the demise of a post-pandemic hiring frenzy that provided teen summer job hunters the most favorable landscape in more than 50 years, along with benefits experts say can bolster their entire careers.</p>

<p>"If you look at youth unemployment before the pandemic, that's pretty much where we're headed," said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a labor economist at Northeastern University who studies teenage employment.</p>

<p>Is it harder for teens to get jobs now?</p>

<p>Teens are projected to gain 1 million jobs in May, June and July, the lowest tally since 2010, according to estimates by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.</p>

<p>Among other factors, experts point to a generally slowing U.S. labor market, economic uncertainty spawned by President Donald Trump's tariffs and automation that's wiping out the kind of entry level jobs typically snared by young people.</p>

<p>Sorting shelving displays at stores like this Walmart Super Center in Compton, California, U.S., is a popular summer job for teens</p>

<p>The Labor Department on Thursday is expected to report a tepid 113,000 job gains for June, down from 139,000 the previous month.</p>

<p>Small businesses are still bringing on a healthy share of teenagers for summer jobs, according to Gusto, a payroll processor for small firms. Nineteen percent of their clients' new hires in May were 15- to 19 years olds, similar to the 18.3% in 2023 and 19.1% in May 2024.</p>

<p>But total employment for that age group was up 11.8% from a year earlier, compared to a 14.3% annual rise in May 2024.</p>

<p>"The companies that rely on teens are still hiring teens," said Gusto Senior Economist Nich Tremper. "However, a declining hiring rate has effects throughout the economy."</p>

<p>Labor Department data reveals a more dramatic drop-off in teen hiring.</p>

<p>What percent of teenagers have a summer job?</p>

<p>The share of 16- to 19-year-olds working or looking for jobs fell to 35.4% in May from 37.4% a year earlier - the lowest May level since the depths of the pandemic in 2020, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics' non-seasonally adjusted figures.</p>

<p>Marquise Shiemvs, manager of Chip City, a cookie shop in Arlington, Virginia, said most of of the shop's seven employees are high school students, but finding them has gotten tougher.</p>

<p>Unlike in prior years, "They're really not coming in and putting in applications," Shiemvs said. Instead, the shop has recruited one or two teen customers to join the staff.</p>

<p>Youths who are searching for work are struggling. The teen unemployment rate rose to 13.1% last month from 12.1% a year earlier, the highest May mark since 2020. Unemployment overall was at a historically low 4.2%.</p>

<p>About 5.5 million teens were employed last month, the lowest May tally since 2022.</p>

<p>For decades, a summer job served as a rite of passage, with 55% of teenagers working or job hunting in May 1979. The share tumbled to 32% to 34% through the 2010s as many teens instead got involved in school activities and volunteer work to bolster their resumes for college or took gig jobs not tracked by Labor, according to Modestino and the Society for Human Resource Management.</p>

<p>How did COVID-19 impact employment?</p>

<p>COVID-19 changed everything.</p>

<p>As the economy reopened in 2021, restaurants, hotels, shops and amusement parks frustrated by pandemic-related labor shortages turned to young people to fill an abundance of openings and meet a surge of pent-up consumer demand.</p>

<p>High school and college students stuck at home during COVID-19 lockdowns itched to get out and fill many of the vacancies. They were also drawn by soaring pay as businesses scrambled to attract scarce job candidates, especially for in-person roles. Median annual wage growth for 16- to 24-year-olds climbed from about 8% in the summer of 2020 to 13% in summer 2022, according to 12-month averages figured by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.</p>

<p>In May 2021, the teen unemployment rate fell to 9.5%, lowest since 1953, and hovered near a historically low 10% the following two summers. By May 2024, the share of teens working or looking for jobs hit 37.4%, highest since 2009.</p>

<p>For teens, a summer job teaches soft skills such as "how to work, in addition to how to do a job," Tremper said. "Just showing up on time and navigating dealings with colleagues."</p>

<p>Added Modestino, "These short-term gains over the summer are linked to long-term reductions in criminal justice involvement, improvements in high school graduation rates and increased employment and wages up to four years later."</p>

<p>But several factors are coalescing to suppress teen hiring.</p>

<p>A softening economy and job market</p>

<p>Last year, businesses pulled back on hiring broadly as a post COVID-19 spike in demand faded but labor costs and interest rates stayed high. The drop-off has intensified this year as Trump's tariffs have spawned business uncertainty about a potential leap in costs in coming months.</p>

<p>Average monthly job growth has tumbled from 168,000 in 2024 to 124,000 this year.</p>

<p>Consumer sentiment, meanwhile, generally has plunged despite a partial rebound in June as Americans worry about a tariff-related resurgence of inflation. U.S. household spending is weakening, especially for discretionary services such as travel and hospitality, Oxford Economics said in a research note last week, adding that many foreign visitors are also shunning the U.S. because of the import fees. Such sectors typically employ lots of teens in the summer.</p>

<p>In May, consumer spending fell 0.3% after adjusting for inflation, with declines of 1.1% for airfares and 0.6% for recreation services, and a meager 0.1% rise for hotel stays, according to Commerce Department figures released last week.</p>

<p>"The leading edge of the cooling labor market is teens," Modestino said, noting they have less work experience than other age groups. "Teens are the last to be hired and the first to be fired."</p>

<p>Before the health crisis, the summer unemployment rate for teens hovered at about 13%, compared to 3.6% for all workers.</p>

<p>Competition from recent college grads, adult workers</p>

<p>With hiring slowing broadly, teens are vying for summer jobs with recent college graduates as well as older adults, Tremper and Modestino said. Although companies are still hesitant to lay off workers because of the pandemic's labor shortages, those who are cut or just entering the labor force are taking longer to find positions.</p>

<p>Through the first four months of the year, the number of 20- to 24-year-olds who are long-term unemployed (jobless at least six months) is up 32% compared to the same period in 2019, Labor figures show.</p>

<p>Automation</p>

<p>Retailers are deploying more self-serve checkout registers and other technologies, providing fewer opportunities for teens, Modestino said. Artificial intelligence, she said, isn't yet taking a significant toll but could in coming years, she said.</p>

<p>Immigration</p>

<p>Immigration is declining amid the Trump administration's massive deportations of migrants who lack permanent legal status. Under looser Biden administration policies, net immigration to the U.S. surged to 2.6 million in 2022 (the 12 months ending in June 2022), 3.3 million in 2023 and a projected 2.8 million in 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That compares to an annual average of about 900,000 from 2010 to 2019.</p>

<p>But by fourth quarter, the total is expected to plummet to an annualized rate of 500,000, according to Oxford Economics.</p>

<p>That theoretically should mean less competition for teens for the kind of restaurant, hotel and other hospitality jobs that some immigrants occupy.</p>

<p>But Oxford says it takes time for of recent foreign arrivals to find jobs. For now, the labor supply is still being boosted by the immigration surge of the past few years, the research firm said.</p>

<p>Some analysts said immigration's impact on the teen summer job market is mixed. Some recent migrants from Latin American countries who otherwise would seek restaurant and hospitality jobs are laying low because of the administration's immigration raids, Modestino said. The labor force participation rate for Hispanic teens was at 32.4% in May, down from 35.7% a year earlier, she noted.</p>

<p>But a 2022 study by the Journal of Population Economics found that when arrests of Hispanic migrants increase, labor force participation falls among Hispanic adults but rises sharply among their U.S.-born teen children who try to replace some of their income.</p>

<p>"With the increased rhetoric against immigrants and recent actions of ICE, we may see a surge in teen employment in this population this summer," said Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.</p>

<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Teens grapple with cooling job market</p>

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<p>July 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM</p>

<p>BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday as it considers a petition filed by 36 senators seeking her dismissal.</p>

<p>The senators have accused the 38-year-old premier of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards in violation of the constitution over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodia's former premier Hun Sen.</p>

<p>WHO WILL LEAD THE GOVERNMENT NOW?</p>

<p>With the Prime Minister suspended, Suriya Juangroongruangkit, the deputy prime minister and minister of transport, will become the caretaker leader.</p>

<p>Suriya, 70, is a veteran of Thai politics, having entered the fray in the 1990s and served in various cabinet positions for multiple parties since, including the predecessor of the ruling Pheu Thai party.</p>

<p>WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE COURT CASE?</p>

<p>The court has ordered Paetongtarn to stop performing her duties until it makes a decision. In a statement, the court said the premier will have 15 days to respond to the allegations made by the petitioners, following which proceedings will continue.</p>

<p>WHAT CAN PAETONGTARN DO IN THE INTERIM?</p>

<p>As part of a cabinet reshuffle announced earlier on Tuesday, ahead of the court's statement, Paetongtarn was appointed as the minister of culture.</p>

<p>Once she is sworn into the position on July 3, she will be able to attend cabinet meetings in her capacity as a minister, despite the suspension from the Constitutional Court.</p>

<p>WHAT ABOUT PARLIAMENT?</p>

<p>Thailand's parliament will reconvene on July 3.</p>

<p>The Bhumjaithai party, a former member of Paetongtarn's ruling alliance, had previously threatened to straightaway move a no-confidence motion against the premier and her cabinet on Thursday.</p>

<p>But such a move cannot take place with the premier now suspended. In any case, for the motion to succeed, Bhumjaithai would need the support of the People's Party, the largest opposition group that is yet to decide on its position.</p>

<p>ARE THERE ANY OTHER CASES UNDERWAY?</p>

<p>The National Anti-Corruption Commission, which has a wide remit, is also probing Paetongtarn for any ethical violations emanating from the leaked phone call between her and Hun Sen.</p>

<p>This is based on a petition filed by the same group of 36 senators who also moved the Constitutional Court.</p>

<p>It is unclear when the NACC will conclude its investigation, but this process could lead to another case at Thailand's Supreme Court, which may rule to ban Paetongtarn from politics.</p>

<p>WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC PROTESTS?</p>

<p>Several thousand people gathered in the Thai capital on Saturday in the largest anti-government protest since the Pheu Thai party took power in 2023.</p>

<p>The organisers, who have called on Paetongtarn to step down, have threatened to escalate protests if she does not quit.</p>

<p>Some of those who led Saturday's demonstration are veterans of previous protest movements that played a role in bringing down governments led by Paetongtarn's father, Thaksin Shinawatra, and her aunt, Yingluck Shinawatra.</p>

<p>IS THAKSIN UNDER PRESSURE?</p>

<p>Former premier Thaksin, who remains one of Thailand's most influential but divisive politicians, is currently facing a criminal court case, in which he is accused of violating the country's strict lese majeste law during a media interview in 2015.</p>

<p>Thailand has one of the world's harshest lese majeste laws, setting jail terms of up to 15 years for anyone convicted of defaming, insulting or threatening King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family.</p>

<p>The Supreme Court is also holding a series of hearings on Thaksin's prolonged hospital stay, in lieu of prison, following his return to Thailand in 2023 after years in self-exile.</p>

<p>An adverse verdict in this case could see Thaksin, 75, sent to jail.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um, Editing by Devjyot Ghoshal and Saad Sayeed)</p>

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Europe swelters under a punishing heat wave with Paris forecast to hit 104 F

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<p>SAMUEL PETREQUIN July 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM</p>

<p>1 / 5France Extreme Weather HeatThe sun shines over the the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave, Monday, June 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)</p>

<p>PARIS (AP) — France and the rest of Europe were still in the grips of the first major heat wave this summer with health warnings in effect Tuesday, even as conditions began to improve in some parts of the region.</p>

<p>Punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris and to stay unusually high in Belgium and the Netherlands. In contrast, temperatures were falling in Portugal, where no red heat warnings were issued.</p>

<p>In France, the national weather agency Météo-France placed several departments under the highest red alert, with the Paris region particularly hard hit. The heat wave — defined as consecutive days of very high temperature — is expected to intensify Tuesday and more than 1,300 schools were expected to be partially or fully closed, the Education Ministry said.</p>

<p>Visitors to the Eiffel Tower without tickets were told to postpone their visits, and the summit of the city's landmark was closed until Thursday.</p>

<p>Farther south, 17 of Italy's 27 major cities were experiencing a heat wave, according to the Health Ministry.</p>

<p>Météo-France also warned of the heightened risk of wildfires due to the drought-stricken soil, compounded by a lack of rain in June and the recent surge in temperature.</p>

<p>Climate experts warn that future summers are likely to be hotter than any recorded to date. By 2100, France could be up to 4 C (39 F) warmer, with temperatures exceeding 40 C expected every year and extreme heat spikes potentially reaching 50 C (122 F). According to Météo-France, the country may face a tenfold increase in the number of heat wave days by 2100.</p>

<p>In Portugal, Lisbon was forecast to reach 33 C (91 F), typical for this time of the year, though some inland areas could still see peaks of 43 C (109 F), according to the national weather agency. June temperature records were broken in two locations in Portugal on June 29.</p>

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<p>writers Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, and David Billier contributed to this report.</p>

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