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3+ hour, 47+ min ago (987+ words) IRVINE, Calif. " The Idaho Vandals women's basketball team clinched its fifth win in a row, defeating the Colgate Raiders 82-53 on Friday at the UC Irvine Tournament at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. Hope Hassmann led the team with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. Debora dos Santos had a season-high 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the floor and corralled nine boards. Ana Beatriz Alves Passos da Silva collected a career-high eight rebounds. Idaho outrebounded Colgate 50-36. The Vandals (6-1) shot 45.1% from the field while Colgate (4-2) shot just 30.2%. Idaho pulled away in the third quarter with a 21-8 run for a 63-39 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Vandals scored 80 points for the fifth time in seven games this season. Hassmann 6-10 5-6 17, Pinheiro 3-9 2-2 9, Barbosa 2-6 1-1 6, Gardner 2-7 0-0 4, Uriarte 1-3 0-0 3, Dos Santos 6-6 3-4 15, Beatriz Passos Alves da Silva 4-7 1-3 9, Henley 2-4 0-0 6, McMorris 2-9 0-0 4, Brans 2-7 0-0 4, Ekh…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago (1181+ words) When Alex Adams stepped into his role leading the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in June 2024, he immediately announced a laser focus on foster care. Adams, nominated by President Donald Trump in March and last month confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Administration for Children and Families assistant secretary, is now taking a similar approach to his federal position. On Monday, the federal administration announced the launch of "A Home for Every Child," an initiative to bring up the ratio of foster children to foster homes to 1-to-1. "Our Home for Every Child initiative nationally is really modeled off of what we did here in Idaho," Adams said in an interview Wednesday in Boise. As the state Health and Welfare director, Adams focused on policies to improve recruitment and retention of foster families as well as to prevent children from…...