Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press at 11:40 p.m. MDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says the Corrections Corporation of America will stand trial in Idaho this December in a civil rights lawsuit brought by inmates. The prisoners contend poor management and chronic understaffing led to an attack in which they were stabbed and beaten by a prison gang; CCA officials say the prison was appropriately staffed at the time.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho State Police spokeswoman says the agency has completed its investigation into allegations of misconduct against two Middleton police officers. The Idaho Statesman reports that Teresa Baker says the agency's findings have been turned over to the Canyon County Prosecutor's Office.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's top business, agricultural and government leaders are joining the fight to end the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. According to a recently formed advocacy group, lifting the 50-year-old trade embargo could be an economic boon to the Gem State, but that won't happen without the help from the business community and legislators.

ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) — Researchers have started trapping grizzly bears in parts of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in eastern Idaho as part of a project to monitor the bear population in and around Yellowstone National Park. Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials in a statement Thursday say trapping in the western portion of the Centennial Mountains will continue until enough bears have been captured for the study.

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