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Whitefish pursuing grant for railroad overpass on East Second Street
The Whitefish City Council gave Public Works Director Craig Workman the go ahead to apply for a grant to build a $…
Few sheltered as California aims to help homeless amid virus
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless outreach workers are passing out hand sanitizer, checking temperatures and pleading with people not to crowd together. But a week…
Senate passes $2.2T coronavirus aid plan, House votes Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the…
Fed chair Powell says will provide nearly unlimited lending
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve would provide essentially unlimited lending to support the economy as long as it is damaged by the vir…
PBS and Office of Public Instruction collaborate on programming during school closure
As schools and districts across Montana suspend classes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, MontanaPBS and the Montana Office of Public Instruction have announced a plan to support home learning for students.
Norway extradites convicted Kurdish cleric to Italy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Muslim cleric was extradited Thursday from Norway to Italy, where he has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for planning terror.
Bomb disrupts funeral for 25 Sikhs killed in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosive device disrupted Thursday's funeral service for 25 members of Afghanistan's Sikh minority community who had been killed …
Jobless after virus lockdown, India's poor struggle to eat
NEW DELHI (AP) — Some of India's legions of poor and others suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid on Thursday, as …
Private prayers and empty funerals: The pandemic is hard on the Middle East faithful
BEIRUT — Paying no attention to the tenets of social distancing, the abaya-shrouded women — no masks or gloves among them — crowded into the Baghdad square surrounding the shrine to Imam Musa Kadhim.
In Mexico, coronavirus 'will go from the rich to the poor and the poor will pay'
Fears are strong in Mexican border cities that the poor will pay the price for wealthier Mexicans who brought the coronavirus home after foreign travel.
US economy grew at 2.1% rate in Q4 with economists forecasting sharp drop ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — US economy grew at 2.1% rate in Q4 with economists forecasting sharp drop ahead.
Greece: Man arrested for transporting 12 teenage migrants
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities arrested a Syrian man after finding 12 Egyptian teenagers hidden in his van following a car chase through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki early Thursday, police…
Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion…
Hong Kong opposition politician arrested over online posting
HONG KONG (AP) — An opposition politician in Hong Kong has been arrested over an online post criticizing a policeman who blinded a journalist in one eye during anti-government protests last year, local media said.
Joe Biden's inner circle: No longer a boys club
Weeks before Joe Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign, he released a social media video to address allegations from women who said his uninvited displ…
Tokyo Olympics: Looking for a new date for opening, closing
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics need new dates for the opening and closing ceremonies in 2021.