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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “larg…
Montana grandmother pleads not guilty in boy's beating death
A Montana woman has pleaded not guilty to charges she beat and tortured her 12-year-old grandson to death at their home
Police struggle to enforce India's sweeping virus lockdown
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians struggled to comply with the world's largest coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday as the government began the gargantuan task of keeping …
2 arrested following high-speed pursuit in Lake County
Two men were apprehended early Wednesday morning in Lake County following a high-speed pursuit that began in Missoula County.
US Sen. Cramer apologizes for offensive term about Pelosi
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer apologized Wednesday for a late-night tweet in which he used an offensive term to describe House Speaker N…
Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or…
Agency drafts conservation plan to protect Hawaii seabirds
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized the first draft of a plan to protect threatened and endangered bird species on Kauai.
Turkish prosecutors file indictment over Khashoggi killing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have formally charged two former aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals over th…
US big-ticket factory orders up 1.2% in February
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by a solid amount in February, but the gain came before the coronavirus had s…
Alaska US census response trails the rest of the nation
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's response rate to the ongoing U.S. census count is half that of the national average, officials said.
Orders to US factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 1.2% in February before coronavirus struck with force
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to US factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 1.2% in February before coronavirus struck with force.
Secretary of state to determine validity of signatures
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The secretary of state's office must address whether some of the petitions used to get the proposed $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect onto the November ballot were invalid.
China lifting last controls in province at outbreak's center
BEIJING (AP) — Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus …
Coronavirus briefings are the new campaign rallies for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a new daily ritual now that the pandemic has put the kibosh on the signature campaign rallies that helped him get …
Tokyo's delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?
TOKYO (AP) — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will th…
South Korea investigates chatroom sex abuse allegations
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday began reviewing whether to formally charge a man arrested last week on allegations that he oper…