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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…
Canada's second largest airline cuts almost half its staff
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's second biggest airline, WestJet, said Tuesday almost half its employees are leaving the company amid the pandemic as it seeks to survive until things stabilize.
Texas' lieutenant governor says US should get 'back to work'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' lieutenant governor said Monday night that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over…
Grim find: Bodies of virus victims in Spanish nursing homes
MADRID (AP) — Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of peopl…
1.3 billion Indians ordered to stay home in 21-day national lockdown
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a “total lockdown” for 21 days in India, the world’s biggest stay-at-home order in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery …
Bullock extends mandatory closures until April 10
Gov. Steve Bullock announced he was extending directives on closures of schools, bars and restaurants until at least April 10 during a press conference on Tuesday.
Likud members urge speaker to defy Israeli high court order
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel appeared on the verge of a constitutional crisis Tuesday as top members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud urged their party colleague and p…
UN chief urges G20 to adopt `war-time' plan with trillions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations on Tuesday to adopt a “wartime” plan…
Lawsuit challenges Tennessee false campaign literature law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new cor…
Russia ramps up measures against coronavirus as cases grow
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities acknowledged Tuesday that a low number of coronavirus cases in the country could be a result of insufficient screening and wa…
Missoula man dies by suicide at state treatment center
LEWISTOWN, Mont. (AP) — An inmate has died of an apparent suicide at a locked methamphetamine treatment center in Lewistown, Petroleum County Corner Dick Brown said Tuesday.
Iconic plant's end spells doom for struggling coal industry
DRAKESBORO, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too.
India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will begin the world's largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay i…
Coronavirus cases in Montana
This interactive map shows the location of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Montana. Data comes from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and …