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Construction of new Flathead County jail celebrated with groundbreaking ceremony
Nearly 20 people involved with the project posed for the photo-op, including the three county commissioners, Sheri…
Woman, police exchange gunfire in Bigfork
Shots fired in Bigfork after deputies locate driver of stolen vehicle
Milwaukee mayor, others urge Evers to hold election by mail
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voting advocacy groups and the mayor of Wisconsin's largest city on Tuesday urged Gov. Tony Evers to close polling sites and conduct the state's spring election entirely by mail to protect vote…
Trent Williams asks Redskins to trade or release him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trent Williams wants the Redskins to trade or release him.
Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize
LONDON (AP) — Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Monday at a ceremony held online …
On hold: Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021
TOKYO (AP) — The IOC announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandemic that is sh…
Spirit temporarily suspends Boeing work in some facilities
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Aircraft parts maker Spirit Aerosystems announced Tuesday that it was temporarily halting work for Boeing that is performed in Wichita and two Oklahoma facilities amid an outbreak of the corona…
New home sales drop 4.4% in February
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. new home sales fell 4.4% in February with bigger declines expected in coming months as the coronavirus puts a major crimp on home sales.
Vatican employees balk at lack of full shutdown amid virus
ROME (AP) — The Vatican is under pressure to let more employees work from home as several of its offices remain open two weeks after the Italian government ord…
Croatia's Dubrovnik, home to ancient quarantine facilities
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Just outside the majestic walls of Croatia’s medieval citadel city of Dubrovnik lies a cluster of small stone houses, the Lazarettos …
State: More Nebraska COVID-19 cases reported; total 61
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More COVID-19 cases have been reported in five Nebraska counties, bring the state total to 61, a state agency said.
House fire leaves one person dead in northern Virginia
WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — A house fire in northern Virginia has left one person dead.
Albert Uderzo, a creator of French hero Asterix, dies at 92
PARIS (AP) — Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputa…
Teams, toddlers and cabinets: The joys of working from home
In the early days of working from home to prevent spread of the COVID-19 disease, some Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers talking strategy on a …
Trump agencies steadily push rollbacks as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major publ…
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of …