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A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday

Apr. 17, 2024 15:57 PM EDT

The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping noontime traffic on the city's busiest street before being loaded back into a trailer. ...

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Apr. 10, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

A push to ask Arizona voters to add a right to abortion to the state constitution took on new stakes this week when the state's Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce a ban on abortion in all stages of pregnancy. Arizona is one of several states where abortion might be on the...

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Apr. 10, 2024 12:06 PM EDT

A push to ask Arizona voters to add a right to abortion to the state constitution took on new stakes this week when the state's Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce a ban on abortion in all stages of pregnancy. Arizona is one of several states where abortion might be on the...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

Apr. 10, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Palm Beach Post. April 9, 2024. Editorial: It shouldn’t take 2024 storm season to prompt Florida insurers to address climate change Well, well, well. On the eve of another hurricane season, the insurance industry finally came out and said what almost everyone in...

Asbestos victims in Montana want Buffett's railroad company held responsible

Apr. 08, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued on Monday for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to toxic asbestos dust. The railroad...

Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett's railroad to court

Apr. 07, 2024 13:12 PM EDT

LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town...

Arkansas State wins 74-61 against Montana in CBI quarterfinals

Mar. 25, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Izaiyah Nelson had 17 points in Arkansas State's 74-61 win against Montana on Monday in the quarterfinals of the CBI Tournament. Nelson also contributed 12 rebounds for the Red Wolves (20-16). Freddy Hicks added 13 points while going 5 of 18 from the...

Arkansas State, Montana square off in CBI Tournament

Mar. 25, 2024 03:49 AM EDT

Montana Grizzlies (24-11, 14-7 Big Sky) vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves (19-16, 13-8 Sun Belt) Daytona Beach, Florida; Monday, 2:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas State and Montana meet in the College Basketball Invitational. The Red Wolves are 13-8...

Moody, Vazquez help Montana hold off Presbyterian 82-79 in OT at CBI

Mar. 24, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aanen Moody sank six 3-pointers and scored 34, Josh Vazquez added seven of his 15 points in overtime and Montana held off Presbyterian 82-79 in the CBI on Sunday. Moody hit a 3-pointer to give the fifth-seeded Grizzlies (24-11) a 73-71 lead with 2:08 left...

Oath Keepers' son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in a long shot election bid

Mar. 24, 2024 09:14 AM EDT

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The eldest son of one of America’s most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking free from his father's control — juggling work, college classes and volunteer firefighting. And Dakota Adams has tossed one more ball in the air this...