The Montana Department of Revenue will continue to fight a court ruling that money from a tax credit program can benefit religious schools. District Judge Heidi Ulbricht ruled in May that the department incorrectly excluded religious schools from the program, which is funded by donations that can be offset by up to $150 in nonrefundable Read More…
As many as 400 homes were told to evacuate late Wednesday night after the Lolo Peak fire blew up, forcing the closure of the previous shelter for evacuees, according to the American Red Cross. The former shelter at the Florence-Carlton Community Church is now in an evacuation area. The new shelter is at the University Read More…
For the first time this summer, Helena’s air quality briefly reached a level considered unhealthy for all groups Wednesday afternoon. Hourly reports from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality show the local air quality frequently reaches levels considered moderate and unhealthy for sensitive groups, such as people with asthma and other respiratory disease, as wildfire Read More…
BILLINGS — A federal appellate panel has reversed a lower court ruling that condemned a group of mining claims in northwest Montana owned by a group of investors including former Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Schweitzer and other investors in Optima, Inc. sought $10 million from the owners of the proposed Montanore gold and silver mine as Read More…
Johannesburg – Minister of Transport Joe Maswanganyi will be meeting all aviation entities from the department to discuss the grounding of the Air Zimbabwe aircraft on Friday, allegedly due to non-compliance. The department on Saturday said the aircraft was grounded allegedly due to non-compliance with the South African Civil Aviation regulations. The department said the Read More…
Steve Leblanc, The Associated PressPublished Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:20AM EDTLast Updated Saturday, August 19, 2017 11:55AM EDT BOSTON — Thousands of leftist counterprotesters marched peaceably through downtown Boston on Saturday, chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving signs condemning white nationalism ahead of a rally being staged by conservative activists a week after a Virginia demonstration Read More…
When we got up this morning on the C3, Tom Zagon from the Canadian Ice Service, gave us a briefing about about ice in the Arctic. For a lot of people, ice may not seem like the most engaging of topics, but it was fascinating to hear Tom speak about it. He’s very passionate about Read More…
Animal shelters across the country are teaming up with NBC and Telemundo stations to find loving homes for pets in need. The third annual Clear the Shelters event, a nationwide pet adoption initiative, will be held August 19, 2017. Hundreds of shelters in 20 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico will waive or discount fees Read More…
God works exceedingly slow. But our trip back to the Pacific Northwest, where our marriage had essentially begun, symbolized that if we’re willing to endure through hard times, miracles can happen. When my husband and I met, we were only 18 and broken. This brokenness, which had attracted us like magnets, likewise threatened our destruction Read More…
By ALAN SUDERMANAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – When 92-year-old Dr. Fergie Reid was a young man growing up in Richmond, he resented the massive statues of Confederate leaders lining Monument Avenue. But Reid says black people knew better than to speak out. “If you complained, they’d probably put you in jail,” said Reid, who Read More…
Police in Maryland said a man confessed to the fatal stabbings of his 6-year-old sister and his two young cousins while they were lying in bed. Antonio Shareek Williams, 25, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of the three girls in Prince George’s County. Read More…
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 13 people were shot across Chicago, one of them fatally, since Friday evening. A 26-year-old man was killed Saturday morning in a shooting that also left a 45-year-old woman injured in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. They were standing on the street near a parked car Read More…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:40 p.m. A police official in Spain says an imam whose home was searched as part of the investigation into two deadly vehicle attacks is believed to be the radicalizing force behind the cell of young men – and is now thought Read More…
LOVELL, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — 28-year old Timothy Even, former Westbrook track coach convicted of having sex with a student, killed himself Friday, according to Maine State Police. A statement released by Maine Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland says, ‘On Friday morning at about 11 AM (Maine State Trooper Lt. Walter F. Grzyb) checked on Read More…
Thousands of left-leaning counter-protesters flooded Boston streets on Saturday, blasting white nationalism and chanting anti-Nazi slogans as they marched peacefully towards a “Free Speech” rally being organized by right-wing activists. At least 500 cops patrolled barricades meant to keep the groups apart, one week after a woman was killed in violent clashes between white supremacist Read More…
‘Take a Sledgehammer to It’: 2 Bill Clinton Accusers Want SD Statue to Come Down WATCH: Former Neo-Nazi Recruiter, Antifa Organizer Talk Extremism Basketball superstar Charles Barkley called pushing for the removal of Confederate statues “wasted energy.” “I’m not going to waste my time screaming at a neo-Nazi who’s gonna hate me no matter what,” Read More…
Brit tourists on a flight home from Spain have recalled the frightening moment a French fighter jet pursued their plane for up to 15 minutes.The French air force tracked a plane from low-cost airline Jet2, on its way to Birmingham from Malaga on Friday afternoon. Jet2 said they have quizzed French aviation officials, asking why the French Read More…
Gruesome images of fish being dragged behind boats and shot with handguns in apparent violation of state and local laws are popping up online with more frequency–marking a disturbing trend and drawing the ire of conservationists and wildlife officials in Florida. The outrage kicked into high gear in July when a video turned up showing Read More…
Man who suffered eye damage in 1962 eclipse warns others not to make the same mistakes A total solar eclipse is slated to happen on Monday, as the Moon will cross in front of the Sun, blotting out the light from our favorite star for a couple of minutes along a 70-mile-wide swath of the Read More…
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens joined calls Friday for state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal to be expelled from the legislature after saying she hopes President Trump is assassinated. The Republican governor put out a string of tweets noting that lawmakers have called on the Democratic lawmaker to resign and urged the Senate to kick her out if Read More…
President Trump hinted Saturday that he and top U.S. generals have agreed on a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, after huddling Friday at the presidential Camp David retreat. “Important day spent at Camp David with our very talented Generals and military leaders,” Trump tweeted. “Many decisions made, including on Afghanistan.” Since taking office, Read More…
A father and daughter were kicked off a Frontier Airlines flight in Orlando Wednesday after allegedly privately expressing their displeasure with the airline, News 6 reports. Eric and Whitney Miller had just boarded the flight to St. Louis after a six-hour delay when they were asked to leave because the crew “felt threatened” by their Read More…
A suspect has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a Florida police officer and serious wounding of another officer late Friday. Everett Glen Miller, 45, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Officer Matthew Baxter, Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said Saturday in a news conference. He could face Read More…
But there’s no denying her drive for the trucking industry, both through her work with an insurance company as well as her recent rise to become the first female president of a state organization that represents the industry. Dixon became president of the North Dakota Motor Carriers Association in late May following several years of Read More…
Jason Kessler, the alt-right activist and organizer of last weekend’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, tweeted that the woman who died protesting his event “was a fat, disgusting Communist” and called her death “payback time” — then walked back the remark and blamed it on drugs and alcohol. “Heather Heyer was a Read More…
Missoula authorities are searching for a woman who walked away from the Missoula Correctional Services’ Pre-Release Center Friday night. According to a news release, Jessica Stejer walked away from the center’s designated smoking area at 9:30 p.m. She was last seen wearing a tank top and blue leggings and was on foot. Stejer is a Read More…
Missoula authorities are searching for a woman who walked away from the Missoula Correctional Services’ Pre-Release Center Friday night. According to a news release, Jessica Stejer walked away from the center’s designated smoking area at 9:30 p.m. She was last seen wearing a tank top and blue leggings and was on foot. Stejer is a Read More…
National Guard troops were scheduled to arrive at the Lolo Peak fire Saturday to staff security checkpoints around the busy firefighting area. Highway 12 remains closed at Highway 93, but the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office issued a “rumor control” plea: “Please note, residents east of Travelers Rest are not under an evacuation order and Highway Read More…
Dear Kate: It does seem that any amount of incontinence is disproportionately depressing to many people considering how many other, larger, issues can occur with aging. Likely the reason for this is that it makes people feel that they are beginning to lose control over their body. While having trouble accepting incontinence is probably normal, Read More…
Six police officers were shot overnight during separate incidents in Florida and Pennsylvania. Officer Matthew Baxter was shot and killed while responding to a suspicious activity call Friday evening in Kissimmee, Fla., Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said at a news conference. Kissimmee Police Officer Sam Howard was injured during the same incident and remained hospitalized Read More…
POWELL, Wyo. — The problem with counting butterflies is you have to catch them first — no easy feat. With nets in hand, more than a dozen Powell residents could be seen in August trying their hand at capturing the beautiful insects in the margins between Chief Joseph Highway and the Beartooth Mountains. Some employed Read More…
Nicholas Fuentes, an 18-year-old student who attended the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., this past weekend, said that he’s received death threats for months over his conservative viewpoints — enough for him to decide it’s time to leave Boston University. Fuentes said he made the decision to abandon his Political Science degree a Read More…
The Israel Embassy says the Israeli MP’s had meetings with senior ANC member, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former President Kgalema Motlanthe and others.(SABC) The Israeli Embassy says a delegation of five members of Israel’s Parliament, met leaders from across the South African political spectrum during a visit this week, despite being snubbed by Parliament. The embassy Read More…
Duke University announced that it removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday after it had been vandalized. The university, located in Durham, N.C., said it removed the limestone depiction of Lee from Duke Chapel amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy. A statue of Lee was at the heart Read More…
For 16 years, North Korea has been ranked the “most oppressive place in the world for Christians,” and this week the U.S. State Department re-asserted it as one of the world’s worst religious persecutors – torturing and executing those even suspected of worshipping God. But that still hasn’t stopped an estimated 36 percent of the population – around 9 Read More…
SAN DIEGO – A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique for bringing illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday. Jorge Edwin Rivera told authorities that he used drones Read More…
Human remains recently found in Aruba during the latest search for clues in the disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway 12 years ago has many asking if her family might finally find closure. “It could be her remains, the definitive thing would be doing the DNA tests,” Dr. Michael Baden, former New York City chief Read More…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A suspect detained for allegedly stabbing two people to death in a knife attack in the western Finnish city of Turku is being investigated for murder with possible terrorist intent, police said Saturday. It appeared that the man — an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum-seeker — targeted women in particular in his rampage in Read More…
Jury selection gets under way next Tuesday in the bribery trial of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. It sets in motion a swirl of speculation about a shift in the balance of Senate power less than a month after Republicans fell one vote short of repealing Obamacare, with the surprise “NO” vote of brain Read More…
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO A 12-year-old female student stabbed a 16-year-old girl Friday during an altercation before classes started at the assailant’s Las Vegas middle school, a disturbing video showed. The older student, who attends another school, confronted the 12-year-old in a public area of Thurman White Middle School’s campus, according to a statement by school Read More…
Spanish authorities announced Saturday that the suspected driver of the van that rammed into a crowd of pedestrians in Barcelona Thursday — killing at least 13 people — remains on the loose. Mossos police confirmed to Fox News Saturday that Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, a Moroccan native, was believed to still be at large and was Read More…
Laura Lynn Cross, 36, charged with sexual battery in Ohio after giving birth to her former student’s child, joins the growing number of women accused or convicted of having sex with adolescents. About two weeks ago, a Georgia woman, Angelene McAnulty, 25, was charged with having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Last week, Lee Annette Read More…
Published time: 19 Aug, 2017 13:42 US President Donald Trump hinted that decisions have been made, “including on Afghanistan,” at a meeting with top US military commanders at Camp David, pushing back on speculation that he is putting off making a decisive strategy call. “Important day spent at Camp David with our very talented Generals Read More…
These days, “Star Wars” still fills theaters but trucking no longer captures the imagination of movie goers or, it turns out, the young and unemployed. Veteran drivers are leaving the profession, and young people entering the workforce are put off by long hours away from home and the profession’s low-brow image. The result is a Read More…