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Montana youth argue for 9th Circuit court to allow climate change case to proceed

Attorneys for a coalition of youth who challenged a series of President Donald Trump’s executive orders related to energy and climate change last year argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow their case to move forward. The U.S. District Court in Montana, which dismissed the

Brazil's fugitive ex-spy chief detained by US immigration

Brazil's fugitive ex-spy chief detained by US immigration

US immigration officers on Monday detained Brazil's former intelligence chief, who fled to the United States after being convicted for his role in a coup plot. The fugitive Alexandre Ramagem was sentenced in September to 16 years in prison over the failed scheme to prevent President Luiz Inacio

Fort Bragg veteran facing espionage charges

(The Center Square) – Hearings are expected this week in the case of an Army veteran charged with violating the Espionage Act between 2022 and 2025 from her time spent with an elite Fort Bragg unit between 2010 and 2016. Courtney Williams, 40, shared classified information with a journalist, says the

Mont. SC won’t halt plan to stop businesses’ political spending

The Montana Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge by industry groups to a ballot initiative that, if approved, will prevent corporations from spending on state elections. It’s called the “Montana Plan” and it’s a project of the Transparent Election Initiative and founder Jeff Mangan. It would label corporations

Texas man gets jail time for walking off boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park

A Texas man will have to spend some cold hard time in prison for what he did to a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. Eric Bedient, 50, of Frisco, Texas, pleaded guilty to walking off the boardwalk in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. On March 31, he was sentenced

Bar Association gives thumbs-down to Katie Lane’s District Court nomination

Katie Lane, the Bozeman attorney nominated to U.S. District Court by President Donald Trump, has become the first judicial nominee of Trump’s second term to be rated unqualified by the American Bar Association. The ABA made its assessment public Wednesday when it informed Senate Judiciary Committee leaders that

Student arrested after bomb threat at East Valley Middle School; no danger found

Law enforcement, including a Montana Highway Patrol K-9 unit, investigated a bomb threat Thursday morning at East Valley Middle School but deemed there was no actual physical threat, according to district and sheriff’s office officials. But the verbal threat led to the arrest of a 14-year-old