Opinion

11/15/2018 - 12:00am
Blasphemy laws: An excuse for persecution
GUEST EDITORIAL It is good news that Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted and freed a Pakistani Christian woman who had already spent eight years on death row for blasphemy. In a 56-page ruling, the three justices said Asia Bibi, a farmworker in...
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Sports

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Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers gets away from Miami Dolphins’ Andre Branch during the second half of an NFL football game.

11/15/2018 - 12:00am
Packers face Seahawks with playoff positioning at stake
SEATTLE (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson have faced off in a few memorable games in Seattle, from the “Fail Mary” to an unforgettable NFC championship game that sent the Seahawks to their second straight Super Bowl. For the fifth straight...
Keenum says he’s embracing the pressure with Denver
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Syracuse-Notre Dame matchup headlines ACC’s 12th week
Lady Bruins collect postseason hardware

MONTANA/REGION

In this July 14 file photo, Jenna Loring, left, the aunt of Ashley HeavyRunner Loring, cries with her cousin, Lissa Loring, during a traditional blanket dance before the crowd at the North American Indian Days celebration on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning.

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11/15/2018 - 12:00am
Study: Weak reporting on missing, murdered Native women
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Numerous police departments nationwide are not adequately identifying or reporting cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls as concerns mount over the level of violence they often face, according to a study...
Groups file lawsuit to stop eastern Idaho gold exploration
As wildfires grow deadlier, officials search for solutions
Former Billings officer loses certification
STATE SHORTS
Montana lawmakers choose their leaders

Nation

AP

A search and rescue worker, looking for Camp Fire victims, carries Susie Q. to safety after the cadaver dog fell through rubble at the Holly Hills Mobile Estates on Wednesday in Paradise, Calif.

11/15/2018 - 12:00am
Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California
MAGALIA, Calif. (AP) — Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century, as the search went on for more bodies in the ashes of Paradise and surrounding communities. At least 56 people were...
Farm animals may soon get new features
Icy roads cause 5 deaths
Ferocious fires spark concern over health consequences
FDA to crack down on menthol cigarettes
Michael Avenatti denies LA domestic violence

World

AP

U.S. Border Patrol agents, left, speak with two Central American migrants as they sit atop the border structure separating Mexico and the United States, Wednesday, in Tijuana, Mexico.

11/15/2018 - 12:00am
Migrants fill Tijuana shelters, more on way to US border
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Members of a migrant caravan started to meet some local resistance as they continued to arrive by the hundreds in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where a group of residents clashed with migrants camped out by the U.S....
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