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Billings Clinic in Montana is past the tipping point as it looks for places to add intensive care unit beds and is on the cusp of rationing care to deal with the surge of sick covid patients in a state with significant anti-vaccination sentiment.
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The Horsethief Fire that has destroyed one structure and burned more than 300 acres in Musselshell County is 50 to 60% contained, reports Musselshell County Disaster and Emergency Services.
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About a month into the school year, Gallatin County health officials say schools that started the school year with a mask requirement have had fewer COVID-19 cases among students. -
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a fatal plane crash Sunday night south of Billings.
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Gov. Gianforte says three people have died, five people remain hospitalized in stable condition and the rest of the roughly 150 passengers have been treated and released from area medical centers.
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The closure began around 3:30 p.m. and was lifted around 4:45 p.m. The fire is east of Homestake Pass, directly south of the rest area along the Interstate-90 at mile marker 235.
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A Northern Cheyenne spiritual leader died over the weekend. Taylar Stagner with Yellowstone Public Radio has more about his life and accomplishments in wildlife protection.
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The bicyclist in front of the two leaders at the Quad Cities Marathon went straight instead of turning — veering them off course. But it steered Tyler Pence to a $3,000 first place prize.
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Using a GPS tracking app, Pete Stokes biked a 93-mile route that formed a picture of the album's art — a naked baby in a pool — when viewed from above. It took him nearly eight and a half hours.
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NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner, about New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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GOP senators blocked a government funding bill in a battle over the debt limit. R. Kelly is found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. The FBI reports an unprecedented spike in murders in 2020.
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America's nuclear submarine deal with Australia not only ended France's $66 billion deal with Australia, it also left France and Europe caught up in escalating tensions between China and the U.S.
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China wants to changes mosques to make them more Chinese. The mosque campaign has triggered a discussion on what being Chinese really means.
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Alaska's COVID-19 infection rate is the highest in the nation. Because medical personnel are stretched thin, the state has activated crisis standards of care due to the surge of hospitalizations.
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Numbers released by the FBI show an unprecedented 30% spike in murders last year. The murder rate is below its historic peaks reached in the 1990s, but the figures show the problem is more widespread.
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Some swing voters who supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in 2020's election are a bit unsure now. Some are still turned off by the ex-president but also uncertain about Biden and the Democrats.
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NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Kevin Young about his latest poetry collection: Stones. The collection is about memory and loss, his deep ties to the South and how he stays connected to the past.
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