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These 10 states have the worst infrastructure in America in 2025
America's infrastructure, long the butt of jokes and the subject of political wrangling that seemed to go nowhere, has just received its best grade ever in the American Society of Civil Engineers' annual Infrastructure Report Card. Unfortunately,...

Connective Tissue Disorders: PEARS in High-Risk Pregnancies
In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, researchers Montanaro, Kacar, Iannaccone, and their colleagues have illuminated new horizons in the management of connective tissue disorders during high-risk pregnancies. This...

Citizens advises PFL Tech on acquisition by The Vomela Cos.
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory was the exclusive financial adviser to PFL Tech Inc. in its recent sale to The Vomela Cos., Citizens Financial Group Inc. announced. PFL Tech is a Montana-based direct mail and printing firm, and a...

Revolting hot dog eating contest tactics to win revealed as Joey Chestnut returns to famous Nathan's competition
Hot dog eating contests may look like a gross display of ravenous gluttony, but there's actually a science behind eating dozens of hot dogs in mere minutes. The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York is the Super Bowl for competitive eaters,...

How Etsy witches bewitched TikTok
Huntington, NY – Filming in Oheka Castle’s French château-inspired wedding venue —where Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” music video was filmed — NYC influencers Jaz Smith and Halley Kate announced Smith’s metaphysical masterplan for a seamless...

How many will survive? New report predicts most solar and nearly half of U.S. wind projects won’t make it
Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, an energy-focused SaaS company, has released a new report assessing the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) following its signing into law. In the report, EIR experts...

Why America’s Still Freezing — Even as the World Heats Up
Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. -- and this study explains why. Researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling mass of cold air high in the stratosphere, steer extreme...

Book Review on What If the Indicated Remedy Fails? by Dr Ajay Mishra
Many stalwarts have given us directions regarding how to take a case, how to make totality or how to arrive at similimum, But I think no one has told that If even after spending your precious energy in case taking, even after applying artistic...

MSU leads multi-state effort in nurse education enhancement through major federal grant
Montana State University (MSU) is at the forefront of a significant initiative to train nurses in six western states, supported by a substantial grant. The Montana Office for Rural Health and Area Health Education Center (MORH/AHEC), part of MSU's...

Dead air: Lifeline or death knell for AM radio?
AM radio harkens back to bygone eras. But could the old-time radio dial also be mothballed and silenced? Automakers continue to look at discontinuing offering AM radios in vehicles and the new media world of podcasts and social media challenge...

SCOTUS Porn Ruling A Boon For Age Verification Companies; 40% Of Americans Now Live Under Anti-Porn Age-Gating Laws
from the not-a-fair-marketplace dept The conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in favor of upholding an age verification measure targeting adult content platforms on the internet that the state legislature of Texas adopted...

Gray Media, Scripps Agree to Swap TV Stations
ATLANTA and CINCINNATI—Gray Media and The E.W. Scripps Co. have agreed to swap television stations across five midsized and small markets, resulting in the creation of new duopolies for each group. As part of the agreements, Gray will acquire...

Grizzly Growing Pains
When Republican President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, the country’s wildlife had been in a century-long nosedive. After decades of habitat destruction, unregulated hunting and industrial expansion, federal officials...

Have you ever faked a food allergy at a restaurant? You should stop.
I’m talking about the rest of you. Those of you who don’t eat garlic because you detest its smell or avoid cauliflower because it makes you fart or have gone gluten-free because you heard it worked wonders for Jennifer Aniston or Lady Gaga or...

Connecticut Is A UFO Hotspot—But That’s Not the Scary Part
Connecticut UFO Sightings According to a report from Action, the top three states for UFO sightings are Washington, Montana, and Vermont. But what about Connecticut? Action didn’t go beyond the top three, but luckily, SatelliteInternet.com did. In...

Comment: State got cheaper ferries and a policy rebuke
By Bob Pishue / For The Herald Taxpayers across Washington state have had a rough go as of late. New gas taxes, increased capital gains income taxes, and higher B&O taxes are hitting the wallets of many across the Evergreen State. That’s why it...

Butte's Little League Team Aims For Regional Glory In Oakland
First of all, congratulations, boys. Your Butte Mile High Little League Senior All-Star Team has made history even in the City of Champions. These young sluggers are the first Butte team in history to win the Montana State Championship and we as a...

Non-native brown trout detected in Flathead River, FWP responds
KALISPELL — State wildlife officials report that non-native brown trout have been detected in the Flathead River upstream of Pressentine Fishing Access Site near Evergreen. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is asking that anglers submit any...

Waterkeeper Files Constitutional Challenge to State’s New Septic Pollution Exemptions & Approval of Big Sky’s Quarry Subdivision
DEQ Violates Law By Ignoring Science and Algal Bloom Impaired Gallatin River, Again BOZEMAN — On Friday, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a lawsuit against the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) challenging the constitutionality of...

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic
On a late spring morning in the farmlands of southern Portugal, Dr Marta Acácio set her ladder against a tree and began to climb. Four metres up, she reached the giant white stork nest that was her goal. She knew from telescopic camera shots there...