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Amid allegations that people’s health and the environment are suffering the consequences, five environmental groups on Tuesday sued the Department of Homeland Security.

Lloyd Barrus filed his lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Missoula,

Tolan’s lawsuit states officers did not announce themselves when they knocked on his door, so he grabbed a handgun before answering.

The Legislature passed a bill allowing the Montana Lottery to oversee wagering on the outcome of college and professional sporting events.

The ruling overturns a 2018 verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to the woman who was abused as a child in the mid-2000s by a member of the Thompson Falls Jehovah’s Witness congregation.

Attorney Dan Rice, who represents the plaintiffs, has described Jensen’s actions as a “sophisticated system of ritual sexual abuse.”

The hospitals involved include Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital, Billings Clinic, St. Peter’s Health in Helena, Community Medical Center in Missoula and Northern Montana Hospital in Havre.

A BNSF spokeswoman says the railway works to prevent bear killings including by removing carrion and grain from tracks.

The two complaints were filed Tuesday in a District of Columbia federal court.

They say U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Paul O’Neill detained them in a parking lot in Havre last year in violation of constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizures.