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New Species of Dome-Headed Dinosaur Identified in Montana

New Species of Dome-Headed Dinosaur Identified in Montana

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from five fossil specimens found in the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, the United States. Life reconstruction of Brontotholus harmoni. Image credit: Connor Ashbridge / CC BY 4.0. The new dinosaur species lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous epoch, some 75 million years ago. Dubbed …

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BNSF Railway conductor struck and killed by a train in Montana

BNSF Railway conductor struck and killed by a train in Montana

Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the agency said in a post on social media. BNSF Railway operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the U.S. The incident occurred at about 9:40 a.m. …

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A train conductor has been fatally struck by a train in Montana

A train conductor has been fatally struck by a train in Montana

COLUMBUS, Montana (AP) — Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the agency said in a post on the social media site X. BNSF Railway operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the U.S. …

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GOP repeals Biden-era limits on mining, drilling in Alaska, Montana

GOP repeals Biden-era limits on mining, drilling in Alaska, Montana

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling and other development in three Western states, advancing President Donald Trump’s ambitions to expand energy production from public lands. Senators voted 50-46 Thursday to repeal a land management plan for a large swath of Alaska that was adopted in the final weeks of Democratic President Joe …

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95 million-year-old ‘tiny, tiny skull’ from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana

95 million-year-old ‘tiny, tiny skull’ from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana

Around 95 million years ago, small crocodile-like creatures with strange, sheathed teeth burrowed along the shores of the Western Interior Seaway in what is now southwest Montana, a new study suggests. The new research describes the first such creature ever discovered — a teenage croc nicknamed Elton that measured about 2 feet (60 centimeters) long from nose to tail tip. …

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Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

BILLINGS, Mont. — A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said. The smoke started to fill the building during a drug burn on Wednesday, apparently because of negative pressure that sucked it back inside, Billings Assistant City …

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FBI drug burn smokes up Montana animal shelter

FBI drug burn smokes up Montana animal shelter

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said. The smoke started to fill the building during a drug burn on Wednesday, apparently because of negative pressure that sucked it back inside, Billings Assistant …

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