The Latest Breaking News from Montana

McDonald's reworks classic burger with 50 tweaks

It's been seven years in the making, but McDonald's is now rolling out 50 tweaks to its classic hamburger in the US. The global food chain hopes to make its signature product taste better and less dry. Also in this business update, the World Bank increases its climate pledges at…

France 24 · Dec 1, 2023

US Judge Halts Pending TikTok Ban In Montana

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a ban on TikTok set to come into effect next year in Montana, saying the popular video sharing app was likely to win its pending legal challenge.

International Business Times · Dec 1, 2023

US judge blocks Montana’s TikTok state ban: ‘oversteps state power’

In a preliminary injunction on Thursday, Judge Donald Molloy said first-of-its-kind ban violates free speech rights of users

The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2023

Wolverines to gain US federal protection as climate crisis threatens habitat

Fewer than 300 of the endangered carnivores believed to remain in lower 48 states, primarily in fragmented groups at high elevation

The Guardian - US · Nov 29, 2023

U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges

The North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.

WEKU · Nov 29, 2023

Opponents want judge to declare Montana drag reading ban unconstitutional without requiring a trial

A group of people, organizations and businesses opposed to a law that restricts drag performances and bans drag reading events at public schools and libraries is asking a federal judge to declare Montana's law unconstitutional without requiring a trial

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

US says climate change threatens wolverines with extinction

The tenacious wolverine is under threat as climate change threatens to melt away mountain habitats.

Al Jazeera · Nov 29, 2023

Federal judge shortens Montana's wolf trapping season to protect non-hibernating grizzly bears

A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state's wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

Exploding wild pig population on western Canadian prairie threatens to invade northern US states

Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

Montana boosts reward in wolverine poaching case

Montana authorities are hoping that an increased reward will help them catch the person who killed one of the state’s rarest animals.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 21, 2023