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A bison leads her calf through deep snow toward a road in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Feb. 20, 2021. On Monday, a bison gored a 25-year-old woman in Yellowstone when she got within 10 feet of the animal.

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A bison gored a woman who got too close to it in Yellowstone National Park

11:22am June 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 25-year-old Ohio woman got within 10 feet of the bison before the animal gored her and tossed her 10 feet into the air. She sustained a puncture wound and other injuries.

Dunbar hands cotton candy to Israel on Tuesday.

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In Uvalde, a woman in clown colors makes kids smile

11:00am June 01, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.

Addicts inject themselves in May 2011 at the Insite supervised injection center in Vancouver, Canada.

To fight the opioid crisis, Canada tests decriminalizing possession

10:40am June 01, 2022

by Brian Mann

Overdose deaths have risen sharply across Canada in the past five years, with deaths linked to fentanyl doubling. Officials hope decriminalization will make more users willing to seek medical care.

Amerie Jo Garza's name is displayed before the game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on May 27, 2022 in the Queens borough of New York City.

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Girl Scouts posthumously honor a 10-year-old Uvalde victim for heroism

8:34am June 01, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The honor was presented to Amerie Jo Garza's family. The organization additionally gave a presentation of colors at Amerie's funeral Tuesday, it said.

Part of the group forming the new organization (L - R): Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, Abdul-Aliy Muhammad.

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Philly's Pride March returns this week with new organizers and focus

6:02am June 01, 2022

by Michaela Winberg

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something more welcoming — and more revolutionary.

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Shawna Wood and her father, Tom Wood, say their hotel has been rebuilt to be able to withstand 140 mph winds.

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3 years after being leveled by Hurricane Michael, Mexico Beach is coming back

5:30am June 01, 2022

by Greg Allen

The high cost of rebuilding drove some residents out. But there are many newcomers. A real estate agent says, "It used to be called the Forgotten Coast. I don't think it's so forgotten anymore."

A police officer arranges bouquets of flowers in rows at a side entrance to Dunblane Primary School following a school shooting that left 16 students and one teacher dead.

In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control

5:09am June 01, 2022

After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?

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Fentanyl took root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West region during the pandemic, and overall drug overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans.

Tribal leaders sound the alarm after fentanyl overdoses spike at Blackfeet Nation

5:08am June 01, 2022

by Aaron Bolton

After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

An aerial view of Robb Elementary School and the makeshift memorial for the shooting victims in Uvalde.

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Should Robb Elementary be rebuilt? Here's what other school shooting sites did

5:01am June 01, 2022

In Newtown, Conn., a new Sandy Hook Elementary opened in 2016, four years after the shooting there. In other places, some have said that leaving buildings in place can offer survivors a way to heal.

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A Spotify publisher was down Monday night. The culprit? A lapsed security certificate

10:48pm May 31, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

Megaphone, the podcast advertising and publishing platform, experienced an expired security certificate Monday, a Spotify spokesperson said.