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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Enrollment at the University of Montana has continued to fall despite improvements in retention and student enrollment growth in graduate and law schools.

The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn’t dropping like it used to, according to a big government study.

We chatted with Oscar-winning Oakland native Mahershala Ali about his new film, his favorite Bay Area restaurant and the last time he rode BART.

From 1964 to 1967, former President Barack Obama resided in this Craftsman-style, 1,976-square-foot home in Honolulu's Manoa neighborhood.

A study, published Wednesday in Nature, investigated the sources and effects of two major pollutants that result from fuel burning that harm humans in the Lower 48 states from 2005 to 2018: ozone and fine airborne particles. It found that in New York, nearly two-thirds of premature deaths are attributable to pollution from sources in other states. That makes the state the largest “net importer” of early deaths, to use the researchers’ term.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill designed to lower property taxes by boosting state aid for Nebraska's K-12 public schools advanced Wednesday out of a legislative committee but will still face opposition when lawmakers debate it.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public education.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area county has cleared its backlog of rape test kits and expedited the time that it takes to process them, officials said.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana regulators have given conditional approval to plans to inject clean water underground around the city of Colstrip to flush out water reserves polluted by coal ash from the small southwestern community’s namesake power plant, state officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno’s talks at the White House with President Donald Trump on Wednesday marked the first time in nearly two decades that a chief of state from the small South American nation had met in Washington with a U.S. president.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has been here before: recession, growing poverty, high inflation, billions of dollars in debt, a looming deadline for repayment and simmering anger toward the International Monetary Fund.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Four shootings that resulted in five deaths and two injuries on the west side of San Bernardino are believed to be connected and gang-related, police said this week.

SEATTLE (AP) — Judge rejects most of challenge to Tim Eyman's $30 car tab measure, which officials say guts transportation budgets.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A woman says she was fired from her job at a southwestern Indiana prosecutor's office after she refused the advances of the county prosecutor, who she alleges handcuffed her, showed her a gun and tried to prevent her from leaving his hotel room during a business trip.

LONDON (AP) — Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.

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The San Francisco Giants hired three new hitting coaches — Donnie Ecker, Justin Viele and Dustin Lind — after they ranked 28th in 2019 in runs and on-base percentage plus slugging percentage. Players seem to be listening.

Breaking news: CNN head Jeff Zucker is letting go of his New York City apartment on the Upper East Side for $17.5 million.

Oakland A’s manager Bob Melvin said that the Athletics complained to MLB about Houston’s stealing signs via technology before A’s starter Mike Fiers made his allegations public, launching the investigation.

As they prepare for this summer's Olympics, the US Women's National Team will play several tune-up matches, including a game against Brazil in San Jose on April 14.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Benedict College has officially introduced to the school's community its new head football coach.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State hired Colorado's Mel Tucker as its new football coach Wednesday, rallying to land a veteran leader with ties to the school who decided to leave the Buffaloes after a single season.

San Francisco 49ers receiver Emmanuel Sanders will be an unrestricted free agent in a few weeks, and took to Twitter Tuesday to address concerns over his age. Sanders will be 33 when the 2020 season begins.

The Golden State Warriors firmly believe they can rise from the NBA’s dregs to a championship contender within a matter of months — and they make a plausible case.

Oakland A’s pitcher Tanner Anderson had surgery to repair a deviated septum in December and said he’s getting through workouts much more easily. Anderson is a non-roster pitcher in the Athletics’ spring camp.