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Evening Newscast 04-27-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls and Billings reached a 20 million dollar settlement agreement Friday with more than 80 people who say they were sexually abused by clergy as children, according to attorneys in the case.

Students in Helena are hosting a town hall meeting at 5:30pm Friday to talk about solutions to gun violence. But their goal of having large non-partisan representation at the event doesn’t look like it will happen.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not restore federal protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears.

Federal land managers are again seeking congressional backing to sterilize, euthanize or sell for slaughter tens of thousands of wild horses roaming public lands across the West. But the Bureau of Land Management has added a new idea for culling overpopulated herds: $1,000 paychecks for those who adopt one.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged the federal government's cooperation with Montana law enforcement and drug treatment providers as the state grapples with a rise in crime and other problems linked to the surging popularity of methamphetamine.

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