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FILE - Officers escort Richard Allen out of the Carroll County Courthouse following a hearing, Nov. 22, 2022, in Delphi, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

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Ryggs Johnston of the United States holds the Stonehaven Cup after winning the Australian Open golf championship at the Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Johnston goes from a tiny Montana town to Australian Open champion

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

FILE - Dr. Brad Black with the Center for Asbestos Related Disease health clinic is shown looking at X-rays, Feb. 18, 2010, in Libby, Mont. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Court upholds finding that Montana clinic submitted false asbestos claims

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Dr. Lee Morissette shows an image of lungs damaged by asbestos exposure, April 4, 2024, at the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Montana asbestos clinic hopes to reverse $6M in fines, penalties over false claims

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2011, file photo, the entrance to downtown Libby, Mont., is seen. BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday, April 19, 2024, that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of the asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands

By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

FILE - The town of Libby, Mont., is seen Feb. 17, 2010. Thousands of people have been sickened and hundreds killed by asbestos contamination in the Libby area. Victims of asbestos exposure are suing BNSF Railway alleging the railroad polluted the town by storing asbestos contaminated vermiculite at a downtown rail yard. The railroad denies the allegations. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Asbestos victim’s dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet’s railroad

By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

FILE - The town of Libby, Mont., is seen Feb. 17, 2010. Thousands of people have been sickened and hundreds killed by asbestos contamination in the Libby area. Most of the contamination has been cleaned up but the long latency period of asbestos-related diseases means people continue to get diagnosed with illnesses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Jury selection begins in Montana trial against Buffett’s railroad company over asbestos deaths

By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Respiratory therapist Vernon Johnson, left, conducts a pulmonary test on Christine Ekstedt at the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Libby, Mont. The clinic has diagnosed thousands of people with asbestos-related disease following contamination from a nearby mine for vermiculite, a product that was shipped across the U.S. by rail for use as insulation and other purposes. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffet’s railroad to court

By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson - Associated Press

Unidentified road workers wear protective gear against possible asbestos contamination as they load material from a road resurfacing project in downtown Libby, Mont., April 28, 2011. A health clinic in the Montana town that's plagued by deadly asbestos contamination is liable for almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false claims for government benefits. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

The town of Libby Mont., is shown Feb. 17, 2010. A major U.S. railroad found partially liable for asbestos contamination that’s killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is trying to convince a federal jury a local clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren’t sick. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Superfund town’s health clinic accused of submitting false asbestos claims

By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2010, aerial file photo, shows the town of Libby Mont. With a decades-long cleanup of asbestos contamination in the town largely completed, state officials are taking over the effort to protect residents from future exposure to the potentially deadly material. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US transfers care for towns polluted with asbestos to state

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Agency says cleanup complete in Montana Superfund site unit

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In this Nov. 12, 2019 photo, Gayla Benefield stands outside her home in Libby, Montana. Benefield was among a very few people who raised public concern in 1999 about asbestos-related lung disease that was killing workers at the W.R. Grace vermiculite mine in Libby and, in some cases, family members. Benefield's father, mother and husband have died from the disease that is also killing her and four of her five children. She says she may have been the least-liked person in town, but 20 years later she says some people are coming around and have thanked her quietly. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake via AP)

Benefield pushed for justice for Libby asbestos victims

By KIANNA GARDNER - Associated Press

The early-morning fog shrouds the cemetery in Libby, Montana, on a mid-September day. At least 400 deaths have been documented to be related to asbestos exposure in the town, but health officials suspect the number to be much higher. For years, the hospital was run by W.R. Grace, the same company that owned the mine, and &quot;asbestos&quot; never appeared on a death certificate in Libby. (Kurt Wilson/The Missoulian via AP)

As Libby asbestos cleanup gets done, the dying continues

By DAVID MCCUMBER - Associated Press

Correction: Asbestos Court story

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press