Regents OK new policy for sexual assaults

HAVRE (AP) — Leaders of the Montana college system unanimously approved Friday a new policy for handling sexual assaults, the latest response to a rape controversy that has subjected the University of Montana, its football team and even the city of Missoula to a federal gender equality investigation.

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University of Montana President Royce Engstrom, left, and regent Pat Williams are shown on Friday, in Havre. Leaders of the Montana University System issued new policies Friday for handling claims of sexual assault, the latest development in a controversy surrounding botched r...