Dakota Access Pipeline set to flow oil, as public commission considers violation rulings

Published time: 1 Jun, 2017 04:30 The Dakota Access Pipeline long protested by groups of Native Americans and environmentalists begins carrying oil Thursday. There may be an ebb in the oil flow, however, as the pipeline company faces scrutiny over how it cleared its construction path. Read more Three state regulators that make up the […]

Arkansas executions continue legal limbo after state supreme court & federal appeals rulings

Published time: 17 Apr, 2017 22:39Edited time: 17 Apr, 2017 22:48 The start of a series of executions in Arkansas has been disrupted. The state supreme court kept two death row inmates alive Monday, but a federal appeals court overturned a lower court’s halt on eight lethal injections planned for the next 10 days. Read […]

Federal judges block deportations in emergency rulings on Trump’s immigration order

Reuters/Carlos Barria A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency ruling Saturday evening to prevent the deportation of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries who have already entered the country, following President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The ruling will affect all those who landed at US airports Friday evening and Saturday, after […]