Dakota Access pipeline opponents occupy land, citing 1851 treaty
(Reuters) – Native American protesters on Monday occupied privately owned land in North Dakota in the path of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, claiming they were the land’s rightful owners under an 1851 treaty with the U.S. government.
Hemp may be next gold mine for Native American tribes
(Reuters) – Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industrial hemp could do the same.
Texas hospital reaches settlement with nurse infected with Ebola
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while treating the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease in the United States has reached a settlement with the Dallas hospital where she was in a team caring for the man, a stat…
Junk-rated Chicago school system seeks $1 billion bond sales
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools will be selling up to $1 billion of new and refunding bonds pending approval of its governing board later this week.
Hundreds in Los Angeles protest climate change, North Dakota pipeline
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against climate change and show support for activists demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Police search for suspect in deadly Oklahoma shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Police in Oklahoma were searching on Monday for a man suspected of killing two people, shooting two sheriff’s deputies who tried to apprehend him and then fleeing the scene in a stolen police car.
Thirteen killed, 31 injured in California tour bus crash
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (Reuters) – A tour bus crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on a Southern California highway before dawn on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31, authorities said.
Cubs to meet Indians in World Series
(Reuters) – The Chicago Cubs dispatched the Los Angeles Dodgers with power and pitching on Saturday to win the National League pennant and reach their first World Series in 71 years.
Tom Hayden, prominent social activist, politician dead at 76
(Reuters) – Veteran social activist and politician Tom Hayden, a stalwart of America’s New Left who served 18 years in California’s state legislature and gained a dash of Hollywood glamour by marrying actress Jane Fonda, has died aged 76, according to …
A waste of money? Trump’s border wall falling flat in Arizona: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump rode to the top of the Republican ticket promising a “big, beautiful, powerful” border wall with Mexico to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants. Along that border, however, Americans are more likely to call the wal…
