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Holly Miranda, Ani DiFranco release Standing Rock protest song

Holly Miranda, Ani DiFranco release Standing Rock protest song

Brooklyn singer Holly Miranda released a song, a cover of an obscure late-'70s science-fictional folk song, that she'd been working on for two months in support of protesters.
by Andrew Flanagan

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Protesters cleared from Dakota Access oil pipeline camp

Protesters cleared from Dakota Access oil pipeline camp

Most protesters left peacefully Wednesday when authorities closed the camp in advance of spring flooding, but some remained overnight in defiance of orders to leave.
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Police ready for SWAT situation at pipeline protest camp

A SWAT vehicle is ready for use if it becomes necessary to use force to remove the remaining protesters from the now-closed Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, authorities said Thursday.
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Ten arrested in final evacuation of Dakota Access protest camp

Ten arrested in final evacuation of Dakota Access protest camp

Ten people were arrested Wednesday when they refused final orders to leave the protest camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. An estimated 25 to 50 people remained, but officers did not enter the camp to pursue them.
by Dan Gunderson

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Most oil pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp

Most oil pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp

Most of the Dakota Access pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved in to arrest others who defied the order in a final show of dissent.
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Deadline to leave pipeline protest camp won't be extended

Deadline to leave pipeline protest camp won't be extended

The Army Corps of Engineers said it won't extend a Wednesday deadline for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to vacate their encampment on federal land in North Dakota.
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Runaway cow leads police on wild chase in NYC

The nimble bovine, who had apparently escaped from a slaughterhouse, eluded attempts to box it in between police vehicles by squeezing through narrow openings.
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Monticello restoration project puts an increased focus on Jefferson's slaves

Monticello restoration project puts an increased focus on Jefferson's slaves

Thomas Jefferson's Virginia plantation is being renovated to shed more light on the enslaved people who lived and worked there. One of the most notable of those slaves was Sally Hemings.

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