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July 5, 2017

Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still not cleaned up

A massive oil spill in northwestern North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up three years and three months after it happened.

July 5, 2017

Veterans begin to assemble near Dakota Access protest camp

Military veterans started to gather Sunday near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp, where they'll join the several hundred people who are against the four-state, $3.8 billion project that's largely complete.

July 5, 2017

Anti-pipeline protesters demonstrate in North Dakota on Thanksgiving Day

About 300 opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline demonstrated in a North Dakota city on Thanksgiving Day, while protesters near the construction site where hundreds of demonstrators have camped out for months attempted to build a wooden bridge to reach what they say are tribal burial sites.

July 5, 2017

Pipeline protesters force lockdown of North Dakota Capitol

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a large group of Dakota Access protesters has caused the state Capitol in Bismarck to be locked down.

July 5, 2017

North Dakota officials borrow $4M, slam feds on protest cost

North Dakota leaders agreed Tuesday to borrow another $4 million to cover the escalating costs of policing protests at the Dakota Access pipeline and slammed the federal government for not chipping in part of the funding.

July 5, 2017

Authorities open fire at unmanned drone during North Dakota pipeline protests

Law enforcement officials fired at an unmanned aircraft and a large group of opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline blocked a North Dakota state highway Sunday, capping a weekend of protests.

July 5, 2017

Dakota pipeline camp raided after protesters defy deadline, refuse to leave

Police in riot gear began arresting the last remaining protesters at a makeshift camp in North Dakota on Thursday after they defied several orders to leave the area.

July 5, 2017

Arrests made in North Dakota, as group of pipeline protesters remain at camp

After seven months of protests, beating drums, freezing nights and canned chili, police are in the process of shutting down campsites once occupied by tens of thousands of environmentalists and Native Americans fighting the North Dakota Access Pipeline project.

July 5, 2017

Engine plummets from B-52 during training flight

An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber declared an in-flight emergency Wednesday after one of its engines dropped from the aircraft while flying over North Dakota, the Air Force revealed.

July 5, 2017

Standoffs with suspects playing a role in 2016 officer murders

A Washington police officer was shot and killed late Wednesday while responding to a domestic violence call that prompted a standoff that lasted several hours when the suspect barricaded himself inside the home.