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Details: Written by By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press; Published: 20 February 2017

Standing Rock Sioux has asked courts to overturn federal approvals for Dakota pipeline

Details: Written by NANCY BENAC, Associated Press; Published: 19 February 2017

White House has lost staffer, riled foreign leaders and stoked opposition at home with its combative approach

Details: Written by MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press; Published: 17 February 2017

Scott Pruitt (Photo: Gage Skidmore)

Pruitt's nomination was strongly opposed by environmental groups and hundreds of former EPA employees

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor); Published: 16 February 2017

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) said that the battles fought and won by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Martin Luther King Jr., are being waged again today. Photo taken during a recent ceremonial swearing-in event for the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black population is up 1.3 percent from last year

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 16 February 2017

A mail carrier passes a closed bakery Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in south Philadelphia's Italian Market. In an action called "A Day Without Immigrants", immigrants across the country are expected to stay home from school and work on Thursday to show how critical they are to the U.S. economy and way of life. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Immigrants plan to stay home from school and work Feb. 16