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Police move through the camp of protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., in February. Despite months of protests by Native American tribes and environmental groups, crude oil is now flowing through the pipeline.

Crude Oil Begins To Flow Through Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

8:25pm June 01, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"Just because the oil is flowing now doesn't mean that it can't be stopped," said Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II. Tribes and environmental groups have fought against the pipeline.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and then-Police Chief Sean Whent in May 2015. Whent resigned in June 2016 amid fallout from a scandal involving officers having sex with an underage prostitute. The city will pay a settlement of nearly $1 million to the young wo

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Oakland To Pay 19-Year-Old Nearly $1 Million In Police Scandal Settlement

6:52pm June 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The investigation has led to criminal charges against seven officers in the Bay Area, and several officers were fired. "We remain focused on rebuilding the public trust," said Oakland's mayor.

The main goal of the Paris deal was to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius. Beyond that point, scientists worry that catastrophic impacts of warming become irreversible.

5 Changes That Could Come From Leaving The Paris Climate Deal

6:34pm June 01, 2017

by NPR Staff

NPR reporters break down how the coal industry, climate, U.S. global relations, public support and budget could be affected by President Trump's decision to pull out of the agreement.

Mayor of Austin, Texas, Steve Adler responded to a shrill letter writer on his website today. Above, Adler during the 2017 SXSW Conference in March.

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Austin Mayor Responds To Man Angry About 'Wonder Woman' Screening

6:17pm June 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

"I hope every man will boycott Austin," the man wrote. The mayor's response? "Your email account has been hacked. ... this person's uninformed and sexist rantings give you a bad name."

Scaffold, a sculpture by Sam Durant, stands in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The art work is a reflection on the country's long history of institutionalized killing and references the hanging of 38 Dakota men among other executions. After swift commun

After Outcry, Sculpture Depicting Dakota Tragedy To Be Dismantled, Burned

5:33pm June 01, 2017

by Euan Kerr

Sam Durant's sculpture Scaffold is a commentary on capital punishment in the U.S. But it depicted the mass hanging of 38 members of the Dakota Nation and the community was outraged.

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Eight different real faces were shown to a monkey. The images were then reconstructed using analyzing electrical activity from 205 neurons recorded while the monkey was viewing the faces.

Cracking The Code That Lets The Brain ID Any Face, Fast

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

People and other primates have an amazing ability to instantly recognize faces. Scientists at Caltech found that we do that by having 205 specialized brain cells divvy up the task.

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California State Senator Doubles Down On Efforts To Fight Climate Change

5:14pm June 01, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with California's Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon about his reactions to Trump's decision on the Paris climate accord. The Democrat has worked on legislation that would insulate California from federal environmental rollbacks.

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Montana Town Exemplifies Coal Country's Uncertain Future

5:14pm June 01, 2017

by Nathan Rott

The Trump administration has declared an end to the "war on coal," but Colstrip, Mont., is still feeling besieged. The town is a good example of how complicated the future is for coal country.

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A section of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., was closed for several hours Wednesday after a noose was discovered in an exhibition.

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2nd Noose Found In D.C., This Time At African American History Museum

5:10pm June 01, 2017

by Amy Held

Museum visitors discovered the noose Wednesday, less than a week after police found another one hanging from a tree near the Hirshhorn Museum, which is also on the National Mall.

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Cleveland Man Serves As AAA For Broken Locomotives

4:44pm June 01, 2017

by Ida Lieszkovszky

When older locomotives break down, lots of folks call Jon Jaros. He's sort of AAA for old trains, operating out of a historic railway roundhouse in Cleveland. His company buys old locomotives, fixes them up and leases them out. He is also one of few people in the U.S. who travels to fix broken down older locomotives. A new locomotive can cost millions, making older ones worth the trouble to fix.