Author: Gene Lowe

Fossil-fuel billionaire Kelcy Warren is about to land a knockout punch on Greenpeace. The pipeline magnate’s company, Energy Transfer, is behind a lawsuit that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the environmental group’s U.S. affiliate. A courtroom victory, which some Greenpeace officials fear is likely, would be a coda in the nearly decadelong battle between the two sides over one of Warren’s signature projects: the Dakota Access Pipeline. In 2016, Greenpeace, Native American tribal groups and thousands of other activists camped in a remote corner of North Dakota to block the project. The monthslong protests impeded the oil pipeline’s completion and became…

A former U.S. Marine pilot, fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer said. Daniel Duggan, 55, a naturalised Australian citizen, also feared requests by Western intelligence agencies for sensitive information were putting his family at risk, the lawyer said in a legal filing seen by Reuters. The lawyer’s filing supports Reuters reporting linking Duggan to convicted Chinese defence hacker Su Bin. Duggan denies allegations that he broke U.S. arms control laws. He has been in an Australian maximum security prison since his 2022 arrest after…

An explosion that killed a person and injured another in Liverpool on Sunday has been declared a “terror incident,” British police said Monday. Police told a news conference that a fourth person was arrested from Kensington area as part of the investigation, which is also supported by intelligence services. Russ Jackson, head of Counter Terrorism Police North West, said the four men arrested in connection with the incident will be interviewed by Counter Terrorism officers. He said the police believe an explosive device was brought to the taxi that burnt down after the explosion by the passenger who died in…

Golfers are flooding onto the grounds of the Country Club of Jackson as the Sanderson Farms Championship is once again underway. The tournament, which is Mississippi’s lone PGA event, began Monday morning with the pro-am portion teeing off at 8 a.m. Two more pro-am rounds will take place on Wednesday, one for adults and another for youth, before the hopeful moneymakers hit the course on Thursday. Over the last decade, the purse at the Sanderson Farms Championship has grown into one of the tour’s most competitive. Rivaling the Farmers Insurance Open and The Honda Classic, this year’s prize money in…

WASHINGTON — These are some Native American-related news stories that made headlines this week: Justice Department to bolster support of regional MMIP investigations The U.S. Justice Department has announced a new Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Regional Outreach Program to help prevent or respond to cases of missing and murdered Indigenous men, women and children. DOJ will be sending five attorneys and five coordinators to offices across the U.S. to assist in investigations and promote communication and collaboration between federal, local, state and tribal police departments. “This new program mobilizes the Justice Department’s resources to combat the crisis of Missing…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday. Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House had not formally announced the president’s plans. Tuesday is the anniversary of Emmett Till’s…

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden designated a new national monument Tuesday to memorialize the racist 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, and challenged Americans to confront their dark history or risk repeating the past.”We should know about our country. We should know everything,” Biden said at a White House ceremony attended by lawmakers and Till family members, including the last surviving witness to his abduction, prior to torture and murder.The monument honors Till, a 14-year-old Black boy snatched by white men in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white shopkeeper’s wife in Mississippi. It also honors his mother Mamie…

Mississippi has joined a multi-state settlement with Raymond James over the company charging clients “unreasonable commissions” on trades that harmed main street investors. The settlement, which was made by Raymond James without admitting or denying the allegations, includes $8.2 million in refunds to clients and $4.2 million in penalties and costs to states, according to Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson. “We are committed to ensuring large brokerage firms protect all investors regardless of how big or small the transaction,” Watson said. “I’m thankful for our team and how hard they work to protect the hard-earned money of all Mississippians.”…

In the blueberry capital of Mississippi, images of blueberries can be found around just about every corner. On Saturday, the newly proclaimed state fruit will be celebrated in Poplarville with the “Blueberry Jubilee.” “Blueberries taste really good and they bring people together,” said Natalie Wilkinson, a Poplarville resident. Tony Pervel is doing his part to celebrate the tiny blue fruit. He’s restored a home built in the 1800′s, painted it blue and is opening a bed and breakfast called the Blueberry Manor. “They had a previous Blueberry Inn in Poplarville; I wanted to bring something back to represent the Blueberry…

A rural Arizona county whose local officials have embraced election denialism appointed a new director on Tuesday to lead the county’s elections who has previously cast doubt on election results. Cochise county, a border county where two Republican supervisors have pushed for a hand count of ballots and previously refused to certify the 2022 election results, chose to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, an elections director who has shared social media posts with debunked election fraud claims. The county supervisors approved him in a 2-1 vote with the two Republican supervisors voting in favor, while the Democratic supervisor voted against him. Bartelsmeyer, previously the…