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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court is refusing to stop the imminent flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today denied a request from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes for an emergency order. That means the $3.8 billion pipeline to move North Dakota oil to Illinois could be operating as early as Monday. The tribes are afraid it could harm their water supply.
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb says his state is working on finding funding for water filters in East Chicago homes dealing with lead contamination and he's extending a state disaster declaration covering the problem for an additional 30 days. The filters would be installed in homes located within a federal Superfund site. The EPA found lead levels exceeding drinking water standards in some homes due to inadequate corrosion controls.
PARIS (AP) — A prosecutor says two French soldiers have killed a man who used a revolver to take their colleague hostage at Paris' Orly Airport on Saturday. The suspected Islamic extremist had wrested away her assault rifle and yelled that he wanted to kill and die for Allah. The suspect was born in France. The attack has further rattled that nation, which remains under a state of emergency after a series of deadly attacks over the past two years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's husband will reportedly head the civil division of the Justice Department. The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump has chosen George Conway to head the office that has responsibility for defending the administration's proposed travel ban and lawsuits filed against the administration. Conway is a partner in the prominent New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The music world is mourning the loss of a legend. Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who voiced such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," died this afternoon at his home west of St. Louis. Berry was 90. He first hit the Top 10 in 1955 with "Maybellene."
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