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Judge orders Greenpeace to pay $345m over Dakota Access pipeline protest

Group says case far from over after being found liable for defamation and other claims brought by energy firm

A North Dakota judge has said he will order Greenpeace to pay damages expected to total $345m in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline from nearly a decade ago, a figure the environmental group contends it cannot pay.

In court papers filed Tuesday, Judge James Gion said he would sign an order requiring several Greenpeace entities to pay the judgment to pipeline company Energy Transfer. He set that amount at $345m last year in a decision that reduced a jury’s damages by about half, but his latest filing did not specify a final amount.

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© Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

© Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

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Grand jury rejects indictment over federal officer’s shooting of US citizen

Killing of Ruben Ray Martinez on 15 March 2025 in Texas was not disclosed by the department until media reported it

A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a US citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas, prosecutors said.

The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on 15 March 2025 by a Homeland Security investigations agent wasn’t publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security until the Associated Press and other media outlets reported it last week.

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US man deported from Bali after 11 years in prison for ‘suitcase murder’ of then girlfriend’s mother

Tommy Schaefer released early from sentence for murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack and will face US federal charges

Indonesia has freed and deported a US man after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali, and he will now faces federal charges in the US.

Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Bali for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury holiday, in a case that became known as the Bali suitcase murder. Prosecutors allege the couple were trying to gain access to a $1.5m (£1.1m) trust fund.

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© Photograph: Firdia Lisnawati/AP

© Photograph: Firdia Lisnawati/AP

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