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Protesters Gain Victory in Fight Over Dakota Access Pipeline

By JACK HEALY and NICHOLAS FANDOS

• The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory in a battle that has become a global flash point for environmental and indigenous activism.
• The Army Corps of Engineers said that it would not approve permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline at a site that the tribe said would threaten a water source and sacred sites.