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U.S. NEWS Saturday 8 June 2019

Court lifts injunction blocking Keystone XL oil pipeline

By MATT VOLZ court delays.
Associated Press "We are pleased with the
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An ruling," TC Energy spokes-
appeals court has lifted man Matthew John said.
a judge's injunction that "We look forward to ad-
blocked construction of vancing the project."
the Keystone XL oil pipeline John did not respond to
from Canada to the U.S., questions on whether the
but the developer has said ruling would change the
it's too late to begin work construction schedule.
this year and environmen- Attorneys for the plaintiffs
tal groups vowed to keep accuse Trump of trying to
fighting it. get around court rulings
A three-judge panel of the by issuing the new per-
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- mit, which they say also is
peals on Thursday ordered flawed. They have filed an-
dismissal of the lawsuit by other, ongoing lawsuit to
environmental and Native block the new presidential
American groups, saying permit.
President Donald Trump In this Nov. 6, 2015 file photo, a TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facility is seen in Hardisty, Al- Attorney Stephan Volker,
had revoked a 2017 permit berta. who represents the Indig-
allowing the $8 billion pipe- Associated Press enous Environmental Net-
line to be built. work and North Coast Riv-
Trump later issued a new ronmental impacts. South Dakota and Nebras- gary, Alberta-based com- ers Alliance, said he would
permit, and the appellate The pipeline would ship up ka, where it would tie in to pany that wants to build request another judge's
judges agreed with Justice to 830,000 barrels (35 mil- existing pipelines to carry the line, though company order to block the project
Department attorneys who lion gallons) of crude oil the crude to U.S. refineries. officials have said it already if he thought there was a
say that nullifies the legal daily from the tar sands of The ruling Thursday was a missed the 2019 construc- chance of construction be-
challenge involving envi- Alberta through Montana, victory for TC Energy, a Cal- tion season because of ginning immediately.q

Jury selection set for Dallas police

officer's murder trial

Associated Press ing, Kemp also quizzed the in Searcy, Arkansas who
DALLAS (AP) — Jury selec- lawyers about the leaking worked in Dallas for an ac-
tion in the murder trial of a of Guyger's 911 call after counting and consulting
white former Dallas police the shooting despite a gag firm.
officer will begin on the order. "We want this case to be
anniversary of the day she "I really was dismayed to tried in the courtroom. We
fatally shot an unarmed find out that someone want this case to be tried in
black neighbor in his own lacked the integrity and Dallas County, and the frus-
apartment. fortitude to honor the gag trating part right now, we
State District Judge Tammy order," Kemp said. feel that strategically, peo-
Kemp and the attorneys Prosecutor Jason Hermus ple are leaking this type of Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger makes a court ap-
decided Thursday to begin and defense attorney Rob- information now a couple pearance at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on
Thursday, June 6, 2019.
interviewing jurors for Am- ert Rogers said they didn't of months before the trial Associated Press
ber Guyger's trial on Sept. leak the audio and that for the mere purpose of try-
6, one year after 26-year- they didn't know who did. ing to taint the jury pool," CAR RENTAL 5616944
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Testimony begins Sept. 23. ing whether any of their of- who is the civil attorney for
Guyger told investigators ficers released the record- Jean's family. We Rent:
that when she entered ing, Hermus said. On the A lawsuit that Jean's family Cars- Vans - SUV
Jean's apartment, which call, Guyger can be heard filed against the city and
was directly above hers, apologizing to Jean, who Guyger is pending in fed-
she mistook it for her own. was a 26-year-old native of eral court. It is doubtful the
She was fired following the the Caribbean island of St. civil case will move forward
incident. Lucia. Jean was a gradu- until the criminal case is
During the 12-minute hear- ate of Harding University decided.q