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The agency that granted Ørsted the permit for the project, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), is being challenged in federal district court by two Rhode Island non-profits, The Preservation Society of Newport County and The Southeast Lighthouse Foundation, who claim the agency is flouting the law and ignoring the rights of historic organizations as well as indigenous tribes. The nonprofits also claim that the turbines will spoil the uncluttered view of the ocean for residents and tourists and as such threaten their communities’ livelihoods.

As Danish Energy developer Ørsted is preparing to start work on its next offshore wind project, a lawsuit may create problems before construction can get underway for the 65-turbine Revolution Wind project that is expected to power homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Five boys from northeast Nebraska got on a train bound for Pennsylvania, and the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School, more than a century ago. Three never made it home.

Five boys from northeast Nebraska got on a train bound for Pennsylvania, and the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School, more than a century ago. Three never made it home.

Two Nebraska boys are among the hundreds buried at a boarding school notorious for stripping Native kids of their culture and language. Now, the Winnebago Tribe is fighting to get them back.