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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Prosecution of wildlife refuge takeover

    A jury acquitted seven people accused of leading an armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, were among the leaders. The Bundy family has become the face of a national movement that wants the federal government to relinquish control over its western lands.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 28, 2016 • 1 min read

    A jury acquitted seven people accused of leading an armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, were among the leaders. The Bundy family has become the face of a national movement that wants the federal government to relinquish control over its western lands.

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    2 of 5
    Protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline heat up
    1. 0:31What's next for protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline?
    2. 9:12Prosecution of wildlife refuge takeoverYou’re reading this
    3. 18:58Ten days with an armed militia on the US-Mexico border
    4. 32:54Travel the world in two different films
    5. 43:43Traffic bringing you down? Consider Uber's flying cars
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