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[ad_1] Doctors attempting to provide care to two Virginia women protesting the construction of a pipeline in their backyard say they were denied access to the protestors. The family is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday as part of the ongoing dispute. Two Charlottesville doctors attempting to visit 61-year-old Theresa “Red” Terry and her daughter, 30-year-old Theresa Minor Terry, on Saturday said they were blocked from giving care by law enforcement. Drs. Paige Perriello and Greg Gelburd visited Bent Mountain in Roanoke County over the weekend in an effort to provide a check-up to the two women. The Terrys have spent four weeks on small wooden platforms in a tree, part of an effort to stop construction of   the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project set to run through the Jefferson National Forest in Giles County, and  right through a property that has been in the Terry family for generations.  The pipeline is intended to span 300 miles from West Virginia into southern V...

[ad_1] Puerto Ricans clashed with police in the streets of San Juan after protests against austerity measures took a violent turn Tuesday. The demonstration was in protest of proposed cuts to retirement benefits and looser labor laws, as well as school closures and slow hurricane recovery efforts. One woman, Adria Bermudez,  told The Associated Press that she was marching to protest the increase of the undergraduate cost per credit from $57 to $115, then to an eventual $157 over five years. She also called for government officials and legislators to reduce their salaries instead of implementing more austerity measures. “The measures are aimed at the middle class and low middle class,” she said. “The rich don’t suffer.” The protests reportedly became violent after hundreds of young protesters tried to enter the Hato Rey neighborhood, San Juan’s banking center. There, according to Bloomberg , helmeted police officers wearing gas masks formed lines to block them from advancing. When...