Apache women seek court intervention as federal land is turned over for copper mining

The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete. The title to the Oak Flat area was conveyed by the federal government to Resolution Copper on Friday after an appeals court denied requests by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and environmentalists to block the move. A group of Apache women has made a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, but it's unclear if the court will take up the matter. The fight over Oak Flat has spanned two decades.