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Fri Aug 10 2018
The way cops in Jacksonville and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury and may be delaying justice....
Famed Houston Surgeon Updates Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures
Fri Aug 10 2018
ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle reported in May that Dr. O.H. “Bud” Frazier had often failed to disclose his payments from medical device makers in articles he authored. Since...
Amit Shah Omits Liability That Secured Credit For Son’s Business In Electoral Affidavit; Dramatic Increase In Credit Facilities To Son’s Firm In Last Year
Fri Aug 10 2018
Amit Shah mortgaged two of his properties for his son Jay Shah’s business venture Kusum Finserve LLP, which has recorded dramatic increase in credit facilities in recent years desp...
What Happens When a Pipeline Runs Afoul of Government Rules? Authorities Change the Rules.
Fri Aug 10 2018
Federal authorities halted work on the massive Mountain Valley Pipeline this month after an appeals court ruled that federal agencies neglected to follow environmental protections....
Election 2016 Gets a Report Card
Thu Aug 09 2018
A report out today by the MIT Election Lab finds signs of progress and evidence of protest....
Pelosi is the star of GOP attack ads, worrying Democrats upbeat about midterms
Thu Aug 09 2018
While Democrats grow optimistic about their chances of taking control of the House in November, they are increasingly anxious that the presence of their longtime and polarizing lea...
At prison reform meeting, Trump praises Texas’ “very successful” DACA challenge
Thu Aug 09 2018
The Trump administration has promised to phase out the Obama-era immigration program. But the president himself has also expressed sympathy for "Dreamers."...
The Real BlacKkKlansman - And Other KKK Infiltrators
Thu Aug 09 2018
Spike Lee’s Hero is Not the First Black Person to Breach the Klan — Or the Most Effective....
How I Befriended a Prisoner on Suicide Watch
Thu Aug 09 2018
I looked into her eyes and told her, “Promise me you won’t hurt yourself again.”...
Care homes used untrained rehab workers while collecting millions from Medicaid
Thu Aug 09 2018
Seven adult care homes in North Carolina collected more than $8.4 million in Medicaid funding while employing untrained caregivers, some with serious criminal histories, Reveal fro...
When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk
Wed Aug 08 2018
Fire is as common to Western states as the drought-dried shrubs that feed the flames. This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Oakland Hills Firestorm in the San Francisco Bay ...
On Paul Manafort and foreign lobbying: a Q&A with the author of ‘The Torturers’ Lobby’
Wed Aug 08 2018
Center for Public Integrity’s 1992 report detailed Manafort’s early influence...
Defense contractor ends its lease of Phoenix building where it held immigrant children
Wed Aug 08 2018
Less than a week after Reveal broke the story that contractor MVM Inc. was detaining immigrant children in an unmarked office building in Phoenix, the company has terminated its le...
Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite warning signs
Wed Aug 08 2018
By the time the federal government started sending immigrant children to Shiloh Treatment Center in 2009, the warning flags were waving blood red....
Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story
Wed Aug 08 2018
“This situation reeks of corruption and cronyism,” said the top Democrat on the House veterans committee....
Let migrant children bid for asylum separate from parents' cases, lawyers say
Thu Aug 02 2018
Lawyers for a group of migrant children are fighting to ensure that the kids can plead for asylum independently of their parents’ cases—even though the children have been reunited ...
Wind And Waves
Wed Aug 01 2018
A new radio station starts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria...
Police ‘verify’ Rahul Gandhi as a driver in UP’s Indirapuram
Tue Aug 02 2016
Police ‘verify’ Rahul Gandhi as a driver in UP’s Indirapuram...
Kids leaving home doesn’t always lead to parents saving more
Wed Jul 20 2016
Kids leaving home doesn’t always lead to parents saving more...