In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter

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Facing a National Shortage of Baby Formula, Trade Officials Opposed a Plan to Boost Imports

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Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

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Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

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As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages

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A Wisconsin Tribe Built a Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates to Borrowers

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In Rural Tennessee, Domestic Violence Victims Face Barriers to Getting Justice. One County Has Transformed Its Approach.

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The Government Spends Millions to Open Grocery Stores in Food Deserts. The Real Test Is Their Survival.

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This Guardian Enriched Herself Using the Finances of Vulnerable People In Her Care. Judges Let It Happen.

by Jake Pearson When a New York judge appointed Yvonne Murphy to take over the care of Martin Chorost in late 2011, the 63-year-old had diabetes, dementia and a constellation of other maladies. He also had assets worth more than $800,000 … | Continue reading


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This Startup’s Carbon Tracking Project Fell Short. Nevada Kept Giving It Government Contracts Anyway.

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Oklahoma’s Oil Industry Touts a Voluntary Fund to Clean Up Oil Wells. Major Drillers Want Their Contributions Refunded.

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“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm

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How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s and Brad Raffensperger’s Voter Registrations Targeted in Georgia’s New Online Portal

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Why We Investigated Matthew Trewhella, the Far-Right Wisconsin Pastor Influencing Republican Politics

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The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

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Data Centers Demand a Massive Amount of Energy. Here’s How Some States Are Tackling the Industry’s Impact.

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New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest

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In Los Angeles, Your Chic Vacation Rental May Be a Rent-Controlled Apartment

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New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases

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Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration

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Washington Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State’s Green Energy Push

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Neglect at Boarding School for Autistic Youth Left a Student With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Alleges

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California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company

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People Are Still Being Swallowed by Storm Drains. One U.S. Agency Is Pushing for Safety Measures.

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Drug Traffickers Said They Backed an Early Campaign of Mexico’s President. But U.S. Agents Were Done Investigating.

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Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador

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Jiaai Zeng Died Weeks After Starting Work at an Oklahoma Marijuana Farm. His Family Wants Answers.

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In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

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School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

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Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse

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Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country

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Two Reporters Covering Education in the Midwest Followed the Money … to a School in New York

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Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen.

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He Was Convicted of Killing His Baby. The DA’s Office Says He’s Innocent, but That Might Not Be Enough.

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Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

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West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

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The NYPD Commissioner Responded to Our Story That Revealed He’s Burying Police Brutality Cases. We Fact-Check Him.

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The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

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Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers

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Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act

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New Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases.

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In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse

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The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out.

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These Researchers Study the Legacy of the Segregation Academies They Grew Up Around

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Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism

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How Local Government Fraud Has — and Hasn’t — Changed Since the Pandemic

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