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Investigative reporter. Why shoot the breeze about it when you could be about it?
Joined July 2012
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My one and only club. Three managers in the past month and a fourth coming soon. To dare is to do, baby.
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Jesus you know things are bad when the players are refunding the traveling fans for their troubles.
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The players have a message for our fans who went to Newcastle on Sunday...
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No, despite what you may have heard, crime in New York City isn't the worst it's ever been. AP's has this important fact check.
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This is the Iowa sports trivia I am here for
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Tonight is the fifth time this season that Caitlin Clark (41) has scored more points than the 2022 Iowa football team did in any of its games.
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NCAA Tournament Cinderellas: Where Are They Now? 🧐
A thread. 🧵
Kevin Pittsnogle: West Virginia H.S. assistant principal
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It's so hard and rare to earn an overall Triple Crown in annual contest. So proud of my teammates for pulling this one off!
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Does de Blasio have an alibi?
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Beloved Canadian groundhog Fred la marmotte found dead hours before Groundhog Day independent.co.uk/news/world/ame
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For and , I wrote about North Carolina’s Juvenile Sentence Review Board, which is a potential pathway out of prison for people serving long sentences for crimes they were convicted of committing as teens.
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#PulitzerStaffPicks Editorial Intern Ethan Widlansky chose a story from the interactive project, “Security For Sale” by grantees , , and for .
Explore our team’s favorite stories of the year 👉 bit.ly/YearInStories22
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This is a very cute and winning story about one goy's dillema—what to do with the mezuzah that came with their apartment?
Read until the kicker.....
Over at the great !
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More great reporting here by : Two Kings Casino could secure Catawba Nation’s future. Illegal deals stall the dream.
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Catawba Two Kings Casino violates US law, federal investigation finds newsobserver.com/news/state/nor via
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Very excited to share this investigative series into North Carolina's Big Poultry 🦃 industry launching today by , , and . Poultry puns will be around all week.
First story in #BigPoultry
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ICYMI: Private equity watchdog group wants North Carolina’s treasurer to use his agency’s influence as an investor to curb “abuses” by the country’s largest corporate landlord (with )
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If you've spent some time in the Ironbound, you'll want to read Schneider's story about its history/restaurants and the feared impact of gentrification. Also, now I want paella.
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I spent three months in the Ironbound learning about New Jersey’s most vibrant food scene, a neighborhood that is ever-changing. Locals fear the next change will be gentrification. nj.com/food/2022/11/i
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I spent three months in the Ironbound learning about New Jersey’s most vibrant food scene, a neighborhood that is ever-changing. Locals fear the next change will be gentrification.
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Big picture: Tenant rights groups have been calling attention to corporate landlord abuses over the past few years. worked on a big project about it earlier this year
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Seems like the kind of thing they could have decided more than two days before the tournament starts.
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SCOOP from + : New soccer stadium coming to Queens ⚽
Officials are expected to announce the project on Wednesday.
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Solidarity y’all.
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Today, we, the content staff of WFAE, announce our intention to form a union with @SAGAFTRA and become the first public radio station in the Carolinas to do so.
Here’s why: (1/
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Today, we, the content staff of WFAE, announce our intention to form a union with and become the first public radio station in the Carolinas to do so.
Here’s why: (1/
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More great reporting from , & : Former Cleveland County leaders had more ties to firms linked to Catawba Two Kings Casino
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Lol this is going to be such a shit show
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World Cup officials scrambled over the weekend to follow a new edict from Qatari high command: Hide the beer.
— Budweiser only found out on Saturday its beer tents and sales points will be moved away from main fan access areas around stadiums
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All the news outlets saying "great state of ___" mf what is so great about it
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Federal regulators raise serious concerns over Catwaba Two Kings Casino financial deals
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Support local journalism with a subscription: charlotteobserver.com/subscribe
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So true, Katy
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one of my favorite sounds ever is the sound of a crisp new newspaper being read over breakfast for an hour or so… The popping out of it, the folding, the scribbling on the crossword… I hope it never goes out of fashion in our digital world. It is too romantic. 
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NC town, county officials ignore residents' complaints about Raleigh-based outfit's military training site, lawsuit says
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What if instead of paying Twitter for a blue checkmark, I get paid by Twitter for my thrilling content?
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Journalists: Election police are charging voters with felons, Repubs are arguing that they should decide who is Black when it comes to creating electoral districts, election deniers on the ballot. How do we make sense of what's happening? Attend the Democracy Summit.
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Stories for the Rural News Network (RNN) collaboration begin publishing today! Called the Breaking Point, the series includes four stories produced by our reporters, and reporters at , and , examining health inequities in rural communities.
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From mental and behavioral health to maternity care, specialists in rural areas of the United States are in short supply. As a result, people who live there often do without such care or travel long distances to get it. From @dailyyonder: dailyyonder.com/breaking-point
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