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The lavish travel, real estate deal and tuition arrangements have set off a frenzy about the relationship between Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow. Here’s where our reporting started and how we got the story. propublica.org/article/claren
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As pharmaceutical companies have increasingly relied on drugs produced overseas to meet U.S. medical needs, it’s been clear the FDA couldn’t keep up with inspections of the plants that made those drugs. Last year, it only inspected 6% of those facilities.
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New: The museum announced this week that it will hire additional experts to look more deeply into the histories of works in its collections. The plans follow news reports and criminal investigations on the origins of some items.
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The CEO of HomeVestors, the "We Buy Ugly Houses" company, really doesn't want you to click on this story: propublica.org/article/ugly-t
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Homevesters acknowledged the depth and thoroughness of 's investigation and discussed changes to ensure “our franchises are doing the right things.” Its CEO said: "This is going to make us a better company.” Instant impact.
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NYPD Officer Herbert Davis just broke the blue wall of silence.
He had repeatedly tried to stop his white, less experienced partner from shooting Trawick.
NYPD investigators never asked about it, despite having footage.
Davis just *testified* his partner was wrong.
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Eye-opening story from for . In 2020, #Colorado firefighters were able to burn only about 18% of the more than 310,000 piles of branches and logs that needed burning throughout the state.
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BREAKING: Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, experts say. But Regulations Have Made it Nearly Impossible to do These Burns: bit.ly/3Bjdu1R @propublica @jennoldham @colabnewsco @boulder_fire @BldrCOSheriff #marshallfire #copolitics #coleg @Cutter4Colorado
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"A transgender retiree on the state of Arizona’s health insurance plan is generally covered for transition-related surgery. But an active state employee is not."
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New: Lawsuits brought by transgender employees show how state agencies fight against paying for gender-affirming care for some people while others are covered.
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Health insurance companies keep records of all documents associated with a particular claim, including information about why your claim was denied. You have the right to request your claim file. Here’s how to do it.
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NEW: Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, Experts Say. But Regulations Have Made It Nearly Impossible to Do These Burns. propublica.org/article/colora
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Our animated short, THE NIGHT DOCTRINE is headed to . Directed by and , it covers ’s investigation into the secretive CIA-backed night raids that killed hundreds of Afghan civilians.
Tickets on sale today: propub.li/3NXy0fW
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"Any conversation between you and your partner?"
"No," an NYPD officer told an investigator, hours after a shooting.
The truth?
That officer told his partner, “No, no, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t,” just before his partner killed a man.
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BREAKING: Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, experts say. But Regulations Have Made it Nearly Impossible to do These Burns: bit.ly/3Bjdu1R #marshallfire #copolitics #coleg
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“This is going to make us a better company,” the CEO said on the call. “Because overall, we're going to change some of our practices, and make sure we change our Systems and Standards to make sure that we have our franchise doing the right things.”
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"Some homeowners fought from hospital beds to keep their properties. At least three died shortly after signing sales contracts; a fourth died after three years of worrying about money."
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oh my god this is beyond reprehensible behavior from #Homevestors:
"If a family’s belongings are on the curb, for example, the directive is clear: “Quickly pursue the property where the trash pile indicates eviction.”
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The CEO of HomeVestors instructed franchisees not to click on ProPublica’s story link; doing so, he warned, might improve its internet search ranking.
“Our goal is to bury it,” he said.
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This is the story HomeVestors really, really doesn’t want you to click on: The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses” propublica.org/article/ugly-t
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New: Even though the 2021 Marshall Fire made it clear that the fire threat posed by Colorado’s grasslands endangers large urban areas, federal, state and local rules continue to make it difficult to address the risk.
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The Origins of Our Investigation Into Clarence Thomas’ Relationship With Harlan Crow
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The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses” — ProPublica.
Another excellent piece of investigative journalism from , this time looking into the unscrupulous exploitation of vulnerable senior citizens. Well worth the time to read.
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The NYPD allowed the officer who shot Trawick to review body cam footage during the investigation, but the department long refused to show it to the public or the Civilian Complaint Review Board and fought in court against its release.
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New: The lavish travel, real estate deal and tuition arrangements have set off a frenzy. Here’s where our reporting started and how we got the story.
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NEW: You see the We Buy Ugly Houses signs everywhere. Now learn the ugly story behind the signs. Stellar reporting from , and for .
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The CEO of a company being investigated by outlined a plan: using “strategic ad buys on social and web pages” and “SEO content to minimize visibility” of the article.
“Our goal is to bury it,” he said.
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So and got the NYPD internal investigation of the cops who killed Kawaski Trawick, showing that investigators interviewed them for 30 minutes and never asked about video which contradicted their statements before exonerating them:
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NYPD investigators never explored key exchanges between the two officers in the run-up to the shooting.
They also never followed up with the officers when their accounts contradicted the video evidence.
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Great reporting by ProPublica.
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New: HomeVestors of America, the self-proclaimed “largest homebuyer in the U.S.,” trains its nearly 1,150 franchisees to zero in on homeowners’ desperation. propub.li/3MhBRTP
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Children are crawling over and under trains just to get to school. Our latest report with caught the attention of . Today he sat down with to discuss blocked railroad crossings.
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After we first contacted HomeVestors in early March, a former FBI spokesperson who specializes in “crisis and special situations” and “reputation management” began answering questions on their behalf.
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New: We obtained the NYPD’s full investigation into the killing of Kawaski Trawick, including documents and audio of interviews with the officers. The records provide a rare window into how exactly a police department examines its own after a shooting.
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Some “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchisees used deception and targeted the elderly, infirm and those so close to poverty that they feared homelessness would be a consequence of selling. / By
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New: The “We Buy Ugly Houses” company held a virtual meeting for its franchises to outline a plan to “minimize visibility” of our investigation.
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HomeVestors—the self-proclaimed “largest homebuyer in the United States”—says it helps homeowners out of jams by taking on properties no one else would buy. But this investigation found that it has been zeroing in on homeowners’ desperation.
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“You were always lying to them. That’s what we were trained,” said one former HomeVestors franchisee. “There was a price that you could pay, but you would always go lower and tell [sellers] that was the price you could pay.”
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New: HomeVestors of America, the self-proclaimed “largest homebuyer in the U.S.,” trains its nearly 1,150 franchisees to zero in on homeowners’ desperation.
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A great example of how to deal with the ways big companies try to stifle accountability reporting, out this morning from
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At least 11 states have agreed to distribute fingerprinting kits sold by Kenny Hansmire’s National Child Identification Program. Some are spending millions even though similar kits are available for free.
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