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Costly perk forces DWP to shell out extra if it gives work to outside contractors

The Los Angeles Times reports: "It's no secret Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees are paid well. But a little-known clause in their union contract ensures they can […]
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Locked in Terror

The Fresno Bee reports: "The Fresno County Jail has been a place of terror and despair for mentally ill inmates who spiral deeper into madness because jail officials withhold their […]
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Nevada chief justice orders courts review after potentially more than 2,400 ruled mentally ill not reported to gun database

"(A Reno Gazette-Journal) report this week found that Washoe District Court in Reno did not send 179 names to the Department of Public Safety’s database of people prohibited from possessing […]
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Woman says KCMO councilman's sexting scandal connected to taxpayer money, shares story with FBI

"41 Action News has spoken exclusively with a woman who is convinced the taxpayer money was used to help keep a sexting scandal out of the public spotlight. And she’s […]
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Documents show NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to […]
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Inspection, enforcement of Pennsylvania amusement parks fall short

Pennsylvania has more amusement park rides than any other state, and its governer has stated its rides are unmatched in safety because of the state's rigorous inspection program. But an […]
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U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans

A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them […]
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FBI allowed informants to commit 5,600 crimes

A USA Today report states that the FBI gave its informants permission to break the law at least 5,658 times in a single year, according to newly disclosed documents that […]
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Syria's Unspoken Crimes

There have been reports that in war-torn Syria, rape has become an epidemic as both sides seek to destabilize, frighten and ruin the other. But unearthing the stories of these […]
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Top drone supporter, beneficiary now looks to uses closer to home

The strikes are deeply unpopular in South Asia and in other parts of the world, reports the Investigative Reporting Workshop. The Taliban killed 10 foreign mountaineers in Pakistan in June […]
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