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Fresh water stolen in California during drought

It’s amazingly easy to steal water from a California stream. Even in this epic drought, the state has no way of monitoring exactly who is tapping into its freshwater supplies […]
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Untested rape kits helped serial rapist elude police

Untested rape kits allowed serial rapist Anthony Alliano to continue his violent attacks on young girls and women in Cordova.
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Mean Streets: Tracking traffic deaths in New York City

More than half of the 27 pedestrians killed by cars in New York City this year died on major roadways. That’s just one of the findings of a new WNYC […]
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Extra Extra Monday: Child deaths, drug-addicted babies, veterans center doctors, broken FOI laws

Miami Herald Innocents Lost | The Miami Herald Fraternal twins Tariji and Tavont’ae Gordon joined a sad procession of children who died, often violently, after the Florida Department of Children […]
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Mothers in Kentucky passing drug addictions to fetuses during pregnancy

Trinity is part of a heartbreaking surge in babies born dependent on drugs because of their mothers’ addictions — which continues to escalate unabated despite Kentucky’s crackdown on prescription-drug abuse. […]
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Welder’s torch may have caused fire at Fort Detrick

A welder’s torch may have sparked a fire that caused $10 million in damage at the world’s largest high-security research lab, still under construction at Fort Detrick, according to a […]
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Colorado cracking down on parolees after murder of prison chief

One year after a parolee killed state prisons director Tom Clements, life behind bars — and beyond — is far different for Colorado convicts. After years of declining prison populations […]
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Alabama State audit shrouded in secrecy and confusion

As the cost of a forensic audit of Alabama State University nears $1 million, the investigation into the potential fraud it has uncovered is shrouded in secrecy and confusion.
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Baltimore defendants can spend weeks in jail before given the opportunity to post bail

Shykill Brewer, who was arrested on a misdemeanor drug charge days before Christmas, is among dozens of Baltimore suspects who have been detained for days with no chance at release, […]
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New York state offices ignore Freedom of Information Laws

Part of New York’s Freedom of Information Law requires each state agency to maintain up-to-date “subject matter lists” — indexes of all records maintained by the agency — and to […]
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