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Bank of America, one of the nation's largest banks, is being ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers and $150 million in fines for illegally charging customers for junk fees, fake accounts and withholding rewards.

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Bank of America to pay $250 million for illegal fees, fake accounts

An investigation found that Bank of America raked in tens of millions of dollars in resubmitted insufficient funds fees. The bank also illegally opened credit cards without customers knowledge.

July 11, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
Retired coal miner John Robinson, who suffers from black lung disease, displays his mining helmet at his home in Coeburn, Va., in 2019.

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  • Investigations

Coal miners would be protected from black lung disease under proposed silica rule

The Labor Department has proposed a new rule limiting miners' exposure to silica — a toxic dust linked to a recent epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners.

July 07, 2023
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  • Robert Benincasa
The federal prison complex in Thomson, Ill.

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  • Investigations

New accounts of abuse at federal prison prompt renewed calls for investigation

More than 120 prisoners held at a special unit in Thomson Penitentiary reported mistreatment, a Washington Lawyers' Committee report says.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project and
  • Joseph Shapiro
Dede Murphy and other local election workers say members of an election denier group camped out in the hallways of their county building and yelled in their faces. Some say they were followed home or put in physical danger. Election workers across 22 states tell NPR they've received threats or felt unsafe doing their jobs.

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  • Investigations

Death threats, harassment and a poisoned dog: 2024 election workers already are scared

Election workers across 22 different states told NPR they've received threats or felt unsafe doing their jobs, and many are worried for what the 2024 presidential election will bring.

June 23, 2023
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  • Chris Arnold
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick speaks to reporters about the search for the Titan submersible on Wednesday in Boston, Mass.

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  • National

The U.S. Navy heard the likely implosion of the missing Titan sub on Sunday

The Navy, which was part of the unified command hunting for the Titan submersible, said it had acoustic data "consistent with an implosion" on Sunday at the start of a five-day search.

June 23, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman's law license over his work on former President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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  • Law

What we've learned from pro-Trump attorney John Eastman's state bar trial

Attorney John Eastman was a key player in Donald Trump's legal efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The State Bar of California is now seeking to revoke Eastman's law license.

June 23, 2023
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  • Tom Dreisbach
Arizona state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Democrat and Presbyterian minister, speaks at a news conference in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico on May 27, 2022.

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  • National

Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank

Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is a minister, was investigated after hiding Bibles in the Arizona House lounge. Republicans narrowly voted to censure – but could not expel – her.

June 13, 2023
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  • Ben Giles
Donald Trump delivers remarks Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.

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  • Politics

Trump is expected to appear in a Miami court on Tuesday. Here's what to expect

Former president Donald Trump is expected to appear in a Miami courthouse on Tuesday after the unsealing of a federal indictment laying out 37 charges against him. Here are five things to watch for.

June 12, 2023
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  • Emily Olson and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

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  • Investigations

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic coast.

June 12, 2023
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  • Chiara Eisner
Cleta Mitchell speaks at a conference in Camp Hill, Pa., on April 1, 2022. The influential conservative attorney helped former President Donald Trump as he sought to overturn the 2020 election. She's now working to dismantle ERIC.

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  • Elections

The far right's growing influence and 4 other takeaways from NPR's ERIC investigation

Why are Republicans abandoning one of the best tools the government has to catch voter fraud? That question is the focus of a new NPR investigation. Here are five takeaways from the report.

June 07, 2023
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  • Miles Parks
The Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, has for years operated as a bipartisan success story in election administration. But since early 2022, the far right has targeted ERIC, fracturing a partnership that had 32 member states at its height. Eight states where Republicans oversee voting have so far pulled out.

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  • Elections

How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud

A right-wing campaign has targeted a once-obscure voting partnership called ERIC. Eight Republican states have now pulled out, giving the election denial movement a big win — and a blueprint for 2024.

June 06, 2023
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  • Miles Parks
A photo album of Shihab — during his time as an interpreter working with American military personnel during the Iraq War — rests on a small table alongside cups of tea.

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  • Investigations

The U.S. told them terrorists killed their brother. It was a lie they held for years

In 2004, a U.S. general told the family of an Iraqi interpreter that insurgents killed their brother. The truth was more painful: He was mistakenly killed by Americans he had risked his life to help.

May 28, 2023
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  • Tom Bowman and
  • Graham Smith
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas.

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  • National

Republican-led Texas House impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been impeached by fellow Republicans in a historic vote in the Texas House. He will immediately and temporarily be suspended from his duties.

May 27, 2023
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom
A photo shared by the National Park Service shows a park visitor attempting to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd. The plan ultimately ended the animal's chance of survival.

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  • National

Baby bison euthanized after being handled by a Yellowstone guest, rejected by herd

The newborn got separated from its mother while trying to cross the Lamar River. A man stepped in to try to help, but only ended the animal's chances of survival, the National Park Service says.

May 24, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

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  • Politics

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.

May 23, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
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