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News Articles: Investigations

Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery.

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  • Law

The mom of the 6-year-old who shot his teacher is being charged with child neglect

The child has not been charged in the shooting of Abby Zwerner, 25, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Chris Covington (left) and Carlos Gomez Perez recover from shrapnel and bullet wounds on April 27, 2004, after Iraqi insurgents attacked near Fallujah, Iraq. Just two weeks earlier, Covington and Gomez Perez helped evacuate wounded Marines and soldiers after a deadly explosion rocked a schoolhouse in Fallujah.

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  • Investigations

A fatal mistake: The truth behind a Marine Corps lie and broken promises

A mortar blast killed two Marines in Iraq almost 20 years ago. But families weren't told for years it was "friendly fire," a tragic accident, despite regulations. Some of the wounded were never told.

April 07, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Bowman,
  • Graham Smith,
  • and 1 more
Former President Donald Trump arrives at an event Tuesday evening at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts.

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  • National

5 things to know about Donald Trump's felony charges

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover damaging information. Just getting up to speed on the news? Start here.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Emily Olson
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A man accused of dealing drugs that led to Michael K. Williams' death pleads guilty

Irvin Cartagena, 39, allegedly sold fentanyl-laced drugs to an undercover NYPD officer on several occasions. Narcotics found in Williams' apartment were linked back to Cartagena, police say.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Former Solicitor General Ted Olson (second from left) sits with Bush administration lawyers during the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Guantánamo detainees on July 11, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Onetime supporter of Guantánamo's military court now says it was 'doomed'

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson speaks with Sacha Pfeiffer about his change of heart on Guantánamo and his belief that the 9/11 case should be settled rather than taken to trial.

April 03, 2023
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer and
  • Monika Evstatieva
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A father is charged with murder after his son was found dead in an alligator's mouth

Two-year-old Taylen Mosley of St. Petersburg, Fla., was declared missing the same day his mother was found stabbed to death in her apartment, police said.

April 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A selection of the 1000 people who have been charged for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

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  • Investigations

1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here's where their cases stand

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing. Here's what is happening to those charged.

March 25, 2023
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By:
  • Meg Anderson and
  • Nick McMillan
Former President Donald Trump, pictured here speaking to guests at Iowa's Adler Theatre last week, said on social media that he'll be arrested Tuesday as part of an investigation into hush money payments.

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  • Politics

Is Trump actually getting arrested this week? Here's what we know

Former President and top 2024 candidate Donald Trump claims he'll be arrested Tuesday as part of an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney. Start here for answers on five key questions.

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
People walk amid the debris at the crash site of the Flight MH17 passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014.

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  • Investigations

An infamous Russian unit that downed a civilian plane in 2014 was active in Ukraine

A secretive Russian military unit, known for its part in the deaths of hundreds of civilians on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 nearly a decade ago, was fighting in eastern Ukraine, NPR uncovered.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Tim Mak
Law enforcement organizations are promoting a new film about children being exploited into sharing sexual images and videos. But many of the film's key claims lack context.

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  • Children's Health

How law enforcement is promoting a troubling documentary about 'sextortion'

Law enforcement organizations are promoting a new film about children being exploited into sharing sexual images and videos. But many of the film's key claims lack context.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3 remained on fire the next day.

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  • Investigations

When train crashes leak harmful chemicals, small town firefighters can be vulnerable

Firefighters are often "woefully under-equipped" to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials. Most of those serious enough to cause evacuations happened near small towns.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner and
  • Nick McMillan
More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem.

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  • Investigations

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

March 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • National Security

Biden administration releases Guantánamo inmate, its fourth transfer in a month

A Saudi man held at Guantánamo for more than two decades without being put on trial has been released by the U.S., making him the fourth inmate transferred out of Guantánamo in about the past month.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Patrick Wojahn, who was on the College Park city council and has been the mayor of the city since 2015, was charged with 16 counts of distributing child pornography and 40 counts of possessing it.

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  • Investigations

A Maryland mayor has been arrested on more than 50 counts of child pornography

Police were tipped off about a social media account posting child pornography in the county that was tracked back to Wojahn, who has been mayor of the city since 2015.

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Solar restrictions are gaining traction as the stakes for addressing climate change keep getting higher. Construction of more renewable energy is a key part of the country's plans to cut heat-trapping pollution and avoid the worst damage from extreme weather in the decades ahead.

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  • Climate

An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

An NPR/Floodlight investigation found that a longtime Republican insider is stoking solar opposition by spreading bad information about health and environmental risks. Her influence is growing.

February 18, 2023
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  • Miranda Green and
  • Michael Copley
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