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A photo of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is displayed during a news conference April 24, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif., announcing the arrest of the man suspected to be the so-called Golden State Killer.

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After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up

Holes spent more than 20 years investigating crimes in California and played a critical role in identifying Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. as the so-called Golden State Killer. His new book is Unmasked.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
The former UniEnergy Technologies office in Mukilteo, Wash. Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

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  • Investigations

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

August 06, 2022
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By:
  • Courtney Flatt and
  • Laura Sullivan
Infowars founder Alex Jones listens to a supporter at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

A jury says InfoWars' Alex Jones must pay 2 Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million

The InfoWars host and creator will have to pay $4.1 million to two parents whose 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones spent years claiming the mass shooting as a hoax.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • John Burnett and
  • Dustin Jones
Federal judge Dabney Friedrich castigated Capitol riot defendant Brandon Straka for making, in her view, "questionable" comments about his case in public since his sentencing.

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  • Investigations

A judge unleashed a tirade on a prominent Jan. 6 defendant for his post-plea comments

Brandon Straka pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for egging on rioters during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The judge in the case said he has since made "questionable" comments about his plea.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Attorney Cleta Mitchell is a senior legal fellow with the nonprofit Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington, D.C. The group has hosted "Election Integrity" summits in key states around the country, which have featured speakers from the Republican National Committee.

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  • Investigations

What leaked audio tells us about Trump-linked "election integrity" efforts

Attorney Cleta Mitchell came under scrutiny after taking part in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now she's hosting "election integrity" events that have included officials from the RNC.

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
A man in his vehicle receives a traffic ticket from a police officer.

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  • Law

Minor traffic tickets and private probation land many poor Georgians thousands of dollars in debt

A broken taillight can lead to insurmountable debt for many poor and rural Georgians due to something called private probation.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
Police vehicles are parked outside the headquarters of the Yonkers Police Department in Yonkers, N.Y. Since 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating the Yonkers Police Department and recommending areas for reform.

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  • Investigations

Alleged police misconduct cost Yonkers, N.Y., millions. The complaints kept coming

An NPR investigation examined records of payouts by the city and found troubling patterns: Plaintiffs alleged that police often used excessive force. And several officers were repeatedly named.

July 31, 2022
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By:
  • Tracy Brannstrom

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  • Investigations

A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them most

Georgia lawmakers changed voting laws after 2020, including eliminating drop boxes in certain counties, making it harder for many voters in cities and suburbs, often people of color, to access them.

July 27, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler,
  • Sam Gringlas,
  • and 1 more
Kathy Stolz-Silvis was nine years old when her father died, making her and her siblings eligible for Social Security survivor benefits. But she didn't become aware of those benefits until decades later.

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  • Investigations

Decades after foster care, she learned she was owed benefits. Where did the money go?

After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Alexandra Arriaga
An image provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows examples of a lead pipe, left, a corroded steel pipe, center, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. The EPA is only now requiring water systems to take stock of their lead pipes, decades after new ones were banned.

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  • Health

'Time bomb' lead pipes will be removed. But first water utilities have to find them

Health experts warn problems with these "underground poisonous straws" can strike suddenly, and states are getting cash to replace them. But no one knows how many lines exist or where they are.

July 20, 2022
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By:
  • Allison Kite
Guard towers surround the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., where the federal death row is located.

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  • Investigations

Have you been involved with a state or federal execution? We want to hear from you.

If you witnessed or helped conduct an execution in the United States, reporters at NPR would like to talk with you.

July 19, 2022
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
A tweet by former President Donald Trump appears on screen during a House Select Committee hearing to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Court documents reveal this tweet drew rioters to Washington, D.C., that day.

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  • Investigations

How Trump's "will be wild" tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol will focus on the role of QAnon and extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in its upcoming hearing. Prosecutors have identified the man at the center of this photograph as a QAnon-supporter named Douglas Jensen. Jensen has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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  • Politics

The next Jan. 6 committee hearing will focus on the role of QAnon and extremists

Aides to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol said the next hearing would focus on extremist groups and their possible links to Trump and his allies.

July 11, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Law enforcement officials walk around the damaged Georgia Guidestones monument near Elberton, Ga., on Wednesday.

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  • National

A Georgia monument, seen by some as satanic, was damaged from a predawn explosion

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 2, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in a school shooting.

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  • National

Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

July 06, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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