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News Articles: Investigations

"People will not be subject to age or disability discrimination when the going gets tough," Roger Severino, the director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, told NPR.

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  • Investigations

HHS Civil Rights Office Tackles Health Care Discrimination Of People With Disabilities

New actions from the Office For Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services aim to fight discrimination against people with disabilities who have COVID-19, like being denied treatment.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
When law enforcement officials failed to anticipate that pro-Trump supporters would devolve into a violent mob, they fell victim to what one expert calls "the invisible obvious." He said it was hard for authorities to see that people who looked like them could want to commit this kind of violence.

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  • Investigations

Why Didn't The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection?

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Dina Temple-Raston
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs suggested Republicans who voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win were "criminal."

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  • Media

After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric

Many Fox News hosts, commentators and guests helped stoke the pro-Trump protests that became an assault on Congress. Among those influenced was Ashli Babbitt, who died while storming the Capitol.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Tom Dreisbach
Ashli Babbitt of San Diego, seen here in a photo posted on Twitter in 2020, was shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police during the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday.

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  • National

Authorities Identify Woman Killed By Police During U.S. Capitol Rioting

The woman killed by United States Capitol Police was identified as Ashli E. Babbitt, 35, of San Diego. She was one of four who died during Wednesday's events.

January 07, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach and
  • Eric Westervelt
Microsoft for the first time on Thursday revealed that the hackers behind the SolarWinds attack had compromised its internal systems and accessed company source code.

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  • Technology

Group Behind Alleged Russia Hack Broke Into Microsoft's Internal Systems

Microsoft previously said it was among thousands of companies that discovered malware on its systems. But now it is revealing the attack allowed hackers to access its closely guarded source code.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack is seeking to retain control over networks such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty even after the incoming Biden administration replaces him.

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  • Media

Trump Appointee Seeks Lasting Control Over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia

The CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is seeking to retain control over Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for at least two years — even though President-elect Biden has signaled he'll be replaced.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Ernestine Mann, here in a family photo, moved into the Arbor Terrace at Cascade assisted living facility in Atlanta in 2019. Mann was one of the residents who died of COVID-19 this year when there was an outbreak at the facility.

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  • Investigations

In Atlanta, A Wave Of Coronavirus Deaths And The Questions Left In Its Wake

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a Black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

December 29, 2020
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  • Meg Anderson
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  • National

Nashville Explosion: Mayor Discusses Latest Developments

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Mayor John Cooper about the Christmas Day explosion that left at least three people injured.

December 26, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
For the 78 residents of St. Joseph's Senior Home in New Jersey, the arrival of hazmat-suited officials in March in their caravan of ambulance buses was terrifying. Some evacuees with dementia shouted and furiously clawed at them. Others begged not to be taken away.

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  • Investigations

The Tragedy Of 'St. Joe's'

Back in March, a coronavirus outbreak at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, N.J., led state officials to evacuate all 78 of its residents. Within weeks, nearly half of them were dead.

December 24, 2020
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  • Dina Temple-Raston
On a corrective podcast, Michael Barbaro — host of the <em>New York Times</em> podcast <em>The Daily —</em> did not disclose several key facts about his own connection to those who created the discredited <em>Caliphate</em> series.<em></em>

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  • Media

Host of 'The Daily' Clouds 'N.Y. Times' Effort To Restore Trust After 'Caliphate'

The New York Times issued a big mea culpa, and returned a Peabody award and a citation as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize after retracting the core of its hit podcast series Caliphate.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Recycled plastic pellets are displayed at a facility in Ontario.

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  • Investigations

Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling

Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public.

December 22, 2020
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By:
  • Laura Sullivan
Masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.

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  • Investigations

Oregon Hospitals Didn't Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?

The fight to save the life of one woman reveals a grim pattern: In Oregon, people with disabilities were denied health care during the pandemic, even without a shortage of ventilators or other care.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Former Google researcher Timnit Gebru says she was unexpectedly fired after a dispute over an academic paper and months of speaking out about the need for more women and people of color at the tech giant.

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  • Technology

Google AI Team Demands Ousted Black Researcher Be Rehired And Promoted

The tech giant's researchers say the dismissal of renowned researcher Timnit Gebru has "had a demoralizing effect" on one of the most prestigious units in the company.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President Trump speaks in April about the Paycheck Protection Program. From left are Jovita Carranza, head of the Small Business Administration; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and adviser Ivanka Trump.

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  • Investigations

Scores Of Private Charitable Foundations Got Paycheck Protection Program Money

At least 120 foundations collectively received more than $7.5 million from the program that was set up to help small businesses during the pandemic. Critics say they didn't need a taxpayer subsidy.

December 16, 2020
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
An application for the Paycheck Protection Program is pictured.

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  • Investigations

Most PPP Aid In Georgia Went To Big, Not Small Businesses, Data Show

More than half the funds received by Georgia companies as part of a federal loan program meant to support small businesses during the pandemic went to large companies that received loans of $3 million or more, according to newly released data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

December 15, 2020
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  • Isaiah Poritz and
  • Georgia News Lab
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