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News Articles: Investigations

Pascagoula Mayor Jay Willis stands next to a historical marker that claims aliens came from outer space and abducted two local men in 1973.

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  • Investigations

Are UFOs real? Historical markers say yes

Historical markers were once just for American history. But many now claim aliens have visited Earth from outer space — and they aren't hedging.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Laura Sullivan
Littlejohn was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of a convenience store owner during a robbery.

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  • Investigations

“Governor, don’t kill me for the heck of it”: Oklahoma prisoner asks for clemency

Oklahoma’s governor waited until the day of Emmanuel Littlejohn’s execution to announce whether he would grant the prisoner clemency. Littlejohn spoke to NPR.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2024.

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  • Investigations

Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, former Afghan forces are hunted by the Taliban

The Taliban have been targeting thousands of Afghan National Army soldiers and police officers, accusing them of being American spies.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Monika Evstatieva
 In court papers, prosecutors described Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a "Nazi sympathizer" who went to work at a Naval Weapons Station with a "Hitler mustache."

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  • Investigations

Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol

At two events, Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments, whom prosecutors described as a ‘white supremacist.’

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
GPB News NPR

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  • Investigations

一位高调批评中共的异议人士会设下骗局吗?

一位广为人知的中国共产党批评者现在被指欺诈

September 08, 2024
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt and
  • NPR Staff
Eric Garcetti, then the mayor of Los Angeles, during an interview in his office at City Hall in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015.

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  • Investigations

Did a powerful Democrat lie about #MeToo allegations to save his career?

Former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti denies he knew about a top adviser's alleged abuse at City Hall. An NPR investigation raises new questions about whether the now U.S. ambassador to India lied under oath.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
GPB News NPR

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  • Investigations

Is a high-profile critic of the Chinese Communist Party a con man?

A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.

August 04, 2024
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt and
  • NPR Staff
Melinda Mattocks-Ushry holds a photo of her brother Kelvin “Chuck” Mattocks at her home in New Bern, N.C., on Dec. 5, 2023.

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  • Investigations

Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.

July 21, 2024
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By:
  • Cheryl W. Thompson,
  • Robert Benincasa,
  • and 2 more
Rite-Away Pharmacy and Medical Supply in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • Investigations

Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions

NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Randee Noggle stands in front of her home in Taylor, Mich., on June 30, 2024. She sold the house to the sale-leaseback company EasyKnock, which announced Thursday it's going out of business.

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  • Investigations

Courts, regulators tackle whether 'sale-leaseback' deals are actually loans

Courts are tackling the question of whether sale-leaseback deals function more like a mortgage than an outright sale — and therefore should be regulated like a loan.

July 06, 2024
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By:
  • Caitlin Thompson

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  • World

Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.

Large numbers of migrants from China are crossing into the U.S. and finding work on marijuana farms. Some of the businesses are accused of exploiting workers and violating state growing rules.

June 24, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
It wasn't until after Amber and Devon Weise married  that they learned Supplemental Security Income, the federal benefits program Amber relies upon, penalizes couples who marry. Amber lost her monthly SSI income check and, even more vital, her access to health insurance.

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  • Investigations

Couples say they can't get married because of this government program's outdated rules

Social Security's SSI program for people with disabilities requires couples to have no more than $3,000 in assets

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Emily Baden stands in her backyard in San Francisco. Before moving to San Francisco, she was neighbors with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who she says was a quiet observer to heated exchanges between her and Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, regarding signs on the Baden family’s front yard.

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  • Investigations

Alito neighbor gives detailed account of 'nasty' dispute that became national news

The saga began as a dispute over anti-Trump lawn signs and culminated in a profanity-filled confrontation on the street, which Justice Samuel Alito witnessed.

June 08, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Karen Williams (left) holds hands with her daughter, Lena Powell, while walking through St. Michael's Lutheran Churchyard in Philadelphia. Williams, who is disabled, bought a life insurance policy to pay for her funeral, but it caused her to lose access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit checks that she relies on to pay bills.

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  • Investigations

These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefits

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

June 08, 2024
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Veteran Edward O'Connor at his home in Fredericksburg, Va.

Tagged as: 

  • National

The VA tells banks not to foreclose on veterans’ homes this year

The move gives mortgage companies more time to get a new program up and running to rescue veterans who were facing foreclosure through no fault of their own.

June 07, 2024
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  • Chris Arnold and
  • Quil Lawrence
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