Medical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths --- Oncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hurting patients. #News #Montana #Medicine #Oncology #Cancer #Journalism
A Connecticut DMV Task Force Was Asked to Develop Towing Reforms. As Deadline Looms, Members Struggle to Agree. --- The group was formed in a legislative overhaul prompted by a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found the state’s laws favored towing companies over vehicle owners. #News #Connecticut #DMV #Cars #Towing #Law #Reform
A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen the state’s mandatory reporting laws, after a Minnesota Star Tribune-ProPublica investigation found that the leaders of a Duluth church failed to report a child sex predator for years. #News #Minnesota #Church #Religion #Abuse #Law #Children
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid --- Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again. #News #Photography #Journalism #Kenya #Africa #Trump #MarcoRubio #Hunger
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did --- Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues. #News #FDA #Safety #Research #Testing #Health #Drugs #Medicine #Medication
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors --- For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded. #News #NorthCarolina #GOP #USPolitics #Elections #Power
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments --- The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica. #News #DOJ #Ethics #Crypto #Law #Transparency #Stocks #Trump #USPolitics
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free. --- Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart. #News #Alaska #Crime #Murder #Law #CriminalJustice #Justice
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A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay --- Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims. #News #Tennessee #DomesticViolence #Violence #Guns #Safety #Women #Law