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New story: Inmates at the prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was killed knew in advance that he was being transferred there, raising more questions about the decision to move the elderly gangster to one of the most violent prisons in the nation. nbcnews.com/news/whitey-bu…

A Christian cellphone company called Patriot Mobile is on a mission to take over Texas school boards. The company backed 11 candidates in four school districts this year. They won every race. nbcnews.to/3pNDooE

Enormously grateful to Zara Katz Marc J. Franklin Nigel Chiwaya for the stunning design in this piece reported by Lisa Cavazuti Cynthia McFadden Yasmine Salam Kevin Monahan They traveled by plane, boat, and tuck tuck - through jungle and desert - to tell this story nbcnews.com/specials/parad…

“I want them to look at their life and see what’s good, what’s beautiful in it,” she said by phone last month from Indonesia. “Not the little problem with their eyes.” Seeing the World Before Their Vision Falters nytimes.com/2022/10/07/wor…

“At its most basic interpretation, what led to the killings was the simple human motivations of hatred and greed. But the story of the deaths of Dom and Bruno also betrays the broader forces fueling the destruction of the Amazon.” washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

8 people were trapped in a motel during Hurricane Ian. Then a wall of water swept the building away. Amazing story by ⁦⁦Melissa Chan⁩ nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h…

Baker once smoked a joint with Jimi Hendrix. He and a teammate, Glenn Burke, invented the high-five. He wears wristbands with his own likeness. He has a vineyard at his home in Sacramento. Before the World Series, he got a good-luck message from Snoop Dogg nytimes.com/2022/11/06/spo…

Mr. García, who had lost his clothes, money and passport while crossing another river, held Sarah’s hand, then hoisted her on his shoulders. When the water reached his chin, she began to panic. “Be calm, mami,” he told her, “be calm.” nytimes.com/2022/11/09/wor…

Stunning, from @MelindaSacBee ‘We’ let blind, mentally ill, homeless Mark Rippee die in Vacaville. But let’s name names sacbee.com/opinion/articl…

"An NBC News review of more than 60 lawsuits costing taxpayers more than $40 million found disturbing accounts of sexual misconduct against female cops in big city departments." Excellent piece by Simone Weichselbaum Emily Siegel Andrew Blankstein nbcnews.com/news/major-us-…

Feds arrest Florida pastor and his son in $8 million Covid scam Laura V. Strickler Rich Schapiro: nbcnews.com/news/feds-arre… via NBC News

NEW: He defended the police against civil-rights lawsuits - until he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. A New York Magazine collaboration. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Stunning & timely investigation from NBC News by Rich Schapiro Anna Schecter @lehrennbc & Anton L. Delgado - w. support from Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) - looking into the pharmaceutical industry's murky monkey trade & how a smuggling ring spans #Cambodia & the US. nbcnews.com/news/race-covi…

“My new boss, a dude I barely knew, became my mental-health confidante. We’d start every work-related conversation by trading stories about our respective struggles. I started to improve. And my new boss was a big reason why,” ⁦Tim Alberta⁩ politico.com/news/magazine/…

NEW: "I think the mayor of New York is on the take," a businessman told federal prosecutors last year, after a run in with Bishop Lamor Whitehead. The backstory of Eric Adams's mentorship of a fraudster Brooklyn pastor, plus much, much more: newyorker.com/news/our-local…

With the number of Holocaust survivors dwindling around the world, Ben Ferencz represents a link to one of the darkest chapters in history. Before his health deteriorated, he reflected on his life in a 45-minute interview with NBC News. nbcnews.to/3kgOrY3

Kudos to reuvenblau.bsky.social and @graham_rayman on publication of an unique oral history of Rikers. After reading it, the The New York Times reviewer posited that “you begin to understand those who have called for closing the prison entirely.” Plus they interviewed FAT JOE! nytimes.com/2023/01/16/boo…

The story of Tyre Nichols' death is also the story of a new crime-suppression unit with a fearsome name — and a much longer story of "hot spot" policing. w/Rich Schapiro and Safia Samee Ali nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… via @nbcnews

Memphis' police chief created Scorpion, a unit implicated in Tyre Nichols' death. Years earlier in Atlanta, she oversaw a similar squad, Red Dog, also disbanded. Should that have been a lesson? nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… via @nbcnews w/Rich Schapiro Simone Weichselbaum Safia Samee Ali