ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words. In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4etd7D9

New Hampshire schools told to expect less state aid for special education costs nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-1…

NEW: Three years ago, UnitedHealthcare was sanctioned for illegally denying mental health coverage. We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care. 🧵👇 propublica.org/article/united…

Multiple reports appeared this year have revealed shocking facts and abuses at the Sde Teiman detention center, where Palestinians kidnapped in Gaza are held without charge/trial, reportedly mistreated, abused and even raped. Despite the serious allegations, in September the

A really important story about homeless policy in an era of increased sweeps. Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments. People Rarely Get Their Things Back. propublica.org/article/homele… Nicole Santa Cruz Asia Fields and Ruth Talbot

First story for ProPublica is about the dissolution of Georgia's maternal mortality review committee after reporters obtained reports in the cases of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller propublica.org/article/georgi…

In the first major update in 15 years, the Maine health department has proposed updated regulations for assisted living facilities that would significantly increase staffing requirements, especially in memory care units. READ: buff.ly/3Znpg8i

Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage & neurological problems, from their reports — and in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. propublica.org/article/epa-sc…

When I think about formaldehyde, I think about that smell from dissecting animals in middle school. But apparently it's everywhere. ProPublica Formaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you Live propublica.org/article/formal…

Parents who don't address their child's #bullying in school could face a fine and community service under a proposed bill. It's one of several bullying-related measures on tap for next session. Here's a look. #NHPolitics nhpr.org/education/2024…

New: Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital's highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. propub.li/3OHmu7I

Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths… 🧵

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. ProPublica propublica.org/article/aborti…

A ProPublica analysis of EPA air pollution data showed that, in every census block in the U.S., the risk of getting cancer from exposure to formaldehyde in outdoor air is higher than the EPA’s goal. The agency’s own report underestimated that risk. propublica.org/article/formal…

Ravi Coutinho needed mental health and addiction care. Getting it through his insurance network was nearly impossible. He texted his friends: “Therapists have been 0-4.” “Called ten places and nothing.” “The insurance portal doesn’t know shit.” propublica.org/article/ambett…

In times of crisis, the mutual aid community always gives me hope. There's a giant group of people coordinating mask drop off, food, water, temp housing, pet food/care, and even insulin for strangers just because it's the right thing to do. No one is coming to save us except us.

Here's the piece, by Brett Murphy & anna barry-jester | subscribe to your local paper! propublica.org/article/trump-…

From Rick Westhead - In the government's opening statement in the trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 WJC team, the Crown says the London hockey trial is "a case about consent..." Content advisory - Article includes allegations of sexual assault: tsn.ca/crown-says-lon…

‘It was all just a joke to them,’ E.M. testifies in Hockey Canada trial She described feeling “vulnerable” and “scared” as she was surrounded by players who had golf clubs and were “towering” over her Story w/ ⁦Dan Robson⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/63345…

Thanks to America’s foreign aid, cuts, $100 million worth of food supplies that could feed over 3.5 million people through rations for a month, are mouldering in warehouses around the world & risk becoming unusable. Incredible story by Reuters colleagues reuters.com/world/us-aid-c…