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‘How is this legal?’

by Byard Duncan March 8, 2021June 30, 2021

When looking for event tickets, fans must navigate bots, misleading websites and speculative ticket sales – often without realizing it.

The unpaid cost of elder care

by Al Letson, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Jennifer Gollan, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs March 6, 2021July 1, 2021

An investigation of wage theft, harassment and intimidation in the care-home industry.

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An American murder in Istanbul: Justice for Halla

by Al Letson, Brett Simpson, Aaron Glantz, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Taki Telonidis and Chris Harland-Dunaway February 20, 2021July 1, 2021

An American journalist and her mom are found murdered in Istanbul. Friends and family say the police did not solve the crime.

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Since California speaker rose to power, corporate donations flowed to nonprofits tied to his wife

by Lance Williams and Hannah Wiley February 19, 2021June 30, 2021

Since 2016, nonprofits associated with Anthony Rendon’s wife have received more than $500,000 from companies with business before the Legislature.

The ticket trap

by Byard Duncan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Yoohyun Jung, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs and Amy Mostafa February 6, 2021July 1, 2021

Sports, theater and concert fans are itching for events to start happening again. So are clever ticket sellers who cash in on unsuspecting customers.

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A transfer of power

by Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Najib Aminy, Elizabeth Shogren, Al Letson, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Jonathan Jones, Anjali Kamat, Amy Mostafa and Chris Jones January 23, 2021July 1, 2021

As the nation swears in President Joe Biden, we look at the long shadow cast by the forces that brought Donald Trump to power.

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Turkish authorities rebuff UN inquiry into murder of Syrian-American journalist

by Pete Madden January 14, 2021June 30, 2021

Turkish investigators blame a family dispute for the deaths of Halla Barakat and her mother. The U.N. sought to probe a possible political motive.

Accountability, Census

Census workers raise concerns about data quality, with bureau leaning on records rather than in-person counts

by David Rodriguez and Byard Duncan January 12, 2021June 30, 2021

They describe closing cases after only one unsuccessful door knock and using proxy sources such as leases to tally household occupants.

Democracy under siege

by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Brett Simpson, Anjali Kamat, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Michael Montgomery, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis and Amy Mostafa January 9, 2021July 1, 2021

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. How did we get here?

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Take no prisoners

by Chris Harland-Dunaway, Brett Myers, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson, Najib Aminy and Mwende Hinojosa January 2, 2021July 1, 2021

During WWII, top military commanders hoped to conceal an American war crime. This is the story of an incident nearly lost to history.

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