Elizabeth Chuck
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Reporter at @NBCNews Digital. 2022 National Fellow at @USCAnnenberg @ReportingHealth. RTs are not endorsements. Have a tip? Email me: [email protected]
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🧵 1/ In 2019, the Assemblies of God considered a resolution to make it a punishable offense if any minister or affiliated church failed to adopt policies to prevent child sex abuse. Here's a video of a church leader making an impassioned case for the policy:
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Stalked in a nursery. Groped during Bible study. Molested in a church van. @Mike_Hixenbaugh @echuckles found a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. https://t.co/k1oNaJ126M
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NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
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We spoke to dozens of survivors, read thousands of pages of court and police records, identified 200 alleged abusers across decades. Our reporting reveals a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence, & cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination
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NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
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Their son had the best Fourth of July ever swimming on Lake Murray in South Carolina. Two weeks later, he was dead for a brain-eating amoeba. His parents told me their story today.
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Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.
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A renowned hospital's expansion in Florida leaves patients paying unexpected bills Amazing read by @echuckles
https://t.co/b1pqce3HJI via @nbcnews
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Hospitals can charge patients hundreds of dollars in facility fees — even for routine outpatient appointments. Some residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast have had enough.
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What California families saved before wildfires destroyed their homes: Heirlooms, stuffed animals and more An incredibly moving story by two of the very best: Daniel Arkin and @echuckles . Heart wrenching photos by Stella Kalinina. https://t.co/OmtpCYtH54
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From practical items like clothing to sentimental keepsakes like journals, these are the belongings residents grabbed in the few minutes they had to flee.
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Moving read from Daniel Arkin and @echuckles : What California families saved before wildfires destroyed their homes: Heirlooms, stuffed animals and more https://t.co/f2AaLun55k
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From practical items like clothing to sentimental keepsakes like journals, these are the belongings residents grabbed in the few minutes they had to flee.
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EXCLUSIVE: Panera settles with first plaintiff in Charged Lemonade wrongful death suits, days before jury selection was supposed to begin
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The development happened days before a trial was scheduled to begin in the death of a 21-year-old Ivy League student who drank the highly caffeinated beverage.
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One SNAP participant told me that after her benefits were stolen, she felt “sheer panic — just shock and feeling kind of violated.” But she was grateful to get reimbursed. Others may not unless Congress takes action.
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Electronic theft of the funds that low-income families use to buy groceries has proliferated, and most states don’t reinstate stolen benefits when federal dollars aren’t available.
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Thinking of Christine and so many others today. đź’”
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The 2-year-old was on United Airlines Flight 175 with her parents, flying to California for a Disneyland vacation.
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"Sadly, this is another horrific example of how the residential treatment facility model – and the system as a whole – is failing children and in desperate need of reform," Sen. @RonWyden said in a statement after @tylerkingkade and I published this story:
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Alumni and advocates are pushing for more oversight of Elevations Residential Treatment Center, part of the same company as a wilderness camp where a boy died.
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So appreciative to the many people who spoke to us for this story.
NEW @NBCNews: At a facility meant to help troubled teens, former students say they suffered head injuries from restraints; self-harm was rampant; and punishments included restricting them from speaking to anyone for days at a time https://t.co/6PCfvjF3dE w/ @echuckles
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"Today is a joyous day for the safe return of our colleague Evan Gershkovich. We are so grateful for all the voices that were raised when his was silent. My greatest thanks, though, must go to Evan himself." https://t.co/GGKlBJ5MF4 via @WSJ
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Today is a joyous day for Evan’s family, friends and colleagues, who have worried about him and supported him these past 16 months
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URGENT: Federal investigators have tentatively identified the man who shot at former president Donald Trump today in Pennsylvania and he is a male, approximately 20, and from Pennsylvania, according to five senior U.S. law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. W/
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Also read our accompanying story on how to store guns safely -- unloaded and locked up, with ammo separate. Both the gun industry and gun control advocates agree that these practices help protect kids & other at-risk groups. https://t.co/e6g5XE87FN
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Experts warn gun owners against simply stashing their firearms in closets or drawers or under mattresses, since children are naturally inclined to explore.
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NEW: On Valentine’s Day, 3-year-old Skye McBride picked up a loaded revolver left on a bed. She shot herself in the head by accident. She isn't the only one. https://t.co/6DfivW4S8U
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Nearly every day, a child unintentionally fires a gun and injures or kills someone. It's one of the most preventable forms of gun violence — but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to solve.
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The death of a 12-year-old boy at a North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled adolescents has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Monday. https://t.co/yR8MBsQxAZ via @echuckles @tylerkingkade @nbcnews
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The boy, who died after less than 24 hours at Trails Carolina, couldn’t breathe in the tent where he was placed to sleep, according to an autopsy report.
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Starbucks debuts fruity energy drink less than two months after Panera discontinues highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade
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The Iced Energy beverages contain up to 205 milligrams of caffeine, significantly less than the controversial Charged Lemonade had, but still equivalent to about six cans of Coke.
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I’m heartbroken to lose @_SusanCarroll - a brilliant and empathetic editor, a writer who regularly made me catch my breath and above all a kind and generous person. She believed journalism could change the world, and I learned so much from her. https://t.co/lpjV0XYLgj
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We, friends and family, are devastated that Susan Carroll, devoted mom to Olli… Lomi Kriel needs your support for Honoring Susan Carroll's Legacy for Her Sons
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Susy was generous, wise, brilliant, and kind. She cared so deeply, and had so many gifts to share. I was incredibly lucky to have worked with her, and I am devastated that she is gone. Please consider making a donation to help support her boys. https://t.co/qLsVLY6ADD
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We, friends and family, are devastated that Susan Carroll, devoted mom to Olli… Lomi Kriel needs your support for Honoring Susan Carroll's Legacy for Her Sons
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