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Director of @AP Local Investigative Reporting Program. Frm VP, Investigations, Enterprise, Partnerships, Grants, fmr @NYT, @USMC vet. co-founder @IBWellsSociety
Washington DC • Johannesburg
Joined December 2008
RT @TomBeaumont: The Southern Christian Leadership…, along with King’s family, argued that the FBI illegally surveilled King and other civi….
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father's assassination. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King...
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RT @mikergoldberg: NEW: @MSTODAYnews's ongoing ‘Behind Bars, Beyond Care’ investigation reveals that the same year the state agreed to pay….
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RT @aallyahpatrice: i graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism w/ a minor in communications and theatre from Delta State University. I’m….
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RT @MSTODAYnews: Since 2010, 80,000 more people have moved out of Mississippi than have moved in. Put together, they would make up the seco….
mississippitoday.org
Column: Since 2010, 80,000 more people have moved out of Mississippi than have moved in. Put together, they would make up the second-largest city in the state. This "brain drain" problem is the...
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RT @MSTODAYnews: The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and federal authorities had evidence of serious violence by deputies, years before….
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RT @emmymrtin: New: A state review found Minnesota’s prison labor program let private companies profit off low-cost incarcerated labor — in….
startribune.com
Office of Legislative Auditor found MinnCor did not include costs toward prisoner services such as laundry and recreation in contracts with private companies. In one case, report said $2.4 million...
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RT @oliviacgeorge: Moving into a new role at @washingtonpost, covering the impact of the Trump administration & the federal government on t….
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RT @sophiewdownes: today, Metro presents one of those projects that can accurately be called "monumental." a (very) long-awaited master cla….
nytimes.com
A man’s death after using “Flow” in a small Vermont city exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a New York prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey.
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RT @merrillcollege: Interviewing data and interviewing people are not so different — we swear!. Being data literate is so important today,….
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RT @AmandaSeitz: On Monday, @SecKennedy praised $7-a-pop meals delivered to the homes of sick and elderly Americans. An @AP review found th….
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raved in social media posts on Monday about the $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.
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RT @MarkPuente: Transparency? "County Executive Chris Ronayne’s office has not responded to The Marshall Project - Cleveland’s request for….
clevescene.com
Cuyahoga County officials say no one incarcerated in the jail needed treatment for heat illness. People inside say it was life-threatening.
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RT @washingtonpost: Breaking news: An imposter using AI to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers, a U.S.….
washingtonpost.com
An imposter using AI to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable.
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RT @StorytellerSBM: I found a puppy on the way to work this morning. He was in the middle of a very busy road. Hungry and scared one mome….
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RT @by_jmiller: Some news for y'all: I'm now the News & Politics Editor for the @TexasObserver, leading our coverage of the Lege, elections….
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RT @caryaspinwall: My latest for @marshallproj : Why a Prison Town That Voted for Trump Is Fighting an Immigration Detention Facility.https….
themarshallproject.org
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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RT @MSTODAYnews: After more than 10 months closed due to mold, asbestos and issues with the air conditioning system, Thalia Mara Hall has o….
mississippitoday.org
While Thalia Mara Hall is reopened, the venue still has work to be completed, including reinstalling the fire curtain and installing a second air-conditioning chiller.
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RT @justin_fenton: The previous first half low was 77, in 1977. Even adjusting for the massive population loss since then, this is the lowe….
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