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19-year-old Jorge Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant in Alabama on an H-2B visa, was convicted of murder after a fatal car crash.
He was initially sentenced to the maximum possible punishment, longer than what prosecutors had requested: 99 years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people.
The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #EPA #Environment #Health #Safety #Water #Government
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
One of our most-read investigations of 2025: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#DOGE #SocialSecurity #Government #ElonMusk #USPolitics #Musk #News
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Immigration #Venezuela #Immigrants #Deportation #App
Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.
Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-department-of-education-changing-public-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #School #Teaching #Parents #Family #Children
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
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Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #LasVegas #Environment #Regulation #Musk #Nevada #Vegas
After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.
By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.
https://www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
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When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Immigration #Venezuela #Immigrants #Deportation #App
Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found this year. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decision-making.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Getting ever closer to living the dream!
"Slackbot today is fairly rudimentary. But what we've done is we've actually rebuilt it from the ground up as a personalized AI companion."
https://www.theverge.com/news/797890/slack-slackbot-ai-assistant-upgrade
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.
In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-fluoride-drinking-water-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.
#News #Education #Deafblind #Students #Teaching #School #Trump
In government records that have flown under the radar, President Trump’s EPA said it’s reconsidering whether the agency has the legal authority to update air pollution rules based on new scientific knowledge.
#News #Trump #Environment #Pollution #Government #Regulation #EPA
📢 ++ Israel killed 56 #journalists in 2025, global #press deaths hit record ++
🔹 New IFJ data shows a sharp rise in journalist deaths worldwide, with war zones driving unprecedented risks and growing warnings over impunity and #pressfreedom erosion
#news #media #headlines #journalism
#palestine #mena
Source: IFJ
📰 Report Al Mayadeen JAN-01
Despite falling crime rates, leaders at a nonprofit argued Dallas was descending into anarchy to sell voters on increasing police.
Some residents now fear the push could be used as a playbook for other cities.
https://www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Front page of the Scottish paper The National today
( Full story here: https://www.thenational.scot/news/25536879.nationals-front-page-today-genocide-happened/ )
#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #zionism #palestinianholocaust #gazagenocide #news
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has voted to dissolve after Republicans rescinded $1.1B at President Trump’s behest.
This ends the 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio & television stations. https://apple.news/AXdo2-zPuRCiJSiIVd3DXSg #uspol #news
🌞 Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 28F at Logan Airport and visibility is 6mi.
Doctors warn that low vaccination rates have led to a spike in flu cases in Massachusetts.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California's first congressional district has died, lowering the GOP margin in the US House.
#OnThisDay in 1540, Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
Her Parenting Time Was Restricted After a Positive Drug Test. By Federal Standards, It Would've Been Negative.
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Child welfare systems vary widely in what they count as a positive drug test. One state’s level is so low that Air Force pilots can fly with up to 400 times more opiates in their system.
https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-testing-thresholds-child-welfare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Hospital #Drugs #Testing #Parenting #Family #Children
“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to Towing Law to Protect Drivers
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The recommendations to require more notification to car owners and to streamline the process for selling unclaimed vehicles follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation into towing practices.
The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi have risen to 16, with 3 people still unaccounted for. https://www.thestatesignal.com/death-toll-from-flash-floods-in-indonesias-north-sulawesi-at-16/
#thestatesignal #news #floods #weather #environment #climate #government #internationalnews #localnews #indonesia #flashfloods #sulawesi #breakingnews
Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi forges historic election win