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In Atlanta, Kids Are Being Kept Out of School Due to Paperwork

The AP delves into the frustrating issue

(Newser) - It's unclear to Tameka how—or even when—her children became unenrolled from Atlanta Public Schools, the AP reports. But it was traumatic when, in fall 2021, they figured out it had happened. After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required...

Complaints Against Mississippi Sheriffs Often Go Nowhere
In Mississippi, Nobody
Is Policing the Sheriffs
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In Mississippi, Nobody Is Policing the Sheriffs

A 'New York Times' investigation finds that abuse allegations are ignored, even with evidence

(Newser) - Sheriffs in Mississippi are elected by the people, but after that, who holds them accountable? While the state is responsible for looking into shootings and deaths if a sheriff or deputy is involved, allegations of brutality lobbed against their departments, including beatings, rape, and retaliation, commonly go nowhere, according to...

Russia's Face of Child Rights Is Accused of War Crimes

Maria Lvova-Belova, Putin accused of moving thousands of Ukrainian kids to Russia, per 'NYT'

(Newser) - Millions of Ukrainians have been killed , injured , or displaced since the war Russia started almost two years ago. Then there are "the most forlorn victims of Russia's invasion," per the New York Times : the Ukrainian children "stolen" from their homeland, taken without their or their family'...

Mark Zuckerberg Is Building a Secret Luxury Bunker

'Wired' looks into the ultra-secure compound he's building on Kauai

(Newser) - Chatter along Kauai's "coconut wireless" rumor mill, an allusion to Facebook, has had its share of intrigue over the mysterious private compound being built there by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Some say it will contain an underground city, while others tag it as a post-apocalyptic bunker. Wired reporter...

41 Years Later, Mom Still Searching for Missing Son

CNN takes a fresh look into Johnny Gosch's cold case

(Newser) - Johnny Gosch was 12 years old when he went missing one morning in 1982. Forty-one years later, his mother is still searching for him. CNN's Thomas Lake reexamines the notorious cold case that later changed how police investigate missing children. And while theories abound, many of the details of...

Our Love of Pizza Is Taking a Toll on US Groundwater

'New York Times' explains how farmers need irrigated crops to feed all those cows; same with chickens

(Newser) - A previous New York Times investigation revealed that America's groundwater is being depleted at a fast rate all around the country. A new story in the Times explains how Americans' love of cheese and chicken is a big reason why. Consider first the broad shift in our diets: The...

Brutal &#39;NYT&#39; Account Reveals Sexual Violence of Hamas
'Like an Assembly Point':
Hamas' Sexual Violence
investigation

'Like an Assembly Point': Hamas' Sexual Violence

'New York Times' investigation reveals graphic details of what unfolded

(Newser) - A two-month investigation by the New York Times has produced the most detailed account yet of how Hamas systematically raped and mutilated women when they raided Israel in October. The graphic account, based on photos, videos, GPS data, and interviews with more than 150 people, is difficult to read. It...

This 'Pig Butchering' Scam Has Victims on Both Sides

Modern-day slaves are forced to try to scam unsuspecting Americans

(Newser) - It has a memorable name—and a devastating impact. CNN takes a deep dive into the rise of a "pig butchering" scam involving cryptocurrency, modern-day slaves, and duped Americans. It spent six months speaking with victims, investigators, and, yes, some scammers to pull the veil back on a scheme...

CIA Has a Problem: Few Spies in China
CIA Has
a China
Problem:
Few Spies
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CIA Has a China Problem: Few Spies

'Wall Street Journal' reports US has little covert knowledge of what's happening in Beijing

(Newser) - A little more than a decade ago, right around the time current Chinese leader Xi Jinping was rising to power, China obliterated America's spying network within the country. About two dozen Chinese agents—many of them recruited when China was weaker and beset by corruption—were rounded up and...

Alarming Issue at Homes for Seniors: Fatal Wanderings

'Washington Post' counts near 100 deaths at assisted-living facilities

(Newser) - Living in an assisted-living facility isn't cheap, running an average of $6,000 a month, but families are willing to pay that to ensure their loved ones are well cared for and safe. That safety part is now under scrutiny, however, after a Washington Post investigation that has found...

Hidden Inside Melrose Place, a Subversive Art Show

Slate recounts how more than 100 props on the '90s show carried political and social messages

(Newser) - A clandestine group inserting subliminal messaging into media to further their agenda might seem like a plotline right out of the '90s soap Melrose Place. As far-fetched as it seems, Slate reporter Isaac Butler tells the story of "In the Name of the Place," an avantgarde project...

Infant Tongue-Cutting Is on the Rise. Should It Be?

The Times investigates surging business of tongue-tie release surgery

(Newser) - A surgical procedure for infants known as "tongue-tie release" is on the rise, though an in-depth story by the New York Times suggests it shouldn't be. The condition occurs when a band of tissue connects the tip of the tongue to the bottom of the mouth. Detaching the...

Their 'Last Love' Was Like Nothing Their Rest Home Had Ever Seen

The 'Guardian' delves into a rest home romance

(Newser) - Mary Turrell had been living at England's Easterlea Rest Home for a year or two when Derek Brown arrived; one day, he sat down next to her during a concert at the home and started singing along. When she turned to look at him, he winked, and it wasn'...

Children Are Working on Our Roofs—and Falling From Them

The 'New York Times' speaks with migrant children who work as roofers

(Newser) - In the US, you have to be 18 to work as a roofer due to the inherent danger of the job. But as the New York Times reports in a grim investigation, a growing population of children are ending up on our roofs anyway, in some cases without safety gear...

She Said She Was Homeschooling Kids. The Truth Was Awful

'Washington Post' digs into the murder of 11-year-old Roman Lopez

(Newser) - Eleven-year-old Roman Lopez disappeared in January 2020, and detectives who came to his family's Placerville, California, home after he was reported missing ultimately found him curled up in a 55-gallon storage bin, his 42-pound body dressed only in a diaper, a trickle of blood coming from his nose. It...

Inside the Terror of Skiing the World's Longest Downhill Race

What it's like barreling down the 10K-foot Schilthorn

(Newser) - "Abject terror" isn't a phrase you'd readily associate with sports, but Sierra Shafer's use of it becomes increasingly understandable as you make way through her piece for Outside . In it, she recounts her first go at skiing the Mürren Inferno—the world's oldest, longest,...

Stick Shifts May Be Safer for Unexpected Reason
Stick Shifts
May Be Safer
for Unexpected
Reason
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Stick Shifts May Be Safer for Unexpected Reason

People can't fiddle with their phones as much

(Newser) - It's already been established that the number of pedestrians fatally struck by vehicles is on the rise in the US. In fact, the number began ticking upward about 15 years ago, reversing a decades-long trend, reports the New York Times . But the newspaper's deep dive into the subject...

With Police Body Cameras, One Fundamental Problem
With Police Body Cameras,
One Fundamental Problem
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With Police Body Cameras, One Fundamental Problem

Departments have wide latitude to refuse to release footage, investigation reveals

(Newser) - Police body cameras were supposed to change everything. But a decade after they became commonplace in departments across the US, one big problem has emerged, according to an investigation by ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine . Simply put, police departments routinely refuse to release the footage, despite pledges of...

He Became Obsessed as a Boy at Fleeing North Korea

BBC shares gripping story of man who dreamed for years of escaping to the South, then finally did it

(Newser) - When a defector fled from North Korea earlier this year with his family, it was the fulfillment of a scheme he'd been planning for seven months. Now, the BBC has the story of what it describes as a "seemingly impossible escape," with as many dangerous obstacles as...

Morgue Scandal Driven by Macabre 'Oddity' Collectors

'Rolling Stone' looks into the black market for body parts revealed in Harvard Medical School arrests

(Newser) - In July 2022, Sarah Pauley defied her estranged husband's orders and started poking through items on his side of the basement. What she discovered was straight out of a horror film: alleged human remains. But as Rolling Stone explains, nobody is accusing Jeremy Pauley of being a killer. Instead,...

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