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News Articles: Investigations

A Super Scooper plane drops water on the Palisades fire on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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  • Investigations

'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Nick McMillan and
  • Chiara Eisner
President Biden will leave office with a mixed legacy on Guantánamo. The prison, down to now down to just 15 prisoners, remains open.

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  • Politics

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards'

After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay open, and the 9/11 case unresolved.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Wang Jingyu speaks during an interview in Ukraine on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Wang told reporters that the Chinese government constantly harassed and threatened him. But an NPR investigation linked Wang to an elaborate con involving false claims of Chinese Communist Party repression. Wang insists he is a genuine victim and had no involvement in the scheme.

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  • News

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Investigations

As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'

A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach

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  • News

Dozens of prisoners allege a culture of violence by guards at federal facility in Virginia

At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint — they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Christie Thompson
EasyKnock says its sale-leaseback deals have helped hundreds of people improve their finances. An NPR investigation found some homeowners who enter into these deals lose tens of thousands of dollars and few buy their houses back.

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  • Investigations

Senators launch probe into sale-leaseback company, citing NPR's reporting

EasyKnock, the subject of the probe, announced its sudden closure earlier this month.

December 17, 2024
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By:
  • Caitlin Thompson
Randee Noggle stands in front of her home in Taylor, Mich., on June 30, 2024. She sold the house to the sale-leaseback company EasyKnock, which announced Thursday it's going out of business.

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  • Investigations

A company that turned homeowners into renters abruptly shuts down

EasyKnock, which pioneered 'sale-leaseback' deals for struggling homeowners, abruptly closes its doors

December 07, 2024
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By:
  • Caitlin Thompson
Gaia Ferrency, 17, of Swissvale, Pa., waits to participate in a long-sword tournament as part of Friday Night Fights, hosted by Pittsburgh Sword Fighters, on Oct. 4 at a former Catholic church northeast of Pittsburgh.

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  • Investigations

You can sword-fight at this club. But no politics allowed

At the Pittsburgh Sword Fighters club, members are asked to leave their politics at the door, a rule that has led to closer relationships and more learning from one another.

November 25, 2024
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By:
  • Robert Benincasa
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Texas company, supervisor indicted in fatal 2021 trench collapse

A Bastrop, Texas, man was working in a trench when it collapsed. He died a week later.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Robert Benincasa
President-elect Donald Trump greets supporters on election night. Trump has repeatedly threatened his perceived enemies.

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  • Investigations

Targets of Trump's threats brace for the new administration

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived enemies during his campaign. Now, some of his targets are preparing.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach

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  • Investigations

Are debt collectors calling you about a zombie 2nd mortgage?

Old loans that homeowners thought were long dead have been rising from the grave as debt buyers move to collect. Some are allegedly breaking the law. If this is happening to you, tell us your story.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Natalie Donaldson, an Army veteran, poses for a portrait at her home in Tulsa, Okla. A COVID assistance program that was supposed to help her avoid foreclosure ended up increasing her mortgage payments by 50% every month.

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  • Investigations

It's Veterans Day. The VA says it can't help thousands of vets it left stranded

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help them. A rescue plan being rolled out by the Department of Veterans Affairs is excluding many vets who need help.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Chris Arnold,
  • Quil Lawrence,
  • and 1 more
Jake Lang, center, and other Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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  • Investigations

Jan. 6 defendants celebrate Trump’s win and anticipate pardons

People convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol are celebrating Donald Trump's election win and hoping Trump fulfills his promise to issue pardons to the rioters.

November 09, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach

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  • Investigations

A warden faced discipline over abuse at a prison. Now he runs a prison training site

Investigators said warden Andrew Ciolli should have stopped abuse of prisoners. He faced disciplinary action. Now he's the director of a federal center that teaches others how to run prisons.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Christie Thompson,
  • Beth Schwartzapfel,
  • and 1 more
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Donald Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love.” Here are the facts. 

Donald Trump often misrepresents what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, even referring to convicted rioters as “hostages.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
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