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“They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.
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Featured Stories
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Más del 50% de los hogares del este de Omaha tiene niveles inseguros de plomo. No significa que la EPA los limpiará.
La EPA no ha reevaluado sus directrices de limpieza residencial en el Superfund de Omaha, Nebraska, en 17 años, aunque las investigaciones muestran que hasta pequeñas cantidades de plomo pueden causar pérdida de CI en niños e infartos en adultos.
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More Than Half the Homes in East Omaha Have Unsafe Lead Levels. That Doesn’t Mean the EPA Will Clean Them Up.
The EPA hasn’t reevaluated its cleanup guidelines for homes in a residential Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, in 17 years, despite research showing that even small amounts of lead can cause IQ loss in children and heart attacks in adults.
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
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La contaminación por plomo sigue siendo un problema en Omaha. ¿Por qué la ciudad limpia unos patios y otros no?
Después de que nuestras pruebas mostraron que muchos patios limpiados aún contienen plomo tóxico, la respuesta de la ciudad a los residentes ha sido inconsistente. Algunos recibieron más pruebas y limpieza, pero a otros se les negó.
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