Lyme-infected dogs: 95 percent never develop symptoms; no such luck for Dani
One morning last July, Brookline resident Neal Heffron found Dani, his 18-month-old Australian Shepherd with a sleek coat and unbridled energy, collapsed in her bed. She had been vomiting, suffered a...
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After financial push, FDA approves potentially dangerous diet drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has approved five new diet drugs in the past three years despite serious side effects like suicidal thoughts, increased heart rate, and cancer risk, according to a...
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Black bike riders disproportionately ticketed in Tampa
Eight out of 10 bicyclists who are ticketed in Tampa are black, according to a Tampa Bay Times review of thousands of tickets in the past dozen years. While black residents make up about a quarter of...
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Air from border’s traffic congestion affecting human airways
Some of the United State’s most dangerous air blows around the US-Mexico border, sending children to the doctor for asthma at twice the state of California average. According to a study and...
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Troy Shaheen joins NECIR as Audience Engagement Director
PutneyTroy in Silencio, Costa Rica Troy Shaheen, the former Online Marketing and Program Director for Putney Student Travel in Putney, Vermont is joining the New England Center for Investigative...
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No independent review of Newtown shooting response means no recommendations made
After-action reports are standard practice in examining the response of law enforcement and first responders after a mass shooting. Such an independent third-party review has not been filed for the...
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Maine convictions relied on potentially “overstated” FBI evidence
The homicide convictions of at least five Maine men are being questioned after a massive review found that an FBI forensic lab “overstated evidence” in cases across the country, the Portland Press...
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System fails mentally ill in Rhode Island, Journal reports
Rhode Island’s “underfunded and fragmented” mental health system fails thousands of its residents, reports the Providence Journal, including one respected art teacher, Katie, whose life unraveled...
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Freddie Gray not the first case of injury in Baltimore police van
As protesting continues on the streets of Baltimore over Freddie Gray’s death caused by a spinal injury in police custody, questions are being raised about the fate of other arrestees who enter...
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Those who pay up are “good neighbors” to Arizona State University
Arizona State University accepts thousands of dollars from owners of off-campus residences that benefit from the schools endorsement, even though some such complexes are the sites of alcohol-related...
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Despite awareness, children still dying of cord strangulation
Over 330 children have died of strangulation from window blind cords in the past 30 years, and they continue to die at a rate of about one a month, according to a report by Fair Warning. From the...
View ArticleNECIR wins best in business award from the Society of American Business...
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting took home first prize in the competitive health-care category from the Society of American Business Writers and Editors, the Society announced at...
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Award-winning reporter Brooke Williams joins NECIR
Award-winning reporter Brooke Williams, an investigative journalist specializing in data-driven reporting and storytelling to hold the powerful accountable, is joining the New England Center for...
View ArticleNew rules for ‘oil trains’ fall short of recommendations
The Department of Transportation announced today a long-awaited set of new regulations for trains carrying petroleum crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids in the United States. But the...
View ArticleNECIR to host Watchdog Reporting Workshop on May 21
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting will host a Watchdog Reporting Workshop on Thursday, May 21 at Boston University. Training at the one-day workshop will include instruction and tools...
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Had a genetic test? We’re looking for sources.
Have you or a family member had genetic testing for the purpose of determining what medications would be most effective in treating mental illness? Would you be interested in speaking with a...
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Self-proclaimed dog rescuer tortured dogs, left other animals to die
Police and Humane Society workers found 305 violations of Vermont’s animal cruelty laws in the home of an Eden, VT. woman who called herself a dog rescuer. Carol Merchant kept 94 animals in squalid...
View ArticleAmerica’s migrant extortion market targets those least likely to report it
Desperate to escape violence and unrest in their home countries, many Central American families choose to take a perilous route through Mexico into the United States. The New Yorker investigates how...
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Tax bills for foreclosed homes still going to old owners
Some Milwaukee residents who have long since left their foreclosed homes are still on the hook for delinquent taxes, fines, and fees related to properties they no longer own, because buyers of those...
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Police departments are “whiter” than the communities they serve
According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, racial makeup of police departments in many of America’s largest cities still do not line up with the communities they serve, despite some efforts to...
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