Suicide at the Battleboro retreat raises questions
Samantha Siano was last seen on Sept. 2. Two days later, her body, which had begun to decompose, was found in a residence hall bathroom at the Brattleboro Retreat, the state’s largest psychiatric...
View ArticleSouthboro Police Dept.’s old drug evidence still hasn’t been destroyed
The Police Department still sits on more than 700 drug evidence items seized since the early 1990s, despite a town request this summer to destroy nearly half the stockpile — a delay due in part to the...
View ArticleNational reviews of centers rare in mental health
Pennsylvania health officials in 2011 temporarily stopped a mental health center from admitting children or teens after they found poor conditions, excessive use of physical restraints, and too few...
View ArticleSecret Providence grant program gives thousands with no oversight
If you need a $1,000 grant from the city of Providence, all you have to do is ask, according to City Council President Michael Solomon. In fact, it’s the only way. The availability of these city grants...
View ArticleAttorney says Spirit of Knowledge was caught in fraud scheme
The small charter school that collapsed last week amid a cascade of financial and organizational problems had long struggled with a deadly hole in its budget. Three years ago, the Spirit of Knowledge...
View ArticleReport: VA Grants Few Disability Claims For Sexual Trauma
Veterans’ advocacy groups Thursday accused the Veterans Administration of discriminating against military sexual assault victims seeking benefits for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, saying they receive...
View ArticleNew NECIR-WGBH Reporter Joins Our Team
We’re happy to announce that beginning this Monday, November 18th, Rupa Shenoy will be joining NECIR and WGBH News. She will be the first Investigative reporter hired as the result of the new...
View ArticleA gilded goodbye for many private college leaders
When Brandeis University president Jehuda Reinharz stepped down three years ago, he moved back into his old faculty office. But unlike most history professors, Reinharz does not teach any classes,...
View ArticleLong ER Waits: Half Of CT Hospitals Over National Average Of 28 Minutes
In more than half of Connecticut’s emergency rooms, the waiting time to see a health-care provider exceeds the national average of 28 minutes – a problem that experts say could get worse, as thousands...
View ArticleFormer University President Evan Dobelle wants taxpayers to pick up his legal...
To date, his attorney Ross Garber has submitted two invoices, totaling $99,000. Garber began representing Dobelle after Team 5 Investigates first exposed his questionable spending in August. Dobelle’s...
View ArticleIn their shoes: Stories of Maine’s homeless
Homelessness feels like a type of purgatory. Even though you might be surrounded by people, you feel isolated, anxious. There’s no place to claim your own, to rest. Click here to read the full story
View ArticleCampaign donations used for pricey perks
When supporters give money to state legislative candidates, they might expect the cash to be spent on campaign basics such as mailings, bumper stickers and voter databases. But hundreds of thousands...
View ArticleConnecticut Democrats find generous donors among those doing business with state
Their game plan is secret, but the results are public: Solicitors for the Connecticut Democratic Party found generous donors among the ranks of state contractors in October, collecting $78,000 from...
View ArticleMass. teachers who lied about credentials, crimes still taught
Team 5 Investigates found teachers all over Massachusetts who lied about their credentials and criminal history, slipping through the system that’s supposed to be protecting children. Team 5...
View ArticleTeam 5 Investigates: Teacher sexual misconduct
Team 5′s review of state records in the last three years found 72 percent of the teachers whose licenses were revoked by the state were due to some type of sexual misconduct. Of those cases, 25 percent...
View ArticleAbuse, sexual harassment alleged at center for disabled
As far as job interviews go, the one Lyniesha Flavius had to become a direct care worker for the disabled struck her as odd, to say the least. “She told me that I have a 5 minute window to (expletive)...
View ArticleCollege officials to get Christmas raises … but amounts will be kept secret
Dozens of administrators and top officials at the Board of Regents for Higher Education will get raises in their Dec. 27 paychecks, but how much of a raise they receive will be a secret. The 279...
View ArticleBoston reviewing hundreds of health, safety inspections
Team 5 Investigates has uncovered a big problem with Boston’s health and safety inspections. Inspectors are supposed to keep you safe, but what Team 5′s Kathy Curran discovered about one inspector and...
View ArticleI-Team: Alleged priest victim calls for more transparency
An alleged victim of clergy sexual abuse is calling for more transparency from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence after an NBC 10 investigation. The NBC 10 I-Team uncovered dozens of letters...
View ArticleQuestions trail state gambling commissioner
After Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn toured the former industrial site in Everett where he was thinking of building a casino in November 2012, state gambling commission chairman Stephen Crosby...
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