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Insurance Schemer Cops a Plea
by Jake Bernstein In a trial closely watched by the insurance industry, Rhode Island attorney Joseph Caramadre and his former employee Raymour Radhakrishnan pleaded guilty today to charges that they...
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Why Is Arizona Still Counting Votes?
by Suevon LeeIt’s been two weeks since Election Day, but it’s not all over in Arizona. Thousands of early and provisional ballots remain uncounted. These votes aren’t actually expected to impact any...
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Why the U.S. Won’t Allow a Dying Iranian Sociologist to Join His Family
by Cora Currier Dr. Rahmatollah Sedigh Sarvestani is dying. The Iranian sociologist, recently retired from a long teaching career at the University of Tehran, suffers from prostate cancer and a pelvic...
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Homeland Security Has Spent $430 Million on Radios Its Employees Don’t Know...
by Theodoric MeyerGetting the agencies responsible for national security to communicate better was one of the main reasons the Department of Homeland Security was created after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
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Flight Records Say Russia Sent Syria Tons of Cash
by Dafna Linzer , Michael Grabell and Jeff LarsonThis past summer, as the Syrian economy began to unravel and the military pressed hard against an armed rebellion, a Syrian government plane ferried...
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Have U.S. Drones Become a ‘Counterinsurgency Air Force’ for Our Allies?
by Justin ElliottOn Sunday the New York Times reported that the Obama administration, prompted by the possibility of losing the election, has been developing a “formal rule book” to govern the use of...
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Dead On the Operating Table: A Q&A with journalist Mina Kimes
by Marshall AllenWhen the multibillion dollar medical device maker Synthes enticed doctors to use its bone cement on people’s spines, patients died on the operating table. The company’s actions led to...
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Syria Claims Turkey Committed ‘Air Piracy,’ New Documents Say
by Mark Schoofs and Jeff LarsonDocuments posted online Monday by hackers associated with the online group Anonymous appear to give new details on a Syrian passenger flight from Moscow to Damascus that...
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EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP’s U.S. Operations
by Abrahm LustgartenUpdate (Nov. 28): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today it was temporarily debarring BP, suspending the company from receiving new contracts with the federal...
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Live Discussion: What Do EPA Sanctions Mean for BP’s Future?
by Blair HickmanThe Environmental Protection Agency temporarily banned oil giant BP from receiving new government contracts Wednesday, citing a “lack of business integrity” over the 2010 Deepwater...
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Latest Sanction Against BP Goes Beyond Gulf Spill
by Abrahm LustgartenWhen the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater...
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Everything We Know (So Far) About Obama’s Big Data Tactics
by Lois BeckettThis post is being kept up-to-date. It was first published on Nov. 13.For the past nine months, we’ve been following how political campaigns use data about voters to target them in...
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To Retrieve Attack Helicopters from Russia, Syria Asks Iraq for Help,...
by Michael Grabell, Dafna Linzer, and Jeff LarsonIn late October, Syria asked Iraqi authorities to grant air access for a cargo plane transporting refurbished attack helicopters from Russia, according...
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Meet the Think Tankers Advising the U.S. Military in Kabul
by Justin ElliottAmid the media frenzy over former CIA director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair, we were struck by a quick reference in a Washington Post story about Petraeus’ time running the war...
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How Cellphone Companies Have Resisted Rules for Disasters
by Cora Currier In a natural disaster or other emergency, one of the first things you're likely to reach for is your cellphone. Landlines are disappearing. More than 30 percent of American households...
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Lost War Records: Watch The Congressional Hearing
By Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublicaA congressional subcommittee today plans to take up the topic of missing war records from Iraq and Afghanistan, the subject of a ProPublica-Seattle Times...
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Snooping On the X-ray Tech: A Patient’s Dilemma
by Marshall AllenI found myself in the hospital recently, watching my 11-year-old son get an X-ray for an arm he broke after a fall from his skateboard. As the technician positioned his arm on a table...
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No Warrant, No Problem: How The Government Can Still Get Your Digital Data
by Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass
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Iraq Blocks Syria’s Request to Fetch Combat Helicopters from Russia
by Michael Grabell, Dafna Linzer and Jeff Larson, ProPublica Iraq has shut its airspace to four Syrian flights scheduled to pick up attack helicopters that had been repaired in Russia, the spokesman to...
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