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Rock Hill and Charlotte collaborate on an in-depth look at a South Carolina ‘Scared Straight’ program that many say is child abuse.
Sheriff says ‘Scared Straight’ program helps troubled kids. Experts say it’s child abuse
Story By Tracy Kimball and Ames Alexander | Video By Tracy Kimball and Matt Walsh | The (Rock Hill) Herald and The Charlotte Observer
Sacramento opens a cold case for readers — revisiting the mystery of the so-called “Missing Five.” The bodies of four men who disappeared over 40 years ago were ultimately found, the fifth man was never discovered.
Out in the Cold: Four mentally disabled men died in woods. But what happened to the fifth?
Story By Benjy Egel | Video By Hector Amezcua | The Sacramento Bee
Kansas City looks at the final days of a star Olympic athlete who spiraled downward to suicide amid accusations of abuse — accusations that now may go unchecked.
Spun out of control: The desperate final days of skater John Coughlin
Story By Eric Adler and Rick Montgomery | Video By Rich Sugg and Eric Adler | The Kansas City Star
Raleigh shows how two families are knitted together by tragedy, grief and gratitude.
A young man’s heart binds the lives of a grieving NC mother and an ailing stranger
Story By Andrew Carter | News & Observer
El Nuevo Herald and Miami Herald stay on top of the fast-changing instability in Venezuela and the widespread repercussions.
On the Venezuela border aid push devolves into bloodshed, chaos
Story By Jim Wyss and Antonio Maria Delgado | Video By Pedro Portal | Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
Kansas City goes back to a story it broke last fall — shedding light on new allegations against a university professor.
UMKC says pharmacy professor stole student’s research and sold it for millions
Story By Mike Hendricks and Mará Rose Williams | The Kansas City Star
And Miami follows the money trail of political influence and obfuscation.
‘Who gave it, who got it?’ How political influence in Miami is bought — and concealed
Story By Joey Flechas and Kyra Gurney | Miami Herald
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