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Beyond Flint: Excessive lead levels found in almost 2,000 water systems across all 50 states
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Beyond Flint: Excessive lead levels found in almost 2,000 water systems across all 50 statesTests for cities, rural subdivisions and even schools and day cares serving water to 6 million people have found excessive and harmful levels of lead. - News
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Broken discipline tracking systems let teachers flee troubled pasts
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Broken discipline tracking systems let teachers flee troubled pastsA fragmented system for checking the backgrounds of teachers leaves students at risk. - News
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Panama Papers: 1,000 secret Nevada firms, 2 overseas addresses
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Panama Papers: 1,000 secret Nevada firms, 2 overseas addressesTo many observers, the Panama Papers leak has cast the United States — especially states like Nevada and Wyoming — in an uncomfortable role: an offshore haven of corporate secrecy for business operations across the globe. - News
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Tens of thousands of rape kits go untested across USA
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Tens of thousands of rape kits go untested across USAExclusive nationwide count by USA TODAY reveals abandoned rape evidence - College
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Can college athletics continue to spend like this?
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Can college athletics continue to spend like this?“It’s an unstable situation," says economist Andrew Zimbalist. - Environment
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Pumped beyond limits, many U.S. aquifers in decline
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Pumped beyond limits, many U.S. aquifers in declineNationwide analysis shows depletion of groundwater widespread and worsening - News
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U.S. Marshals secretly tracked 6,000 cellphones
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U.S. Marshals secretly tracked 6,000 cellphonesAgency inadvertently identified itself as most prolific known user of tracking devices - News
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Inside America's secretive biolabs
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Inside America's secretive biolabsInvestigation reveals hundreds of accidents, safety violations and near misses put people at risk - News
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911's deadly flaw: Lack of location data
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911's deadly flaw: Lack of location dataA technology shortfall can lead to tragic results, a national investigation shows. - News
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High-speed police chases have killed thousands of innocent bystanders
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High-speed police chases have killed thousands of innocent bystandersVictims include small children, teenage drivers and the elderly. - News
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Behind the bloodshed: The Untold Story of America's Mass Killings
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Behind the bloodshed: The Untold Story of America's Mass KillingsUSA TODAY used FBI data and local police records and media reports to explore mass killings - Movies
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No A's for effort on H'wood's diversity report card
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No A's for effort on H'wood's diversity report cardIn USA TODAY's analysis of 2016 films, only four movie studios score better than a C. - Nation
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Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSA
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Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSAAn increasing number of police agencies across the USA are snatching your cellphone data, whether you're a suspect or not. - Elections 2016
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PAC donations from elderly donors draw scrutiny
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PAC donations from elderly donors draw scrutinyDonations to a big-spending PAC put spotlight on a Virginia treasurer. - News
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Police diversity lags in many cities
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Police diversity lags in many citiesMinority officers are concentrated in a few metropolises, but gaps persist in many cities.
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Hidden defects linked to small-aircraft crashes over five decades
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Hidden defects linked to small-aircraft crashes over five decadesUSA TODAY's three-part series exposes cover-ups and regulatory shortfalls - News
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USA TODAY: Fugitives Next Door - Thousands cross state lines to freedom
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USA TODAY: Fugitives Next Door - Thousands cross state lines to freedomMore than 186,000 wanted felons can escape justice merely by crossing a state border - Nation
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Look out below: Danger lurks underground from aging gas pipes
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Look out below: Danger lurks underground from aging gas pipesEven small cracks or accidents can trigger a destructive explosion. - News
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Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'
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Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'Physical and cyberattacks concern security experts. - Washington
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These 10 Members of Congress missed hundreds of House votes
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These 10 Members of Congress missed hundreds of House votesSen. Rubio has been attacked for absences from Washington, but he is hardly alone - News
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Low vaccination rates at schools put students at risk
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Low vaccination rates at schools put students at riskNearly 1 in 7 public and private schools have measles vaccination rates below 90%. - News
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Police used apparently illegal wiretaps to make hundreds of arrests
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Police used apparently illegal wiretaps to make hundreds of arrestsQuestionable surveillance led to arrests and seizures across the United States. - Nation
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Tarmac trouble: U.S. runway close calls soar
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Tarmac trouble: U.S. runway close calls soarNearly once a day, a commercial airplane encounters a collision hazard at a U.S. airport, when another aircraft, a vehicle or a person is on an active runway, according to a USA TODAY review of federal data. - News
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Police secretly track cellphones to solve routine crimes
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Police secretly track cellphones to solve routine crimesPolice in Baltimore have quietly turned secret cellphone tracking into routine policing. - News
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Police, firefighter survivors wait years for death benefit
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Police, firefighter survivors wait years for death benefitAs of August, 750 families caught waiting for decisions on federal "hero" death payments - Elections 2016
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For candidates, flying private is the norm
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For candidates, flying private is the normBarnstorming the country by 2016 presidential candidates is much easier when you’re not waiting in long lines — checking bags or delayed — so nearly every candidate has turned to private, chartered jets. - News
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Old lead factories poisoned hundreds of neighborhoods
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Old lead factories poisoned hundreds of neighborhoodsThis project revealed the health threats to kids posed by hundreds of former lead smelters - Nation
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The number of airplane near collisions may shock you
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The number of airplane near collisions may shock youUSA TODAY looks at federal data on near collisions at airports and finds that incidents involving commercial flights happen much more often that you think. - Nation
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U.S. lawmakers got suspect Turkish campaign cash
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U.S. lawmakers got suspect Turkish campaign cashA Turkish religious movement accused of illegally financing congressional travel abroad may have also provided hundreds of thousands of dollars of improper campaign donations. - News
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Debate sites invest time and money for political spotlight
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Debate sites invest time and money for political spotlightUniversities hope to cash in on media spotlight, but the payoff can be overstated
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Forest Service discrimination prompts tracking of stops
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Forest Service discrimination prompts tracking of stopsEmbarrassing case of discrimination in 'Twilight' town prompts new forest service tracking policy - News
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911's deadly flaw: what our local investigations found
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911's deadly flaw: what our local investigations found911's deadly flaw: what our local investigations found - News
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Records: Energy Department struck by cyber attacks
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Records: Energy Department struck by cyber attacksCyber attackers compromised Department of Energy computer security more than 150 times between 2010 and 2014, according to federal records reviewed by USA TODAY. - College
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College athletics finance report: Non-Power 5 schools face huge money pressure
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College athletics finance report: Non-Power 5 schools face huge money pressureDivision I schools' revenue-and-spending reports show disparities that could keep growing. - Nation
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Racial gap in U.S. arrest rates: 'Staggering disparity'
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Racial gap in U.S. arrest rates: 'Staggering disparity'Nearly 1,600 places had arrest rates more lopsided than Ferguson, Mo. - Nation Now
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Chasing the heroin resurgence
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Chasing the heroin resurgenceThe resurgence of the deadly drug has sparked a flurry of action from governors' mansions and statehouses across New England and the Midwest to small-town police stations from northern Kentucky to Wisconsin. - News
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Makers of dietary supplements have criminal pasts
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Makers of dietary supplements have criminal pastsAlmost anything goes in the $30 billion industry for makers of risky pills and powders - Washington
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Pride and patronage
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Pride and patronageHow members of Congress use a little-known power to shape the military and help their constituents - News
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FBI ran website sharing thousands of child porn images
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FBI ran website sharing thousands of child porn imagesFederal agents kept the site online for two weeks to catch its users - Nation Now
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Heroin's hidden journey
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Heroin's hidden journeyNearly all heroin fueling a U.S. resurgence enters over the 1,933-mile Mexico border. - News
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DEA agents kept jobs despite serious misconduct
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DEA agents kept jobs despite serious misconductDEA agents kept their jobs after investigations into fabricating records, distributing drugs. - News
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New police radars can 'see' inside homes
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New police radars can 'see' inside homesAt least 50 agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes. - Nation
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For a million fugitives, freedom starts at county line
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For a million fugitives, freedom starts at county lineSuspects in crimes large and small can escape justice without going very far. - News
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Sanctioned biolabs' names still kept secret despite White House memo
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Sanctioned biolabs' names still kept secret despite White House memoDespite a White House call for transparency, regulators keep sanctioned biolabs' names secret. - News
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ATF uses fake drugs, big bucks to snare suspects
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ATF uses fake drugs, big bucks to snare suspectsFeds have locked up 1,000 people by enticing them to rob drug stash houses that don't exist
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Nursing homes cited 1,000 times for medication errors
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Nursing homes cited 1,000 times for medication errorsA KVUE Defenders investigation uncovers an increase in Texas nursing home residents harmed by medication errors. - Crime & Courts
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Iowa ranks 20th in accidental shootings involving children
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Iowa ranks 20th in accidental shootings involving childrenIowa law doesn't require gun owners to secure a weapon unless there is reason to believe a child younger than 14 could access it. - Politics
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More background checks for teachers, school workers?
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More background checks for teachers, school workers?Indiana investigates changes in wake of sexual misconduct cases, F rating on national scorecard - Investigations
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'Sue him just for fun!' Trump threatens lawsuits, rarely files
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'Sue him just for fun!' Trump threatens lawsuits, rarely filesDonald Trump routinely threatens people with lawsuits, but rarely follows through. - Local
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NC teacher screening bill passes Senate
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NC teacher screening bill passes SenateThe legislation would require prospective NC teachers undergo fingerprint checks. - Local
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NC teacher screening bill passes Senate
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NC teacher screening bill passes SenateThe legislation would require prospective NC teachers undergo fingerprint checks. - Presidential Election
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Exclusive: More than 100 lawsuits, disputes, tied to Trump and his companies
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Exclusive: More than 100 lawsuits, disputes, tied to Trump and his companiesGOP presidential candidate's companies at odds with local governments over taxes for decades - Presidential Election
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Exclusive: More than 100 lawsuits, disputes, tied to Trump and his companies
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Exclusive: More than 100 lawsuits, disputes, tied to Trump and his companiesGOP presidential candidate's companies at odds with local governments over taxes for decades - Crime
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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to groping student
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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to groping studentFormer Bloomfield High School teacher Benjamin Griffith pleaded guilty Monday to groping a 17-year-old student. - Crime
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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to groping student
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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to groping studentFormer Bloomfield High School teacher Benjamin Griffith pleaded guilty Monday to groping a 17-year-old student. - Education
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Blackburn bill calls for more teacher background checks
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Blackburn bill calls for more teacher background checksEvery teacher would receive a criminal background check before hiring, under a proposal by U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn. - News
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USA TODAY NETWORK biolabs investigation wins national journalism prize
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USA TODAY NETWORK biolabs investigation wins national journalism prizeUSA TODAY NETWORK’s investigation into secretive biodefense labs won the Scripps Howard Award for Public Service. - Nation
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How troubled teachers cheat the system
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How troubled teachers cheat the systemA USA TODAY and TEGNA Media investigation examines how teachers with checkered pasts are able to start fresh by crossing state lines. - Nation
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How troubled teachers cheat the system
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How troubled teachers cheat the systemA USA TODAY and TEGNA Media investigation examines how teachers with checkered pasts are able to start fresh by crossing state lines.
