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Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on training, reports the US investigative newsroom ProPublica.

States in the US have passed hundreds of laws to protect people from wrongful insurance denials. Yet, details US investigative newsroom ProPublica, from emergency services to fertility preservation insurers still say no.

The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions, reports ProPublica's Duaa Eldeib.

The impact of junk science in criminal cases is well known, but family courts have allowed a disputed psychological theory to persist with little scrutiny, reports ProPublica's Hannah Dreyfus.

Ryan Busse once worked for a major gun-maker. He now warns about the danger of growing radicalization in the industry. Here he speaks to ProPublica.

A Florida pharmacist serves as an expert witness on behalf of states defending lethal injection protocols, often speaking about a drug that he has no authority to prescribe. His testimony has helped pave the way for executions across the country, reveals ProPublica.

In an interview with ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella, journalist Sam Cooper describes how he unearthed scandals that have shaken the Canadian political system.

After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana, many residents didn’t receive enough money from the state to rebuild. Nearly half made the difficult decision to start over somewhere else. ProPublica reports in partnership with The Times-Picayune | The Advocate and WWL-TV.

For decades, the US government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish. So, ProPublica, in partnership with Oregan Public Broadcasting, did, and what they found in the Columbia River Basin is alarming for native American tribes.

Former intelligence officer and data scientist Welton Chang explains how conspiracy theorists and violent racists fled to smaller platforms. Once there, their remarks festered and spread he explains in this Q&A with A.C. Thompson from US online newsroom ProPublica.