The Covid vaccines, a triumph of science and public health, are estimated to have prevented millions of hospitalizations and deaths. Yet even the best vaccines produce rare but serious side effects. read more
President Joe Biden has bestowed the highest civilian honour in the US on activists, astronauts and Olympians at the White House. read more
US President Joe Biden has called Japan and India "xenophobic", grouping them together with Russia and China as countries that "don't want immigrants". read more
China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first. read more
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed this week that Mark Meadows -- who served as chief of staff in former President Donald Trump's White House -- has been officially served on nine felony charges related to her office's ongoing fake electors investigation. read more
Japan's "Moon Sniper" lander has defied the odds for a third time, surviving yet another long, frigid lunar night despite not being designed to endure such harsh conditions, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. T read more
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks, who was involved in discussions on suppressing negative stories about Trump ahead of the 2016 election, has taken the stand. read more
President Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children access to federally run health insurance, the White House said on Friday, addressing a sensitive issue ahead of the November elections. read more
A criminal investigation into the Archdiocese of New Orleans is based on a suspicion that it may be linked to child sex trafficking, according to allegations presented in a search warrant granted to Louisiana State Police. read more
By Anna Clark and Sarahbeth Maney, Photography by Sarahbeth Maney:
by Anna Clark and Sarahbeth Maney, Photography by Sarahbeth Maney
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your Flint, Michigan, is less than 70 miles from the Great Lakes, the most abundant fresh water on the face of the planet. It's laced with creeks and a broad river that bears its name. Yet in 2014, Flint's drinking water became a threat -- not because of scarcity, or a natural disaster, or even a familiar tale of corporate pollution. Ten years ago this spring, public officials made catastrophic changes in the city's water source and treatment, then used testing practices that hid dangers. read more
Despite bans on militias, Facebook continues to struggle with content moderation. read more
Economist Gabriel Zucman writes a guest opinion piece for the New York Times about billionaires' shrinking tax bill. "In the 1960s, the 400 richest Americans paid more than half of their income in taxes ... Today, the superrich control a greater share of America's wealth than during the Gilded Age of Carnegies and Rockefellers." read more
The audience of about 1,500 people waved small American flags and chanted "USA! USA! USA!" as television cameras began filming last Friday inside a Regent University ballroom. read more
Pet parrots given the choice to video-call each other or watch pre-recorded videos of other birds will flock to the opportunity for live chats, new research shows. read more
The evidence can be found in the data, which shows higher unemployment for workers in business services and a lower one for people who work in manufacturing. read more
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