The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

By Duaa Eldeib. Originally published May 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.

By Raquel Rutledge. Originally published May 5, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former Department of Homeland Security leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”

By Lisa Song, Maya Miller and Melissa Sanchez, with research reporting by Mariam Elba. Originally published May 7, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities.

By Tanya Eiserer and Jason Trahan, WFAA. Co-published with The Texas Tribune and WFAA. Originally published April 27, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.

By Anna Clark. Originally published April 24, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got.

By Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois. Originally published April 16, 2026. Co-published with Capitol News Illinois. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing.

By Doug Bock Clark and Jen Fifield. Originally published April 13, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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Under then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.

By Ken B. Morales and David Armstrong. Originally published March 31, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

By Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg and Gabriel Sandoval. Originally published March 23, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.

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A study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

By Abrahm Lustgarten. Originally published July 25, 2025.

This narration was originally produced by The New York Times for ProPublica.

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