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- Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them.
By Jennifer Berry Hawes and Jennifer Smith Richards. Originally published Sept. 11, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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22 min - The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.
By William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg. Originally published Sept. 22, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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44 min - Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
By Audrey Dutton. Co-published with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Originally published Aug. 25, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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26 min - Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire.
By Jesse Coburn. Originally published Aug. 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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35 min - This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?
Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.
By Molly Hensley-Clancy. Co-published with The Washington Post. Originally published Aug. 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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41 min - On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News. Co-published with Anchorage Daily News. Originally published July 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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15 min - This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
By Kali Bomeli. Originally published July 28, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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19 min - My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?
By Max Blau. Originally published July 21, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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6 min - A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athletes have had devastating experiences.
By Molly Hensley-Clancy. Co-published with The Washington Post. Originally published Aug. 13, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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45 min - Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community
After a company erected a concrete plant in a quiet neighborhood with the aid of the city, residents began battling clouds of dust and other problems. They say local and state officials have been little help.
By Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit. Co-published with BridgeDetroit. Originally published July 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.
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