An employee examines a vanadium flow battery stack in the Battery Reliability Test Laboratory at PNNL. Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory hide caption
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Brianne Chapman protests outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday, during the sentencing hearing for Julian Khater and George Tanios. Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on Jan. 6, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
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Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy announced his retirement on Wednesday. The company says the move was not prompted by recent scandals. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Attorney Alexandra Benevento, center, speaks with reporters during a news conference announcing a cheerleader abuse lawsuit filed in Tennessee on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. Adrian Sainz/AP hide caption
Thursday
Wilbert Lee Evans (left) and Alton Waye were executed in 1990 and 1989. NPR obtained tapes that recorded their deaths. You can hear them below. Library of Virginia hide caption
NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden
"No one understands it," says Sylvia Cunningham of how she and her husband, Brandon, holding Braxton, 2, got three of their children returned from foster care, including daughter Jordan, 17 (at left), but a court allowed one son to be placed for adoption because the Cunninghams had failed to pay part of the bill for foster care. Phyllis B. Dooney for NPR hide caption
In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever
Monday
Romanian officials are backdropped by a luxury vehicle that was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate on Saturday. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption
Rescuers scour the crash site and wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday a day after the plane crashed while attempting to land. Yunish Gurung/AP hide caption
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Brandon Cunningham, 42, and his wife, Sylvia, 39, relax at home in Roberson, NC on Oct. 21, 2022. The Cunninghams had their parental rights terminated for one of their children because they failed to pay a bill to cover some of the cost of foster care. Phyllis B. Dooney/Phyllis B. Dooney / NPR hide caption
In Some States, An Unpaid Foster Care Bill Could Mean Parents Lose Their Kids Forever
An NPR analysis of data released Jan. 8 by the Small Business Administration shows the vast majority of Paycheck Protection Program loans have been forgiven, despite rampant fraud in the program. Getty Images/Mark Harris for NPR hide caption
How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all
Friday
The detention center on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, where at least three people have died since 2016. Congress is now directing a federal watchdog to examine the Bureau of Indian Affairs' tribal jails program. Tailyr Irvine for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
An investigation of more than 500 U.S. hospitals show that many use aggressive practices to collect on unpaid medical bills. More than two-thirds have policies that allow them to sue patients or take other legal actions against them, such as garnishing wages.This includes high-profile medical centers such as the Mayo Clinic. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A freelance producer for ABC News also gathered dirt on critics of a consulting firm's powerful clients. Tracy J. Lee for NPR hide caption
She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative
Monday
Two regional utilities, Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light, hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix paid six news sites that attacked officials who challenged the companies. Tracy J. Lee for NPR hide caption
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics
Saturday
Oleksandr Breus, a Ukrainian and onetime French legionnaire, was killed next to his car during the Russian invasion. Oleksandr Holod, who says he witnessed it from his window, describes events as he rides his bike past the charred remains of the vehicle near Nova Basan, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine on June 28. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption