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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.

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.

Tennessee's highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.

Asking the federal government for public records didn't always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.

The EPA hasn't reevaluated its cleanup guidelines for homes in a residential Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, in 17 years, despite research showing that even small amounts of lead can cause IQ loss in children and heart attacks in adults.

A letter from Democratic lawmakers to VA Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation that found hundreds of therapists have left the agency and vets often aren't getting the help they need.

Elvis Brooks' case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana's attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty -- and therefore don't qualify for any money from the state.

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune's review of the Democratic Senate candidate's residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.

After our tests showed many yards still contain toxic lead after remediation, the city's response to residents has been inconsistent. Some received additional testing and cleanup, while others were denied.

The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region's water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency's financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.