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Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital -- only to face little to no food again.

Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to traffic tickets.

The group was formed in a legislative overhaul prompted by a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found the state's laws favored towing companies over vehicle owners.

Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.

For almost a decade, North Carolina's majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state's elections. This year, it finally succeeded.

The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump's personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.

Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska's slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.

Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.

The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, by April 2020. But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.

Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz's life depended on the generic version of the critical drug tacrolimus. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication -- but the FDA doesn't always ensure that's the case.