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'An innocent mistake.' Canadian woman dies in border town amid deportation fears in WA voter fraud case
Published October 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM PDT A Canadian woman died while facing U.S. voter fraud allegations because she was too afraid to leave her western Washington home to seek medical care, according to her son. Paige Adamson, 61, died Oct. 18 of internal bleeding and blunt force injuries related to a fall, Dylan Adamson said. She had fractured her right femur after tripping over a vacuum and suffered acute blood loss, but she feared getting detained or deported.
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
LAKE OZARK, Mo. — A facility deep in rural Missouri promises relief for desperate parents whose adopted kids are struggling — a lakeside, summer camp-like academy where kids can heal by bonding with golden retrievers, and where caring employees “create joy.” The company that operates the place known as Calo Programs says it exists “to serve the hardest-to-treat cases — the students and families the broader system has given up on.” But an Associated Press investigation paints a more...
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
News By SALLY HO AND CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press this is a test{"epopulate_editorials_prism":"epopulate_editorials_prism"} LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com  Residents of Adams Drive want the township to take action to get rid of the rodents. Several Rostraver Township residents are facing a significant rat problem and are blaming a nearby property. Along ...
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A facility deep in rural Missouri promises relief for desperate parents whose adopted kids are struggling — a lakeside, summer camp-like academy where kids can heal by bonding with golden retrievers, and where caring employees “create joy.” The company that operates the place known as Calo Programs says it exists “to serve the hardest-to-treat cases — the students and families the broader system has given up on.” But an Associated Press investigation paints a more...
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A facility deep in rural Missouri promises relief for desperate parents whose adopted kids are struggling — a lakeside, summer camp-like academy where kids can heal by bonding with golden retrievers, and where caring employees “create joy.” The company that operates the place known as Calo Programs says it exists “to serve the hardest-to-treat cases — the students and families the broader system has given up on.” But an Associated Press investigation paints a more...
Despite scrutiny, special education money flows to for-profit residential treatment centers
29 May Despite scrutiny, special education money flows to for-profit residential treatment centers published on May 29, 2026 - 2:10 PM Written by SALLY HO Associated Press Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Across the country, many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities.
Takeaways from inside a teen treatment center for adoptees, funded by taxpayers: runaways, assaults
The Calo Programs Residential Treatment Center is seen on Feb. 25, 2026, in Lake Ozark, Mo. Austin Johnson/AP Photo/Austin Johnson LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — An Associated Press investigation finds that private, for-profit residential treatment centers that care for adopted kids at exceptionally high rates are often funded by taxpayer dollars, but are subject to little oversight and few consequences after allegations of abuse and neglect.
Despite scrutiny, special education money flows to for-profit residential treatment centers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Across the country, many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities.
Despite scrutiny, special education money flows to for-profit residential treatment centers
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SALLY HO SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Across the country, many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities.
runaways, assaults
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) - An Associated Press investigation finds that private, for-profit residential treatment centers that care for adopted kids at exceptionally high rates are often funded by taxpayer dollars, but are subject to little oversight and few consequences after allegations of abuse and neglect.
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
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