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Byard Duncan

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Award-winning investigative reporter specializing in business and consumer protection. Bylines: @propublica, @reveal, @esquire + more.
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America’s 911 system is in the throes of its own emergency

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By Byard Duncan Verified, Taki Telonidis Verified, Brett Myers
| Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting Verified
The 911 system functions as a sort of promise: Call for help and someone will be there to respond quickly. But in many American cities, it’s a broken promise. Thanks in part to a widespread understaffing crisis across 911 dispatch centers, hundreds of thousands of callers are left waiting on hold during their most harrowing moments every year. Reporter Byard Duncan has spent more than a year reporting on America’s flailing 911 system and what it might take to fix it.
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Trump's criminal attorney accused of 'blatant' conflict

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By Corey Johnson, Byard Duncan Verified
| AlterNet Verified
An ethics watchdog group filed a complaint Thursday seeking an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney — now the No. 2 at the Justice Department — broke federal conflict-of-interest law when he issued a new prosecution policy that benefits the cryptocurrency industry.
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My Generation Is Finally Facing the Midlife Crisis. I Resolved to Confront My Own in the Most Deranged Way Possible.

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By Byard Duncan Verified
| Slate Verified
Life Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. We think of chickens as flightless birds, but they’re not. In fact, it’s common for them to travel modest distances via stints of explosive flapping. This phenomenon, known as “burst flight,” is sort of beautiful to watch: Chickens leap upward at a sharp angle, then start pumping with manic abandon.
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