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The Bleeding of Chicago

The Bleeding of Chicago

Ask a cop, physician, or EMT in Chicago about July 4 of last year, and most, if not all, will have a story to…

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AS MURDERS DROP, FEWER CASES SOLVED

AS MURDERS DROP, FEWER CASES SOLVED

Despite a steady decline in murders in Chicago over the past several years, the percentage of cases solved by…

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Two missing sisters. One bizarre note. For 20 years, a family has asked: Where are our girls?

Two missing sisters. One bizarre note. For 20 years, a family has asked: Where are our girls?

We examine the 20-year hunt for answers in the missing Bradley sisters case out of Chicago, and the complicat…

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‘Don’t overlook us’: Slow Amber Alert rollout reflects missing, murdered Indigenous crisis

‘Don’t overlook us’: Slow Amber Alert rollout reflects missing, murdered Indigenous crisis

Ashlynne Mike's 2016 murder sparked lasting changes in Navajo Nation, which had been slow to adopt the Amber …

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Johnny Gosch disappeared 40 years ago — leaving more questions than answers to this day

Johnny Gosch disappeared 40 years ago — leaving more questions than answers to this day

The unsolved case of Johnny Gosch, a West Des Moines paperboy, transformed missing person investigations and …

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Starved to death in an American jail, the man who couldn't pay $100 bail

Starved to death in an American jail, the man who couldn't pay $100 bail

Price, a developmentally disabled and severely mentally ill man, died of malnutrition and dehydration inside …

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Jails health provider sued after inmates left dead and disabled

Jails health provider sued after inmates left dead and disabled

Turn Key Health Clinics, criticized for its staffing levels, has been sued at least 160 times since 2015.

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How a brutal jail death exposes Arkansas' 'punishing' justice system

How a brutal jail death exposes Arkansas' 'punishing' justice system

Marshall Ray Price was beaten inside a county jail in northeast Arkansas. A year later, no one has been charg…

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Who killed Marshall Ray Price? Family's desperate search for truth

Who killed Marshall Ray Price? Family's desperate search for truth

Marshall Ray Price died of blunt force trauma. Arkansas investigators blame a jail boxing match. The family q…

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