Gina Barton
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Reporter at USA TODAY, producer and host of the true crime podcast Unsolved
Tiny patients, big fight: NICU parents win leave in 2 states and push for more
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Brookings Institution Report: Over 100,000 Family Separations in Trump Crackdown
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about 1 month ago
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Hear 911 call after 30 ICE detainees were pepper sprayed at Mesa site
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about 1 month ago
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Mayor Johnson expands alternate response effort for mental health emergencies
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about 1 month ago
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Why single domestic violence survivors can't get shelter in NYC despite empty beds
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about 1 month ago
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Virginia Governor Signs Assault Weapons Ban
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about 1 month ago
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Where Was Nurul Amin Shah Alam?
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about 2 months ago
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Inside New York's struggle to ban bad police officers from law enforcement
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about 2 months ago
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Police wrongly raided my home. It's not an isolated mistake. | Opinion
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about 2 months ago
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Despite Court Order, NYPD Failed to Properly Monitor Stop-and-Frisks by Aggressive Unit
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about 2 months ago
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When Are Police Chases Worth It?
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When Are Police Chases Worth It?
Police departments across the country are setting different thresholds for when their officers can and should pursue a fleeing driver. Experts say car chases should be treated with caution.
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Trial begins for Waupun Correctional nurse accused of failing to check on prisoner before he died
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Michigan court says you don’t have a right to know who your cops are - Detroit Metro Times
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Former Rutland police sergeant who shot two men in 2023 is sentenced to probation - VTDigger
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Former prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in New York inmate's fatal beating
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City of Denver, state defy Trump DOJ demands to repeal gun laws
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about 2 months ago
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Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
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about 2 months ago
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay’s Rape Kit Backlog Campaign Marks Legislative Wins in All 50 States
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about 2 months ago
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New trial ordered in lawsuit over deadly Chicago police shooting of barber Harith Augustus
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2 months ago
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The 2026 National Headliner Awards winners have been announced!
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Untested, a podcast I made with Austin Fast, took first place among criminal justice podcasts. Please give it a listen if you haven't already:
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2026 National Headliner Awards winners announced | National Headliner Awards
by MarkM | Apr 27, 2026
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How the Truth About a North Carolina Police Shooting Stayed Hidden
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2 months ago
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SMUGGLED: An investigation into how Ohio can’t stop state's deadly prison drug trade
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3 months ago
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Trump threatens to jail journalists in hunt to find leaker of Iran fighter jet story
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Something Went Wrong
In a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine, Trump touted the rescue of two U.S. airmen whose jet was shot down over Iran.
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3 months ago
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Idaho lawmakers pass bill to expand prison sex abuse law
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3 months ago
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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.
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3 months ago
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Federal Trial Over Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons Without Air-Conditioning Begins
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3 months ago
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Officer fired after fatally shooting man in mental health crisis — as others tried to de-escalate
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Officer fired after fatally shooting man in mental health crisis — as others tried to de-escalate
The mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, has fired a white police officer who fatally shot a Black man in a mental health crisis nine times.
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3 months ago
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Some familiar names to the Supreme Court in a death row case over racial bias in jury makeup
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3 months ago
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Job Details | Dayforce Jobs
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Job Details | Dayforce Jobs
Find your next adventure
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3 months ago
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Seven people died in Tulsa’s city jail. Records show repeated warnings about medical care.
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4 months ago
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Ex-Officer Who Took Nude Images From Phones in Traffic Stops Is Sentenced
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4 months ago
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Disturbing video, revealing documents show how Indiana inmates burned alive — and why it could happen again | 13 Investigates
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4 months ago
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ICE locked up a deaf kid without his hearing aids—and wouldn't let him have them back
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4 months ago
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Alabama man facing execution for deadly robbery asks for clemency as he didn't kill victim
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Alabama man facing execution for deadly robbery asks for clemency as he didn't kill victim
Charles “Sonny” Burton is scheduled to be executed March 12 for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot.
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4 months ago
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
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4 months ago
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Missouri Man Wanted DNA Test to Prove Innocence. Then he was Executed.
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Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida
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Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida
A Florida handyman who was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
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4 months ago
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Mom’s Last Gun
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4 months ago
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An Arkansas man accused of killing his daughter's alleged abuser wins GOP sheriff's nomination
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4 months ago
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My colleague
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traveled to Alabama and I dug through hundreds of pages of records to get to the bottom of how Tony Mitchell froze to death after two weeks in the Walker County jail. The sheriff remains in power and is running for re-election.
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A jail death shocked an Alabama town. The sheriff remains in power.
The jail death of a man who suffered from mental illness drew criminal charges against Alabama guards. The sheriff says he’s done nothing wrong.
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4 months ago
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Quin Hillyer: When an innocent man is jailed, we all lose
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New York City Paid $117 Million to Settle Misconduct Lawsuits in 2025
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4 months ago
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Hanover cop was drinking at strip club prior to crash, report says
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4 months ago
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Detroit police chief plans to fire officers who used border agents at traffic stops
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How the City’s Mental Health System Failed Jabez Chakraborty
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4 months ago
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
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4 months ago
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MPD officer accused of misusing police equipment to monitor dating partner
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4 months ago
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Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says
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4 months ago
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Officer found not guilty in shooting death of unarmed South Carolina man after high speed chase
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4 months ago
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