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Reuters

Politics Movies & TV

How AT&T Helped Build Far-Right One America News

One America News, the far-right network whose fortunes and viewership rose amid the triumph and tumult of the Trump administration, has flourished with support from a surprising source: AT&T

John Shiffman Reuters Oct 2021 15min Permalink

Crime

Money Trail from Daphne Murder Probe Stretches to China

An investigation into the killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Engen Tham, Jacob Borg, Christoph Giesen, Stephen Grey Reuters Mar 2021 30min Permalink

Science

The Woman Who Fell From the Sky

The pandemic comes to Star City, the secretive home of Russia’s space program.

Polina Ivanova Reuters Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

Objections Overruled: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench

In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands. Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found – including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines.

Michael Berens, John Shiffman Reuters Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Business

Powder Keg

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

Lisa Girion Reuters Dec 2018 25min Permalink

Health

Cadavers in the Ballroom

How the hospitality world rents space for physicians to train.

ELIZABETH CULLIFORD Reuters Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Crime

Shock Tactics

An investigation into the deadly use of Tasers by police.

Peter Eisler, Jason Szep, Tim Reid, Grant Smith Reuters Aug 2017 Permalink

Crime World

Bloom and Bust

They were florists working in Amsterdam’s largest flower market. They were also members of one of the most powerful arms of the Italian mafia. An investigation into how organized crime has gone global.

Steve Scherer Reuters Apr 2016 Permalink

Assets of the Ayatollah

The $95 billion empire supporting Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.

  1. Part 1: Land Grab

  2. Part 2: National Champion

  3. Part 3: Rough Justice

Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh, Yeganeh Torbati Reuters Nov 2013 50min Permalink

Crime Tech

The Child Exchange

A five-part investigation into “private re-homing,” in which adoptive parents give their problem children away with the help of internet message boards.

  1. The Network

  2. The Dangers

  3. The Middlemen

  4. The Failures

  5. The Survivors

Megan Twohey Reuters Sep 2013 1h Permalink

World

Mursi's Downfall

An inside account of the Egyptian leader’s last day in power.

Yasmine Saleh, Paul Taylor Reuters Jul 2013 10min Permalink

Politics World

The Wonks Who Sold Washington on South Sudan

How a group of men with nicknames like “Emperor” and “Spear Carrier” tipped the balance in South Sudan’s fight for independence.

Rebecca Hamilton Reuters Jul 2012 20min Permalink

Crime

George Zimmerman: Prelude To a Shooting

A portrait of Trayvon Martin’s killer.

Chris Francescani Reuters Apr 2012 10min Permalink

The Book of Jobs

What it means to stay true to the Steve Jobs brand.

Maureen Tkacik Reuters Feb 2012 15min Permalink

Business

Commodity traders: The trillion dollar club

Who simultaneously did business with the U.S. government, the besieged Syrian regime, and the Libyan rebels last month? The group of 16 trading houses that collectively are “worth over a trillion dollars in annual revenue and control more than half the world’s freely traded commodities.”

Joshua Schneyer Reuters Oct 2011 35min Permalink

Business

Goldman's New Money Machine: Warehouses

In anonymous warehouses in Detroit, Goldman Sachs has hoarded a quarter of the world’s supply of aluminum, placing them firmly in control of trading on the London Metal Exchange.

Clare Baldwin, Melanie Burton, Pratima Desai, Susan Thomas Reuters Jul 2011 10min Permalink

Tech

How News Corp Got Lost in Myspace

An insider history of the fall of Myspace; from Rupert Murdoch calling Facebook a mere “communications utility” to the disastrous 2006 deal with Google that demanded huge pageviews and ads everywhere, and finally the present day ruins of a titan.

Yinka Adegoke Reuters Apr 2011 15min Permalink

Business Media

The New Gawker Media

Nick Denton is rebooting his entire Gawker empire—and his vision is drawn more from TV than blogs.

Felix Salmon Reuters Dec 2010 25min Permalink

Business World

Thoughts on Thailand

What exactly is going on politically in Thailand?

Andrew MacGregor Marshall Reuters Jul 2010 40min Permalink

World

High Rollers, Triads, and a Vegas Giant

Las Vegas casinos operating in Macau rely on “junkets” to bring in the gambling elite, but the money and murder for hire trails lead straight to the Triads.

Matt Isaacs Reuters Mar 2010 10min Permalink