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USA Today

Inside the U.S. military's raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead.

In Aug. 2008, the U.S. military called in an airstrike on its own security guards in Afghanistan. Dozens of children were killed.

Brett Murphy USA Today Jan 2020 40min Permalink

Crime World

The Designers and the Don

How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel.

Gus Garcia-Roberts USA Today Nov 2019 50min Permalink

Health

Hospitals Know How to Protect Mothers. They Just Aren’t Doing It.

Each year, about 50,000 women are severely injured giving birth. Half of these injuries could be reduced or eliminated with better care.

Alison Young USA Today Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Business

Rigged

The life of a modern-day indentured servant involves a truck, mountains of debt, and moving goods for America’s biggest retailers.

Brett Murphy USA Today Jun 2017 25min Permalink