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Utah officials are shutting down Provo Canyon School’s girls program — one of the state’s most notorious teen treatment programs, which has been plagued by abuse allegations.
Utah officials order Provo Canyon School's girls program to close by August
State regulators say the facility failed to protect clients from harm, allowed neglect and used unnecessary restraints. The program can appeal.
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New episode of Sold a Story today: The New Yorker staff writer David Owen joined host Emily Hanford for a live conversation about his article “Dyslexia and the Reading Wars.”
‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
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At least 50 Minnesota group home clients have died since late 2022. But many penalties amounted to fines of $5,000 or less, and most homes kept their licenses. When Ryan Riggs died in the backyard of his group home, the state’s initial fine was just $1,000.
Fifty deaths, few consequences: Inside Minnesota’s group home industry
At least 50 Minnesota group home clients have died since late 2022 under circumstances serious enough to trigger a state maltreatment investigation. But many penalties amounted to fines of $5,000 or l...
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In Metlakatla, local leaders say their success in sustaining their fishing culture stems from the community’s unusual history.
‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture
A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing...
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Group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible. The industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities’ northwestern suburbs has led to problems that leave vulnerable people in danger and local governments struggling with the consequences.
Deaths, neglect, calls for help: Group home boom overwhelms a Twin Cities suburb
Taxpayer-funded group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible. But the industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities’ northwestern subur...
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Federal immigration agents waited three minutes to call 911 after one of their officers shot Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis. After a brief medical assessment, they left her bleeding in her car. Agents didn’t give her CPR and turned away the help of a man who said he was a doctor.
ICE agents are trained in CPR. They didn’t use it on Renee Macklin Good
Federal immigration agents waited three minutes to call 911 after one of their officers shot Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis. After a brief medical assessment, they left her bleeding in her car. Age...
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A company allegedly used to launder money stolen from the government in the Feeding Our Future fraud case owns at least five houses where taxpayer-funded group homes operate. Those group home businesses have collected millions of dollars from the government.
Feeding Our Future defendant connected to taxpayer-funded group homes in Twin Cities
A company allegedly used to launder money stolen from the government in the Feeding Our Future fraud case owns five houses where taxpayer-funded group homes operate. Those group homes have collected m...
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In Season 1, the Sold a Story podcast dispelled one of the big myths about learning to read: that schools didn't need to teach kids how to sound out letters. Host Emily Hanford says new myths are popping up to take its place. Catch up at soldastory.org.
Early in her teaching career, Margaret Goldberg was skeptical of the science of reading. Today, she is working with neuroscientist Reid Lyon to bring it into more classrooms. Lyon and Goldberg joined host Emily Hanford for a live conversation. New in the Sold a Story podcast feed today.
Emily Hanford LIVE from Planet Word with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg
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Politically prominent Nevada GOP activist and donor Robert Beadles has taken credit for hiring a private investigator who tracked Reno's mayor 3 years ago, ending a yearslong legal saga to unmask him as the client despite his attempts to remain anonymous. By @tabithamueller.bsky.social:
Robert Beadles confirms he hired private investigator who tracked Reno mayor
The GOP activist, who has touted election fraud conspiracies, came forward after trying for years to remain anonymous. The U.S. Supreme Court declined his case.
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In the past three years, 26 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research. We updated our map to include Missouri. More: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
For decades, the federal government has surveyed high school students — and repeatedly followed up with them as adults. The goal was to gather data on their educational choices and careers so researchers could draw connections between them.
The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.
Lawsuit saves massive reading experiment
The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administ...
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In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals that federally mandated testing is not designed to catch.
NAEP is one of the few education initiatives Trump has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed staff responsible for keeping tests up to date. And the board overseeing the assessment has eliminated more than a dozen tests, citing “cost efficiencies.” www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
‘At what point does it break?’ Nation’s Report Card at risk, researchers say
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is one of the few federal education initiatives that the Trump Administration has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed the staff respon...
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New episode of Sold a Story. 𝟭𝟰: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Dept of Ed. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools. Listen: www.apmreports.org/episode/2025...
Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have accelerated overdoses for Black men ages 55 to 74, who have suffered disproportionately for decades. Read: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Overdose deaths disproportionately impact older Black men. Few programs in Minnesota exist to support them
Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have accelerated overdoses for Black men ages 55 to 74, who have suffered disproportionately for decades. One Ramsey County nonprofit is working to fill the gap.
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Four Minneapolis police trainers were accused of using excessive force in civil lawsuits the city settled before they received their current assignments, according to a review of federal court documents. Story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Four Minneapolis officers were accused of excessive force — and now train other police
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke and until recently led MPD’s use-of-force training is not the only trainer whose record has raised concerns over the department’s commitment ...
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Every two weeks for the past three years, a police officer has boarded a plane near his home in Sydney, Australia, to commute to work – in Bethel, Alaska. A story with @sgsmly.bsky.social at KYUK. www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
Bethel Police say 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off schedules work. Some community members disagree
In the past decade, Bethel has increasingly relied on a policing system where officers work for two weeks, then take two weeks off. This lets some officers commute from thousands of miles away. And wh...
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Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle. By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
‘We did not want to take this guy’: Abuse rates higher at nursing homes with more mental illness
Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or psychosis — condi...
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The school reform program Success for All, first developed in the 1980s, has been declining in popularity for the past two decades — even though a mountain of research shows it gets great results, especially when it comes to elementary reading skills. Read why: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Success for All gets kids reading. Why don’t more schools use it?
The school reform program, first developed in the 1980s, has been declining in popularity for the past two decades — even though a mountain of research shows it gets great results, especially when it ...
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Here's @katereports.bsky.social on the impact of her reporting on Illinois hospitals. Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Some people say antidepressants left them with debilitating symptoms for years — even decades — after going off the medications. Their ranks are growing online as they push for recognition and research. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising, lingering symptoms
Some people say antidepressants left them with debilitating symptoms for years — even decades — after going off the medications. Their ranks are growing online as they push for recognition and researc...
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