Investigations

Maps of ballot drop box locations in four Georgia counties (Cobb, Fulton, Dekalb, Gwinnett) in 2020 and 2022. The number of drop boxes fell from 107 in 2020 to 25 in 2022.

A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them most

5:09pm July 27, 2022

Georgia lawmakers changed voting laws after 2020, including eliminating drop boxes in certain counties, making it harder for many voters in cities and suburbs, often people of color, to access them.

Kathy Stolz-Silvis was nine years old when her father died, making her and her siblings eligible for Social Security survivor benefits. But she didn't become aware of those benefits until decades later.

National

Decades after foster care, she learned she was owed benefits. Where did the money go?

5:01am July 22, 2022

by Alexandra Arriaga

After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.

An image provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows examples of a lead pipe, left, a corroded steel pipe, center, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. The EPA is only now requiring water systems to take stock of their lead pi

'Time bomb' lead pipes will be removed. But first water utilities have to find them

5:01am July 20, 2022

by Allison Kite

Health experts warn problems with these "underground poisonous straws" can strike suddenly, and states are getting cash to replace them. But no one knows how many lines exist or where they are.

Guard towers surround the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., where the federal death row is located.

Have you been involved with a state or federal execution? We want to hear from you.

11:14am July 19, 2022

by Chiara Eisner

If you witnessed or helped conduct an execution in the United States, reporters at NPR would like to talk with you.

A tweet by former President Donald Trump appears on screen during a House Select Committee hearing to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Court documents reveal this tweet drew rioters to Washington, D.C., that day.

How Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6

5:18pm July 13, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol will focus on the role of QAnon and extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in its upcoming hearing. Prosecutors have identified the man at the center of this p

Politics & Government

The next Jan. 6 committee hearing will focus on the role of QAnon and extremists

7:36pm July 11, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

Aides to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol said the next hearing would focus on extremist groups and their possible links to Trump and his allies.

Law enforcement personnel secure the scene after a mass shooting Monday at a Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb.

National

Why the Highland Park suspect represents a different kind of violent extremism

10:55pm July 06, 2022

by Odette Yousef

The Highland Park shooting suspect doesn't seem to be associated with a ideological or political bent. But extremism researchers say these kinds of acts may actually be part of a troubling new trend.

Law enforcement officials walk around the damaged Georgia Guidestones monument near Elberton, Ga., on Wednesday.

A Georgia monument, seen by some as satanic, was damaged from a predawn explosion

9:51pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

People visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 2, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in a school shooting.

Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

7:01pm July 06, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

NPR used social media and news reports to track four key men spreading misinformation about the 2020 election (from left to right): MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump supporter Mike Lindell, former high school math and science teacher Douglas Frank, former l

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

5:00am July 05, 2022

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country. Here are four key takeaways.