Investigations

Ashli Babbitt of San Diego, seen here in a photo posted on Twitter in 2020, was shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police during the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Authorities Identify Woman Killed By Police During U.S. Capitol Rioting

4:06pm January 07, 2021

The woman killed by United States Capitol Police was identified as Ashli E. Babbitt, 35, of San Diego. She was one of four who died during Wednesday's events.

Microsoft for the first time on Thursday revealed that the hackers behind the SolarWinds attack had compromised its internal systems and accessed company source code.

National

Group Behind Alleged Russia Hack Broke Into Microsoft's Internal Systems

11:00pm December 31, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

Microsoft previously said it was among thousands of companies that discovered malware on its systems. But now it is revealing the attack allowed hackers to access its closely guarded source code.

U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack is seeking to retain control over networks such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty even after the incoming Biden administration replaces him.

Politics & Government

Trump Appointee Seeks Lasting Control Over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia

11:31pm December 30, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is seeking to retain control over Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for at least two years — even though President-elect Biden has signaled he'll be replaced.

A family photo shows Ernestine Mann. She moved into the Arbor Terrace at Cascade assisted living facility in 2019. Mann was one of the residents who died of COVID-19 earlier this year when there was an outbreak at the facility.

In Atlanta, A Wave Of Coronavirus Deaths And The Questions Left In Its Wake

5:00am December 29, 2020

by Meg Anderson

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

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National

Nashville Explosion: Mayor Discusses Latest Developments

5:24pm December 26, 2020

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Mayor John Cooper about the Christmas Day explosion that left at least three people injured.

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On a corrective podcast, Michael Barbaro — host of the New York Times podcast The Daily — did not disclose several key facts about his own connection to those who created the discredited Caliphate series.

Host of 'The Daily' Clouds 'N.Y. Times' Effort To Restore Trust After 'Caliphate'

3:29pm December 24, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The New York Times issued a big mea culpa, and returned a Peabody award and a citation as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize after retracting the core of its hit podcast series Caliphate.

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Sisters Dorothy Cassaro (left), Bernadette Sohler and Angie Kociolek with their mother, Annette, in happier times in 2006.

The Tragedy Of 'St. Joe's'

3:25pm December 24, 2020

by Dina Temple-Raston

Back in March, a coronavirus outbreak at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, N.J., led state officials to evacuate all 78 of its residents. Within weeks, nearly half of them were dead.

Recycled plastic pellets are displayed at a facility in Ontario.

Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling

7:12pm December 22, 2020

by Laura Sullivan

Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public.

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Masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.

Oregon Hospitals Didn't Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?

7:23pm December 21, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

The fight to save the life of one woman reveals a grim pattern: In Oregon, people with disabilities were denied health care during the pandemic, even without a shortage of ventilators or other care.

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Health & Safety

Oregon Hospitals Told Not To Withhold Care Because Of A Person's Disability

6:02am December 21, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

During a pandemic, doctors make hard choices about who gets care. Federal law says they can't rule out someone based on disability or age. But some worry the decisions are made behind closed doors.

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