Category: On Your Side Investigates
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January 30, 2026 John Lee Staff Writer A Standalone Consumer Checklist for Protecting Your Household Public-interest consumer safety report Food recalls linked to contamination—especially rodent waste—are not rare, isolated events. Public inspection records and recall databases show that sanitation violations routinely occur at manufacturing plants, warehouses, and distribution centers across the United States. When recalls…
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An inquisitive and cautionary op-ed The public is conditioned to believe that law enforcement background checks are impenetrable—layered systems of fingerprints, databases, psychological screening, and federal oversight designed to stop the unqualified long before a badge is issued. And yet, time and again, reality intrudes. Across several states over the last two decades, individuals later…
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On the morning of January 28, 1986, America gathered around televisions expecting triumph. What unfolded instead—just 73 seconds after liftoff—was a moment that permanently altered the nation’s relationship with space, technology, and institutional trust. The Space Shuttle Challenger vanished into a cold Florida sky, and with it the lives of seven astronauts whose mission had…
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By The Greensboro Chronicle Public Policy & Legal Affairs Desk For decades, North Carolina has occupied a complicated—and increasingly precarious—position in the national debate over firearm rights, criminal rehabilitation, and public safety. Nowhere is that tension more evident than in the state’s firearm restoration laws as they apply to residents with out-of-state felony convictions. At…
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January 26, 2026 Jasmine Dantzler Health & Public Safety Public health officials often look to past outbreaks to guide present-day decisions. Below is a timeline of historical viral outbreaks with high mortality rates, limited or no cures at the time, and the use of quarantine or monitoring measures. 1976 – Ebola Virus (Zaire & Sudan)…
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January 26, 2026 By The Greensboro Chronicle Public Health & Safety Desk Public health officials in multiple regions have begun reinstating COVID-era monitoring protocols, including enhanced screening, isolation measures, and targeted quarantines, following the detection of a high-mortality viral outbreak for which no definitive cure currently exists. While authorities emphasize that the risk to the…
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January 26, 2026 🔧 Retail & Food Service McDonald’s (fast food) Starbucks (coffee / retail) Walmart (retail) Dollar Tree / Family Dollar (discount retail) Marshalls / TJ Maxx (department retail) CVS Health (pharmacy & retail) Chipotle & other fast-casual restaurants (varies by location) DoorDash / DashMart (gig / team roles) 🚚 Logistics, Delivery & Warehouse Amazon (warehousing…
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January 26, 2026 By The Greensboro Chronicle Investigative Desk When Congress rushed trillions of dollars into the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, speed was prioritized over scrutiny. The result was predictable: unprecedented relief paired with unprecedented fraud. What has proven less predictable is how long some of these cases continue to surface—years after the checks…
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January 26, 2026 John Lee Staff Writer Two weeks after her nineteenth birthday, Shakira Gatlin was still wrapped in a happiness she had earned the long way—through practice, discipline, and belief. The Dancing Dolls had thrown her a dedicated DD4L celebration, and for a few precious hours the room felt lighter than the world outside…
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