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A woman places flowers at a Cracker Barrel restaurant where people were gunned down in the parking lot amid an hours-long shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Mich.

'You Aren't The Shooter, Are You?' Uber Ride Came Just Before Suspect's Arrest

Eerie details have emerged about the Kalamazoo, Mich., shootings — including an account of getting an Uber ride from Jason Dalton, the suspect who was a driver for the ride-hailing service.

Lori Duff with her baby, Henry, and other son, Logan, at home in Columbus, Ohio.

Nonprofit Hospitals Faulted For Stinginess With Charity Care

Nonprofit hospitals pay no federal, state, or local taxes. In return, they are expected to offer a community benefit, including free and discounted care for low-income patients. But a study by the Congressional Budget Office found that, on average, not-for-profits are providing only slightly more uncompensated care than for-profit hospitals.

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, during a 2018 press conference. She and other prosecutors want DAs to reconsider taking campaign money from police unions.

Are Prosecutors Too Cozy With Police? Some DAs Say Campaign Contributions Need To End

Some California district attorneys say accepting campaign money from police unions creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, both real and perceived, when investigating police.

"The Pentagon and the military industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud and financial mismanagement for decades. That is absolutely unacceptable," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

The Pentagon Has Never Passed An Audit. Some Senators Want To Change That

The Department of Defense had its first independent financial audit in 2017. After three failed attempts, lawmakers are losing their patience. A new bill could impose financial penalties on the DoD.

In India, which ranks 142 out of 180 countries for safety and freedom of the press, journalists have braved backlash to take a firmer stance against Prime Minister Modi's handling of the pandemic after the country's deadly second wave this spring.

India's Worst COVID Outbreak Yet Forces Journalists to Criticize Modi Leadership

Audie Cornish talks with Manisha Pande of the Indian news outlet Newslaundry about how India's devastating second COVID-19 wave has changed local media's coverage of the crisis and the government.

Scot Paltrow is a special enterprise correspondent for Reuters.

Investigation Reveals A Military Payroll Rife With Glitches

A new investigative report from Reuters special enterprise correspondent Scot Paltrow details how the antiquated and error-ridden payroll system for the U.S. military is erroneously cutting soldiers' paychecks and causing terrible hardship.

Mohammad Al Abdallah, the executive director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, shows a video that was posted to YouTube of illegal cluster bombing in Syria.

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.

Susan DeFrance retired two years ago and moved to a mobile home park on the ocean to cut expenses. Now with inflation, she's worried about outliving her savings.

Inflation has many retirees worried about outliving their savings

The highest inflation since the 1980s has many retirees scared. Their retirement nest eggs will be in peril if it persists over the long term.

The Trump administration has stopped work at the CFPB. Here's what the agency does

It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's new head has closed its offices and told staff to stay home.

'Unite The Right' White Nationalist Rally Drowned Out By Counterprotesters

Internal disputes within white nationalism helped reduce the number of protesters at last weekend's "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C.

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