September 17, 2018 Archives

Week of September 17, 2018 Archives

RCI - Other Investigations

Monday, September 17

Drone Assassins Are Cheap, Deadly and Locally Available

Jennifer Bisset, CNET

Google AI Tool Identifies a Tumor's Mutations From an Image

Megan Molteni, Wired

Why Fashion Brands Destroy Billions in Merchandise Every Year

Chavie Lieber, Vox

How Unsolved Mystery Changed the Way We Take Pills

Clyde Haberman, NY Times

Education Dept.'s Draft Title IX Rules Require Due Process

Robby Soave, Reason

Turning Birds Into Spies Against Illegal Fishing

Danielle Beurteaux, Hakai

The Real 'Goldfinger': London Banker Who Broke the World

Oliver Bullough, Guardian

Tuesday, September 18

Why Are Drug Users Being Charged With Murder?

Jack Shuler, New Republic

Popular University Program Used to Radicalize Freshmen

John Tierney, City Journal

Leaked NPR Emails: Don’t Call Gosnell an ‘Abortion Doctor'

Matt Lewis, Daily Beast

New Tech Aims to End the Outrage of Cops Killing Dogs

C.J. Ciaramella, Reason

Wednesday, September 19

How a $450M da Vinci Was Lost in America, and Later Found

Denise Blostein, WSJ

Murder Con Turned Noted Golf Artist Cleared After Decades

Max Adler, Golf Digest

Thursday, September 20

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

Michael Hobbes, Huffington Post

The Truth About Polygraph Tests

Claire Berlinski, City Journal

Dubious Poll-Security Spending: It's Got America's Vote

Steve Miller, RCInvestigations

Blacks Miss Out on Promising Cancer Drug Trials

Caroline Chen, Riley Wong, ProPublica

Inside Reddit's Lucrative Fake Sneaker Market

Dexter Thomas, Quinton Boudwin, VICE

Rich Hire Private Firefighters, Sit Out Blazes in Posh Hotels

Lauren Smiley, Guardian

Groomed, Then Gone: Deaths at PetSmart

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, Alex Napoliello, NJ.com

Friday, September 21

Google Mulled Search Tweak vs. Travel Ban

Douglas MacMillan, John D. McKinnon, WSJ

Google Quashes Memo on Tracking Users in China

Lee Fang, Ryan Gallagher, Intercept

How Puerto Rico Became Newest Tax Haven for the Super-Rich

Jesse Barron, GQ