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Years before being named chief of a Maryland police department, an officer admitted to having “filthy" text conversations with a teenage girl, but was allowed to keep his job, Madeleine O'Neill reported. THE BALTIMORE BANNER
Chicago-area hospitals arranged court-appointed guardians for hundreds of sick and elderly patients in the last 18 months, in many cases over the objections of family members who were capable of handling their care, a team reported. Nearly a third ended up in some of the state’s poorest-rated nursing homes. CHICAGO TRIBUNE
A Minnesota company billed Medicaid hundreds of dollars a day for one-on-one care for a man in state-subsidized supportive housing, but when police found the man dead, a worker told officers that care was far less thorough, a team reported. KARE 11
A New York sheriff's deputy failed to take basic investigative steps in a rape case, but her bosses considered it a minor infraction and she was allowed to stay on the job, reporter Sammy Sussman found in an examination of police disciplinary cases across 200 local departments. The teenage victim in the case continued to be sexually abused for another six months before coming forward again. NEW YORK FOCUS/THE NEW YORK TIMES
A New Hampshire animal poaching case revealed evidence of abuse by state corrections officers, but authorities didn’t file criminal charges, Nate Hegyi and Lauren Chooljian reported. NHPR
National political groups — including some linked to major conservative policymakers, Project 2025 and the Christian Nationalism movement — have aided a coordinated effort to stack Maine school boards with candidates who support religious learning and oppose pro-LGBTQ+ and diversity policies, Emily Duggan reported. PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
Penn State has repeatedly found serious issues with the director of its cancer institute, including accidental extra chemotherapy doses and treatment delays, Wyatt Massey and Charlotte Keith reported. He remains in charge. SPOTLIGHT PA
Leaders of a Minnesota church didn’t report a parishioner to police, though they knew he’d sexually abused girls for years, and instead told children to forgive the man who had abused them and forget the abuse, Jessica Lussenhop and Andy Mannix reported. STAR TRIBUNE/PROPUBLICA
A Florida police department changed how it responds to domestic violence after reporter Lauren Peace revealed gaps in officer training. TAMPA BAY TIMES
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