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A broken and sometimes deadly emergency services system in Massachusetts has led to a chronic ambulance and staff shortages when patients critically need care, Adam Piore reported. BOSTON GLOBE
Crews mining for coveted underground sand in Long Island flouted environmental regulations and went unchecked by state officials for years, threatening the area’s lone aquifer, Alec Rich reported. DAN’S PAPERS
A new property tax law in Nebraska retroactively eliminated a refund for those who paid their 2023 property taxes in 2024, which most property owners did, Yanqi Xu reported. The change cost Nebraskans as much as $570 million in missed refunds. FLATWATER FREE PRESS
In Utah, police are intentionally crashing into wrong-way drivers, Nate Carlisle reported. FOX13 NEWS
North Las Vegas has paid its former city manager, who quit in May, nearly $1 million in taxpayer money this year, including a hefty severance package and consulting fees, Mary Hynes. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A veteran detective in California resigned after Keri Blakinger reported allegations he gave a Nazi-like salute at a training. LOS ANGELES TIMES
A California lab that is critical to the state’s efforts to track and prevent bird flu operates on a skeleton crew that struggles to keep pace in an environment where mistakes are more likely, Suhauna Hussain reported. LOS ANGELES TIMES
Reporter Stephanie Kuzydym found at least 80 cases of alleged sexual misconduct by Kentucky middle and high school coaches over the past 15 years after combing through court cases, school personnel files, lawsuits and police records. LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL
The Cuban government has been fooling U.S. sanctions by concealing the true nature of the company that handles money sent by Cuban-Americans to their families on the island, reporter Nora Gámez Torres found after obtaining secret documents that show the new company has been controlled by the Cuban military all along. MIAMI HERALD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia cut corners and downplayed the risks of a fast-growing, experimental lymphatic procedure that led to deaths and strokes in some children, Wendy Ruderman reported. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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