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He died in jail after begging for medical help
A CNN investigation exposes preventable deaths in jails and prisons across the country
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates
Behind bars, they beg for medical attention from a giant government contractor. For some, help doesn't come -- or it comes too late. A CNN investigation exposes preventable deaths and dangerous care that government agencies have failed to stop.

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Stressed out and at risk: Inside Uber's special investigations unit
By Sara Ashley O'Brien, Nelli Black and Drew Griffin, CNN
The internal investigators tasked with keeping Uber safe were overworked, underpaid and at times emotionally traumatized as they struggled under the burden of nearly 1,200 cases every week, a confidential internal memo obtained by CNN says.

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One gun's path to destruction

By Scott Glover
Additional reporting by Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein and Jose Pagliery

They were a farming family, a young hothead, and an aspiring engineer with nothing in common -- except a weapon that reached the San Francisco streets through unlicensed gun dealing.

How the trashing of rape kits failed victims and jeopardizes public safety

By Ashley Fantz, Sergio Hernandez and Sonam Vashi

A CNN investigation found that police departments across the country destroyed hundreds of rape kits before the statutes of limitations expired.

Corn crops, shown, and beans are among the staple foods in the area.

One suspected driver of the migrant 'caravan': climate change

By John D. Sutter
Video by Bryce Urbany, McKenna Ewen, David Muñoz and John D. Sutter
Data analysis by Aaron Kessler

One suspected reason for the migrant caravan is climate change. Years-long drought in parts of Honduras means crops are failing and farmers are leaving.

The scam, the psychic and the 'sin' of wanting more

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken

After two years investigating one of the longest-running mail frauds in history, we finally met the woman on the letters: the French psychic Maria Duval.

A photo illustration of a Sig Sauer P320 pistol falling with the trigger side up.

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By Jose Pagliery

The Army got upgraded guns. For months, the public didn't. Now, law enforcement officers are suing over a pistol that can fire when you drop it.

An illustration shows a gymnast hanging in midair. Her arms and legs are in a split position, tied by strings to fingers on a controlling hand above. The image is like that of a puppeteer and his puppet.

A gym built on fear

By Majlie de Puy Kamp

Larry Nassar molested them. Now gymnasts describe a different kind of abuse by famed Olympic coach John Geddert

Sick, dying and raped in America's nursing homes

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken

Some of the victims can't speak. They rely on walkers and wheelchairs to leave their beds. They have been robbed of their memories. They come to nursing homes to be cared for.

An alleged victim snuggles with a doll she calls Little Missy in her room at a nursing home facility in Haywood County.

Six women. Three nursing homes. And the man accused of rape and abuse

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken

She is 53 and trapped in a facility for the old. Her left arm hangs limply at her side; in the right she cradles a baby doll she named Little Missy. Saliva drips from the corner of her mouth as she talks about her invisible boyfriend.

Alexandra "Alex" Carington, 63, with her mother Lenore Greenfield, 88, at the Holiday Manor Care Center, a nursing facility in Canoga Park, California. Alexandra prepares Lenore for an afternoon nap.

Why was my mother prescribed a little red pill?

By Darcy Padilla, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
Photographs by Darcy Padilla

Moments from one family's recent day at a nursing home reveal just how vulnerable the thousands of patients targeted by a new pill called Nuedexta can be.