After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans

Heather Vogell 05-15-2025
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After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans

Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.

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Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say

Heather Vogell 04-04-2025
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Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say

“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica

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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk's Hands.

Heather Vogell 02-11-2025
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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.

The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.

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Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation's Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets

Heather Vogell 01-09-2025
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DOJ Sues Six Large Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets

Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica investigation.

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Thailand Bans Advertising for Toddler Milk

With new rules, Thailand joins three dozen countries that have taken steps to regulate toddler milk ads. The action follows a ProPublica investigation that detailed how the U.S. helped the formula industry fight regulation in 2017.

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DOJ Files Antitrust Suit Against Maker of Rent-Setting Algorithm

The lawsuit, which comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation into the Texas company, accuses RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixing scheme to reduce competition among landlords to boost prices — and profits.

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