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Apr 26, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Evan Simon |Jon Schlosberg |Tonya Simpson |Tommy Brooksbank |Matt Gutman
Industry groups want to include Operation Clean Sweep in the UN Plastics Treaty. ByEvan Simon, Jon Schlosberg, Cho Park, Tonya Simpson, Tommy Brooksbank, and Matt GutmanA plastics facility listed as a member of an environmental stewardship program created by American plastics industry groups appears to be regularly discharging plastics into the Malaysian river beside which it is located, according to an investigation by ABC News.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Matt Gutman |Evan Simon |Tonya Simpson |Jon Schlosberg |Tommy Brooksbank |Mark Nichols
An ABC News investigation offers a rare glimpse into the plastic waste trade. ByMatt Gutman, Evan Simon, Cho Park, Tonya Simpson, Jon Schlosberg, Tommy Brooksbank, and Mark NicholsPua Lay Peng lives on the frontlines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old's hometown of Jenjarom, Malaysia has been transformed in recent years by thousands of tons of imported plastic waste from the U.S. and other wealthy nations.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Jenny Wagnon Courts |Hannah Prince |Ismael Estrada |Tonya Simpson
Football came to the aid of a community immersed in grief. ByJenny Wagnon Courts, Hannah Prince, Ismael Estrada, and Tonya SimpsonUvalde:365 is a continuing ABC News series reported from Uvalde and focused on the Texas community and how it forges on in the shadow of tragedy. Roland Ramirez was shocked when he saw the headlines coming out of his hometown, Uvalde, Texas.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Jenny Wagnon Courts |Tonya Simpson |Ismael Estrada |Sasha Pezenik
(LEWISTON, Maine) — More details are emerging about the suspected gunman in the mass shooting that unfolded at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing at least 18 people. The suspect — Robert Card, a 40-year-old U.S. Army reservist from Bowdoin — was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound two days after a massive manhunt at Maine Recycling, where he previously worked, officials said.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
wttf.com | Sasha Pezenik |Jenny Wagnon Courts |Tonya Simpson |Josh Margolin
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Months ahead of his bloody rampage in Lewiston last week, suspected Maine gunman Robert Card had displayed glaring signals that his mental health was on a drastic decline — signals which his immediate family members knew about, were concerned by and explicitly warned law enforcement that something needed to be done, according to documents obtained by ABC News via records requests.
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May 24, 2023 | 
wgauradio.com | Matt Gutman |Evan Simon |Tonya Simpson |Jared Kofsky |Jon Schlosberg |Tommy Brooksbank | +2 more
NEW YORK — For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside, we open the door, and the … kind of burning plastic smell hits us," Williams told ABC News. A low income and mostly minority community, the city is also around a decommissioned nuclear power plant, a sewage disposal facility and multiple chemical plants.
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May 23, 2023 | 
abcnews.go.com | Matt Gutman |Evan Simon |Tonya Simpson |Jared Kofsky |Jon Schlosberg |Tommy Brooksbank | +2 more
For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside, we open the door, and the … kind of burning plastic smell hits us," Williams told ABC News. A low income and mostly minority community, the city is also around a decommissioned nuclear power plant, a sewage disposal facility and multiple chemical plants.
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Feb 17, 2023 | 
wttf.com | Jared Kofsky |Tonya Simpson
Tim Graham/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) — With crisis after crisis plaguing the water infrastructure in Jackson, Mississippi, the city government has, for months, included a message on its website’s water information page explaining where people can send private donation checks if they want to help.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
wttf.com | Lucien Bruggeman |Tonya Simpson
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In the hours after the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz was quick to laud his agents’ actions, writing on Twitter that they “put themselves between the shooter and children, to draw the shooter’s attention away from potential victims and save lives.” Ortiz’s tweet reflects the broader narrative of that day — that an elite federal SWAT team arrived on scene and quickly moved to end the...
