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In 2019, “Kept Out,” an investigation on Redlining in the mortgage industry, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. [36] CIR was a finalist in Explanatory Reporting again, in 2020, for “Amazon: Behind the Smiles,” an investigation into high worker injury rates in Amazon warehouses.
July 13 – Hurricane Barry strikes the Gulf Coast, killing one and causing over $500 million (2019 USD) in damages. July 16 – The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on December 1, 2019. She is the first female to be elected to ...
Health and environment At least 111 schools in Malaysia are shut down following the treatment of 200 children, staff, and others being poisoned. Authorities suspect that a chemical dump in the southern state of Johor is responsible for the sudden illnesses. (Reuters) (CNBC) Law and crime Killing of Susanna Feldmann Ali Bashar confesses in court in Germany to killing teenager Susanna Feldmann ...
Reveal is a nationally broadcast public radio show and investigative reporting podcast hosted by Al Letson.The radio program is released on Saturdays on radio stations in the Public Radio Exchange network and the show is also available in podcast form.
2019 Chilean protests The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights releases a report regarding the situation in Chile. The report confirms the existence of severe and reiterative human rights violations, including excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence.
Business and economy Ten Mile Junction LRT station along the Bukit Panjang LRT line has been permanently closed which led to the cessation of Bukit Panjang LRT Service C which ran from this station and looping at Bukit Panjang town via Senja. This was the first ever operational MRT or LRT station to be permanently closed in Singapore's history of MRT and LRT. (Straits Times) Disasters and ...
International relations Japan–North Korea relations, Japan–South Korea relations South Korean media reports that between May and September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe sent personal letters to North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold bilateral meetings to ease tensions between the two countries. A Japanese government spokesman denies the report. (The Japan Times) Foreign relations of ...
International relations At Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, Pope Francis canonizes the 19th-century Anglican convert John Henry Newman, who was a unifying figure in both the Anglican and Catholic churches. (ABC News) Law and crime California becomes the first U.S. state to ban the sale of fur products. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2023. (CNN) Politics and elections 2019 Tunisian ...