Chiara Eisner
Stories
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.
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As Trump shrinks other parts of government, immigration task forces grow
The Trump administration is tapping several other agencies to help deport and arrest those without legal status — a novel step that is prompting some pushback.
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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. It shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting the fires despite scarce resources.
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Biden says he'll commute sentences for 37 people on death row. NPR talked with one
President Biden announced he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. That means the men won't face execution under the incoming Trump administration.
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Advocates want Biden spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row
Anti-death penalty advocates hope President Biden will grant clemency to 40 people on federal death row. He has already commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others.
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An update from southern Arizona at the most rural section of the southern U.S. border
President-elect Trump campaigned on promised to take on the border crisis. NPR traveled to the most rural section of the border with Mexico -- a section in Arizona -- to see if anything has changed.
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A USDA program may be killing wild animals that they're not supposed to, records show
A USDA program kills wild animals at the request of private livestock owners. NPR obtained exclusive documents to show how its employees manage wildlife.
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'That’s a bloodbath': How a federal program kills wildlife for private interests
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Oklahoma prisoner Emmanuel Littlejohn asks for clemency
Emmanuel Littlejohn has been on death row for the killing of a clerk at an Oklahoma City gas station, after a robbery turned deadly. He is pleading for clemency, ahead of his execution Thursday.
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Five states planning to execute prisoners this week despite federal moratorium
Despite a federal moratorium, there have already been thirteen state executions this year. And in the next week, five people are scheduled to die.
