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In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, shoppers walk out of a Walmart store in Waldorf, Md., May 7, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not cited the nation's largest retailer despite employee complaints, illnesses and deaths at Walmart facilities across the country. The company says there is no proof that employees contracted COVID-19 at work. (Brittany N. Gaddy/University of Maryland via AP)
Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection

By Gracie Todd, Molly Castle Work, Natalie Drum, Nick Mcmillan, Kara Newhouse, Jazmyn Gray, Aneurin Canham Clyne, Jack Rasiel, Sahana Jayaraman And Haley Chi-Sing/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021 file photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered to elderly people at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. On Friday, April 23 The Associated Press reported on social media posts that misrepresented a report from doctors in Israel claiming shingles may be a side effect of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 12:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House job

By Zeke Miller Nov. 30, 2020 07:58 PM EST

Winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2020 at a press conference in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 12, 2020. Americans Paul R. Milgrom, left, and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats." (Anders Wiklund/TT via AP)
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

By David Keyton, Frank Jordans And Paul Wiseman Oct. 12, 2020 05:51 AM EDT

Yochebed Israel, a certified nursing assistant, poses for a portrait inside her Tampa, Fla. apartment on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Israel's landlord tried to evict her in violation of the CARES Act after she fell behind on rent after contracting COVID-19. (Ivy Ceballo/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)
Confusion over eviction ban led to selective enforcement

By Brenda Wintrode, Amy Dipierro, Ryan Little, Luciana Perez Uribe, Aneurin Canham-Clyne, Trisha Ahmed, Sean Mcgoey, Sophia Brown And Maya Pottiger / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism Sep. 02, 2020 09:51 AM EDT

Laura Comino, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro poses for a picture on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. College students are getting ready to return to school in August as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic. More and more campuses are sparking frustration by releasing plans to keep students' housing payments, even if the campuses shut down again and go entirely online in the fall. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
'Clear as mud' housing refund plans irk college students

By Bryan Anderson Jul. 24, 2020 11:26 AM EDT

In this March 3, 2020 photo released by the University of Maryland via the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C., officials confer under a railroad overpass on L Street NE, about eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol, before garbage trucks and front loaders remove the homeless encampment there. (Susannah Outhier/University of Maryland via AP)
Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

By Ryan E. Little, Gina Scalpone, Nick Mccool, Theresa Diffendal, Zack Demars, Aneurin Canham-Clyne And Riin Aljas / The Howard Center For Investigative Reporting Jun. 29, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

A pedestrian crosses Grant Street behind the Dragon Gate, an entrance to Chinatown in San Francisco, Saturday, April 4, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
California COVID-19 testing backlog cut by two-thirds

By Adam Beam And Daisy Nguyen Apr. 04, 2020 05:34 PM EDT