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Nearly half of Pierce County's homeless population are people of color

Results from Pierce County's annual census of the homeless population show a striking, but familiar, pattern around race. Nearly half of people who are…

Concern is growing about a burgeoning online market for essays that students can buy and turn in as their own work. And schools are trying new tools to catch it.

Buying College Essays Is Now Easier Than Ever. But Buyer Beware

What was once limited to small-scale side hustles has mushroomed into so-called essay mills on the Internet, becoming a global industry.

Prosecutors charged 24 people in an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare, one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever investigated by the FBI.

Feds Charge 24 In Alleged $1.2 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme

Prosecutors allege doctors got kickbacks for prescribing unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces to elderly and disabled patients and charging the government's Medicare program.

RaDonda Vaught appears at a court hearing with her attorney, Peter Strianse, in February. Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was charged with reckless homicide after a medication error killed a patient.

When A Nurse Is Prosecuted For A Fatal Medical Mistake, Does It Make Medicine Safer?

A nurse was charged with reckless homicide and abuse after mistakenly giving a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine. Patient safety experts say this may actually make hospitals less safe.

Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat (from left), JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and other top bank executives are sworn in before testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.

How'd You Feel If Your Boss Made $486 For Every Dollar You Make?

Citigroup's CEO received $24 million in compensation last year, while the median employee pay at the bank was just under $50,000. Executive pay was one of the issues at a House hearing Wednesday.

The first-ever image of a black hole was released Wednesday by a consortium of researchers, showing the "black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon."

Earth Sees First Image Of A Black Hole

Every image you've ever seen of a black hole has been a simulation. Until now. "We have seen what we thought was unseeable," said Event Horizon Telescope Director Shep Doeleman.

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