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Offshore safety questioned nine years after BP disaster

Offshore safety questioned nine years after BP disaster

Offshore safety questioned nine years after BP disaster

Oceana released the report early Thursday, contending that oversight of the oil and gas industry has returned to pre-BP levels.

ENVIRONMENT

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'My sunroof exploded': Government investigating problem affecting dozens of automakers

Consumer Reports says there have been close to a thousand complaints, on hundreds of models from dozens of automakers.

NATION-WORLD
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Teacher charged with hiring hitman to kill student after molestation accusation pleads not guilty

A St. Louis teacher with HIV is accused of taking a student out of class and molesting him. Three years later, police say the teacher tried to hire a hit man to kill the child and his family.

NATION-WORLD
Taken for a Ride - A David Hammer investigation

Eyewitness News Investigator David Hammer started looking into reports of problems with local school buses and it turned into much more.

DAVID-HAMMER
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Charter school board votes to fire school bus company exposed by WWL-TV

New Beginnings also moves to hire new management firm to fill void left by CEO suspended after another WWL-TV investigation

DAVID-HAMMER
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Court dismisses Taylor Energy lawsuit seeking return of $432M

A federal judge has thrown out Taylor Energy Co.’s demand that the U.S. Interior Department return the money, which is the amount still left in a trust established in 2008 for 'decommissioning' Taylor’s oil platform.

DAVID-HAMMER
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Einstein Charter fires school bus contractor after WWL-TV investigation

The company came under scrutiny during the Eyewitness News 'Taken for a Ride' investigation, which revealed the service used fraudulent insurance documents.

INVESTIGATIONS
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Jack Strain - A Katie Moore investigation

Katie Moore has been following the investigations into former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain. She began with an investigation into the St. Tammany Workforce and it has since included allegations of abuse of minors.

INVESTIGATIONS
Einstein Charter to fire school bus contractor based on WWL-TV findings

Einstein was one of three charter networks that received insurance certificates from bus company Scholars First that Eyewitness Investigation found were falsified.

DAVID-HAMMER
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More allegations emerge against suspended charter schools CEO

Besides allegedly grade-fixing and falsifying meeting minutes, the New Beginnings annual budget was "significantly exceeded" under CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams, auditors say.

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Taylor Energy claims Coast Guard is making longest-running oil spill worse

After consistently reporting a leak of only about 10 gallons a day for more than 14 years, Taylor has reported spikes in recent weeks of close to 2,000 gallons at the site 12 miles off the mouth of the Mississippi River.

INVESTIGATIONS
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Orleans school board re-opens grade-fixing investigation

The school board issued the statement four days after a report on WWL-TV during which a former executive at the school laid out what he believes is clear evidence that grades were changed after being submitted by at least one teacher.

INVESTIGATIONS
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Schools using Scholars First say buses now have valid insurance

Einstein Charter, Foundation Prep, New Beginnings, Rooted School and Success Prep all use Scholars First as primary bus vendor at nine schools

DAVID-HAMMER
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Emergency order issued against local school bus company after WWL reports

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon made the rare move to issue the emergency order Tuesday, demanding that Scholars First ‘cease and desist’ from issuing fraudulent insurance certificates.

NEWS
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State takes action against school busy company after WWL-TV investigation

Less than two weeks after learning about Scholars First's allegedly false insurance documents from our investigation, the state Insurance Commissioner issued rare emergency orders today, demanding that Scholars First cease and desist from issuing fraudulent insurance certificates.

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Charter school board hires investigator to look at allegations reported by WWL-TV, places CEO on paid leave

New Beginnings charter schools CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams is under fire for alleged grade-fixing at Kennedy High and allegedly falsifying board records, but unlike one whistleblower, she will get paid during the investigation.

NEWS