Her lawyers had asked for no more than 18 months.

Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of Theranos, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding the investors of her blood testing startup. The sentence comes almost a year after Holmes was found guilty on four counts of fraud following a months-long trial.In total, Holmes was sentenced to 135 months in prison, as well as three years of supervised release. A surrender date was set for…

Legal analyst Lisa Rubin, who advises MSNBC and host Rachel Maddow's team, explained that from her observations, the FBI sees Donald Trump's document scandal as more significant simply based on watching the DOJ's actions. "My fidelity is to the rule of law, and if the facts here change, I can assure...

By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune April 8, 2022 "Some landlords got a piece of Texas' $2 billion in rent relief money — and evicted their struggling tenants anyway" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — ...

'No evidence' of politics in state hiring, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration says. But Noelle Brennan wants to know how the Illinois Capital Development Board hired two previously fired state employees and a son of an agency official.

Republican Kari Lake, who lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona, has yet to concede, but even before the race was called for Democrat Katie Hobbs, Lake was crying fraud.Lake, a top supporter of Donald Trump and his "Big Lie" falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen, has been crying ...

by Jesse Eisinger and Stephen EngelbergProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Series: A Closer Look Examining the NewsAround midday on Friday, June 16, ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott and...

On a Saturday in late March, the woman who runs elections in the rural hills of Surry County, North Carolina, was pulling another weekend shift preparing for the upcoming primary, when she began to hear on the other side of her wall the thunder of impassioned speeches. She was dismayed that the voic...

Tyler Johnson used his position as state senator to try to get a serious malpractice suit sealed, and has a long history of trying to ban health care he disapproves of.

I remember thinking it was exceptional. In retrospect, it's heartbreaking.

In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was well-equipped to treat. She'd taken abortion pills and encountered a rare complication; she had not expelled all of the fetal tissue from her body. She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospita...

Over the course of the past year, the relationships between law, politics and justice in our contemporary democratic republic have been torn open. We've all witnessed firsthand how each of the criminal indictments of former President Donald Trump have struggled to be adjudicated in their respective ...

Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett each had a different vision of reproductive freedom. Would reproductive rights be more secure if Dennett's had prevailed?

An excess of restrictions has taken a very real toll on the lives of everyday Americans. Their stories must be told.

An avoidable—and predictable—tragedy in Georgia

Cory Evans was well-versed in the HomeVestors of America playbook when he arrived at a suburban Los Angeles home on Nov. 4, 2016. His franchise with the "We Buy Ugly Houses" company had executed more than 50 deals in the preceding two years. Patriot Holdings would soon become one of the company's mo...

Balwani was convicted of 12 counts of fraud for his role in leading the failed blood-testing startup.

This article originally appeared in CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.As President Joe Biden today bowed to the growing chorus of elected Democrats and Democratic voters calling for him to exit the 2024 race, everyone is taking another goo...

As tourism returns to Maui, those displaced by this year's deadly fires face losing their homes again.

By Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake TribuneProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.At 19 years old and about to be married, Stephanie Mateer went to an OB-GYN within walking distance of her studen...