Chiara Eisner
Stories
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National
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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Environment
'That’s a bloodbath': How a federal program kills wildlife for private interests
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Investigations
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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National
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.
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National
Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions
NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients
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Investigations
NPR investigation reveals information about death row in Texas
State law shields information about the process of lethal injection. A new NPR investigation finds where the drug comes from.
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Food
A bird flu outbreak among dairy cows sparks new warnings about unpasteurized milk
An outbreak of avian flu in dairy cow herds has resurfaced long-simmering tensions between the federal government and raw milk advocates, who downplay concerns that health officials have raised.
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National
"We got workers in the water": Audio reveals details about Baltimore bridge rescue
Radio calls exchanged between first responders when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed show a coordinated response. But distress calls are not optimized for alerting construction crews.
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National
Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.
Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed.
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National
Alabama is set to become the first state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas
The state on Thursday is set to carry out an execution using nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used before in the U.S. Kenneth Smith survived an earlier execution attempt by lethal injection.
