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Globe reporters pieced together the tragic fate of a runaway kid in Mass. Here’s how they did it. - The Boston Globe 600 kids in the state’s child welfare system go missing each year. Many are high-risk teenagers who sometimes don’t come back.

Each year, 600 kids in the state’s child welfare system go missing. Many are high-risk teenagers who sometimes don’t come back. Today's Starting Point examines how the system works (or doesn’t).

Dr. Derrick Todd has been accused of abusing patients. He could have been stopped sooner. Hundreds of women allege Dr. Derrick Todd sexually abused them over a decade. A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state’s medical establishment missed key warning signs.

🧵 Nearly 250 patients have filed civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Derrick Todd, a renowned doctor at top Boston hospitals. He also faces two criminal charges of rape.

A @globespotlight.bsky.social report found he could have been stopped earlier.

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Dr. Derrick Todd has been accused of abusing patients. He could have been stopped sooner. Hundreds of women allege Dr. Derrick Todd sexually abused them over a decade. A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state’s medical establishment missed key warning signs.

"My body went into freeze mode.”

Allegations of sexual abuse piled up against a top Boston doctor. A Spotlight investigation found he could have been stopped much earlier, if not for a series of failures across the medical system.

Inside Steward Health Care: A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

Read the Spotlight Team's past reporting on Steward Health Care here.

Steward alleges former CEO Ralph de la Torre and execs plundered the hospital chain of hundreds of millions of dollars - The Boston Globe The filing this week in Steward's bankruptcy court accuses it's founder and top executives of defrauding the company of some $262 million.

New: Steward Health Care accused its founder and other former top officials of plundering the hospital chain of hundreds of millions of dollars in a scheme that directly led to the collapse of the once-high flying, Boston-born company.

To hear more about the secretive world of confidential informants, listen to our investigative podcast, "Snitch City." link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...

Snitch City: Explore the data Dozens of agencies, including the police department in Brockton, one of the state’s largest cities, currently have no policy governing the use of informants.

We also included steps for how to submit your own records request.

If you have a question about this data or want to provide a response from your agency, email spotlight@globe.com.

We believe the public has a right to this information.

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After the Spotlight Team requested data from each of the state’s more than 400 law enforcement agencies, we built a searchable tool with all the data.

Now you can see how your police department uses confidential informants. trib.al/muBNAez

Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants - The Boston Globe The newspaper sought information from each of Massachusetts' 400-plus police departments about how they handle confidential informants.

These are the police departments the lawsuits were lodged against:

• Boston
• Worcester
• Springfield
• New Bedford
• Massachusetts State Police

The Globe’s suit against the Boston Police Department is the broadest.

🧵 In our recent investigation, we found that all too often the secrecy shrouding the use of confidential informants can serve as a cover for misconduct.

So we made public records requests. Some of the state's police agencies failed to comply. Now the Globe has filed lawsuits.

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What do you want to know about the financial collapse of Steward Health Care?

Reporters from the Globe Spotlight Team will be talking about our investigative series tomorrow in a Reddit AMA. Join us: trib.al/83ICnxq

Spare a Thought for the Snitch In “Spotlight: Snitch City,” the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town.

The @newyorker.com: "In 'Spotlight: Snitch City,' the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town," from @asarahlarson.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/podc... @bostonglobe.com @globespotlight.bsky.social

Listen to the Snitch City podcast Spotlight: Snitch City brings listeners inside the clandestine world of police informants through the story of one police department.

"Like other outstanding podcasts that home in on local injustices, it raises our awareness of a wider systemic problem," the @newyorker.com critic wrote.

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Spare a Thought for the Snitch In “Spotlight: Snitch City,” the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town.

The latest rave review for the 'Snitch City' podcast is in. @newyorker.com says memorable interviewees put a human face on @globespotlight.bsky.social’s "stunning findings." www.newyorker.com/culture/podc...

Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.

This episode is part of a larger podcast and series detailing the secretive world of confidential informants within one city.

Dive into all of our reporting here.

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Listen to our bonus episode of "Snitch City."

This eight-year case first brought a Globe reporter to New Bedford, laying the groundwork for this very podcast on confidential informants.

Finally, it's time to hear the outcome. link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...

Inside Steward Health Care: A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

Read through all of our reporting on the Steward Health Care crisis in Massachusetts and beyond.

Steward Health News: Practice of neglect led to indignity, death On the whole, Steward’s more than 30 hospitals have been among the worst, the most troubled in the country over the last five years, according to several measures.

That story led to dozens more.

Our reporting on Steward Health Care's explosive growth — and ultimate collapse — spanned months.

These stories exposed the deadly consequences of the hospital chain's financial neglect and mismanagement.

Steward’s medical devices were repossessed. Weeks later, a new mother died. - The Boston Globe Some patients of the nine-hospital system say they have struggled to access care, with doctors blaming Steward's financial problems as the cause.

This was one of our first investigations.

Barely a day after Sungida Rashid gave birth at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, she was bleeding to death. The device doctors could have used to help her wasn't available. Steward Health Care hadn't paid the bill.

The Boston Globe recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalist in public service, editorial writing, and illustrated reporting and commentary - The Boston Globe The Pulitzer Prize Board highlighted the Globe’s coverage of financial mismanagement at Steward Health Care and its impact on patients and their families for its public service award, one of the most ...

The Globe's reporting on the crisis at Steward Health Care, with contributions from @occrp.org, has been named a @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social finalist for Public Service.

Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.

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Spotlight: Snitch City episode 5 | All This For Nothing - The Boston Globe Two former New Bedford informants tell their shocking stories and the Spotlight Team searches for accountability.

Two former New Bedford informants tell shocking stories in a new episode of "Snitch City.”

Spotlight reporters Dugan Arnett and Andrew Ryan try to get answers and accountability.

Listen here.

An illustration of a person on top of a police car being handcuffed by an officer. Text on the card reads: “Spotlight: Snitch City.”

A new episode of “Snitch City,” an investigative podcast from @globespotlight.bsky.social, is out now.

This is episode 5: All This For Nothing. trib.al/AUSQuaN

A new episode of "Snitch City," an investigative podcast from @globespotlight.bsky.social, tells the story of a police chief, a drug dealer, and the allegations that tie them together.

Listen here. trib.al/PNGQwNA

An illustration of two people standing in the rain. Text on the card reads: “Spotlight: Snitch City.”

A new episode of Snitch City, @globespotlight.bsky.social's investigative podcast on the misuse of confidential informants, is out now.

It dives into one man's backstory and rise within the New Bedford Police Department: the police chief.

Listen here. link.chtbl.com/tTLbVzKf?sid...

Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.

A new episode of our podcast is coming this week. Subscribe to listen as soon as it's out.

Explore all of Snitch City here.

New Bedford mayor pushes back on Spotlight report on police abuses, seeks FBI review - The Boston Globe Mayor Jon Mitchell pushed back on the Spotlight Team report, saying it painted a picture of the department that was “materially incomplete” and relied on accounts of criminals and “others of dubious c...

Last week, we published Snitch City, a series and podcast investigating misconduct on New Bedford's police force and its history of misuse of confidential informants.

The city's mayor pushed back. And he's asked the FBI to examine the findings.

Spotlight | Snitch City: Investigation into police misuse of confidential informants In a nation addicted to drugs, police are addicted to informants.

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