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The culprit behind the neon green slime often swirling in Lake Champlain in Vermont? Algae blooms, caused in part by manure runoff from farms.

Despite a state plan to clean up the lake, some days are “really, really bad,” said a volunteer monitor.

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There has never been a more disorienting time to be an American parent trying to protect their child’s health.

Join us Nov. 10 for a virtual conversation about the “Make America Healthy Again” movement: events.propublica.org/maha/X

We found several coaches banned by SafeSport who kept working with kids.

Following our report about gaps in the child protection system for youth sports, SafeSport will now notify schools and youth leagues if their coaches are sanctioned for abuse.
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While reporting in Ruidoso, it started raining.

Fear swept through me, wrote ProPublica visuals editor Cengiz Yar.

Our phones lit up with flood warnings.

We knew we should take them seriously: Three people had died in floods there a year before.
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