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Video Investigations 

  • Dr. Michael Pecht of the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering looks at an AmazonBasics microwave from a customer who said it caught on fire.

    Dozens of AmazonBasics product are flagged as dangerous, but many are still being sold

    In an exclusive investigation, CNN exposes how safety concerns have been raised about certain AmazonBasics products. Since 2016, at least 1,500 reviews have been written about dozens of AmazonBasics products exploding, catching on fire, smoking, melting, causing electrical malfunctions or otherwise posing safety risks. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.

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'Please help me before it's too late'

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
Behind bars, they beg for medical attention from a giant government contractor. For some, help doesn't come -- or it comes too late. A CNN investigation exposes preventable deaths and dangerous care that government agencies have failed to stop.

One gun's path to destruction

By Scott Glover
Additional reporting by Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein and Jose Pagliery
They were a farming family, a young hothead, and an aspiring engineer with nothing in common -- except a weapon that reached the San Francisco streets through unlicensed gun dealing.
A photo illustration of a Sig Sauer P320 pistol falling with the trigger side up.

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By Jose Pagliery
The Army got upgraded guns. For months, the public didn't. Now, law enforcement officers are suing over a pistol that can fire when you drop it.
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A gym built on fear

By Majlie de Puy Kamp
Larry Nassar molested them. Now gymnasts describe a different kind of abuse by famed Olympic coach John Geddert.

Sick, dying and raped in America's nursing homes

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
Some of the victims can't speak. They rely on walkers and wheelchairs to leave their beds. They have been robbed of their memories. They come to nursing homes to be cared for.

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