Gordon Russell

Deputy editor, Globe Spotlight Team. Former longtime managing editor/investigations at The Times-Pic | The Advocate.

[Rebecca Ostriker @GlobeOstriker]

DEA claims of 171 'high-level' Sinaloa Cartel arrests in New England? Overblown. @GlobeSpotlight investigation found they arrested shoplifters, addicts. https://t.co/qXAN42T2dD @BostonGlobe @GlobeAndrewRyan @hannaskrueger @joeflech @reporterporter @AmandaMilkovits @GordonRussell1

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

Former @latimes reporter @mayalau is SUING ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva, ex-detective Mark Lillienfeld and the county, saying they violated her 1A rights when they criminally investigating her for reporting on a list of problem deputies: https://t.co/x4lpXTRo4H

[Brendan McCarthy @bmccarthynews]

Do you dig investigative reporting? Want the story behind the story? Lucky for you, we just launched a new, expanded @GlobeSpotlight newsletter.

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[Joey Flechas @joeflech]

Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants

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[Gordon Russell @GordonRussell1]

Also make sure to check out @GlobeSpotlight's companion "Snitch City" podcast. Episodes 1&2 are out; 3 coming next wk. You can find in the normal pod places, or here: https://t.co/xSSQ0dqcvI

[Gordon Russell @GordonRussell1]

First installment of @GlobeSpotlight's "Snitch CIty" series, examining the misuse of confidential informants, dropped this morning. From @duganarnett & @GlobeAndrewRyan. Stay tuned for more. https://t.co/ZeuLLEKrTs

[Paul Heintz @paulheintz]

Ten percent tariffs on Canadian energy scheduled to take effect tomorrow could hit the northernmost reaches of New England particularly hard. For the @BostonGlobe —> https://t.co/e2Qc1dSHDB

[Paul Heintz @paulheintz]

During a visit last month to a library on the Vermont-Quebec border, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Noem stepped onto Canadian soil and referred to it as “the 51st state.” My latest for the @BostonGlobe: https://t.co/vngZMQwL0L

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Wall Street drops as Trump's tariffs hit markets worldwide, with the Dow down 550 points. https://t.co/9Wixio9xnC

[Sam Karlin @samkarlin]

.@LAGovJeffLandry and Republican leaders have set up a system where people can bring guns--but not coolers--to Bourbon Street in the wake of the terror attack on New Year's Day, @johnsimerman and @jadelson report https://t.co/gRWcqc7TyV

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Thousands of migrants who arrived in Massachusetts legally in recent years could now be at risk of potential deportation under new Trump administration directives, according to an internal government memo shared with the Globe. https://t.co/vhVl7jgFW3

[Jim Puzzanghera @JimPuzzanghera]

Fight or flight: This time, some top federal officials resigned rather than try to fend off a Trump firing https://t.co/xCJ4gmIwZc

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

Breaking: @RoyceDuplessis tells me he's not running for New Orleans mayor #lalege #lagov https://t.co/hS1YZdgwAf

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that it has not been conducting full criminal background checks on state homeless shelter residents, despite repeated assurances for months about its vetting process. https://t.co/iTPrvGMREM

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

New: Carter slayed Wallace, then assembled a formidable, if fleeting, biracial coalition

His ‘76 map: every Southern state but Va, a precise mirror of the 2024 map

My latest column, on how Carter helped graft the South back on the rest of the country

https://t.co/BPNnvkCiBI

[Gordon Russell @GordonRussell1]

More than 1,000 'serious incident reports,' including a number of alleged rapes, have been filed by workers at Massachusetts shelters since late '22, a period that has seen their population triple. From @fernandesglobe and @StephanieEbbert : https://t.co/lPCUAbmSam

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

New barriers coming to Bourbon Street not designed to stop truck attacks like on New Year's Day https://t.co/6B4TMgESTI

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

Stephanie Grace: Brave cops ran toward danger; cynical pols ran toward microphones https://t.co/LwEXSne7O7

[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

New: here's our deep dive into the life of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who attacked Bourbon Street on New Year's. His brother doesn't recognize this version of him. His neighbors are shocked. How did he become radicalized? Why did he choose to strike New Orleans?
https://t.co/1bztHH5MCf

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

.@amazon spokesperson responds to @Laranicholson_’s report that a warehouse employee was denied leave after being wounded in the bourbon street attack