Raymon Troncoso

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[The Alligator @TheAlligator]

Nine top donors and administrators say former UF President Ben Sasse's increasingly tense relationship with Board of Trustees chair Mori Hosseini led to his unexpected departure from the university in July.

https://t.co/JWzzbzWmex

[Haley Byrd Wilt @byrdinator]

It’s a simple question: Did the Biden administration make sure none of the passengers on a June deportation flight to China are members of ethnic groups the U.S. government has said are facing genocide?

But getting an answer has been close to impossible.

https://t.co/v4QSPDibe2

[@cerisecastle.bsky.social @cerisecastle]

After I wrote the history of deputy gangs inside the LA Sheriff’s Department, @LASDHQ began surveilling me.

In just 7 months, department members sent over 800 emails about me & began monitoring my social media.

Read the records here:

https://t.co/fFKIvEK11s

[Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation @ScrippsHowardFd]

Kudos to Scripps Howard Fund intern @RayTroncoso! 👏 He was recently credited by @Reuters for his crucial role in identifying several graveyards in their investigation into Sudan's rising death rates. Dive into the story here: https://t.co/j0bk8y3g5s #InvestigativeReporting

[Reade Levinson @readelev]

To find graveyards, @McNeill_Tweets and I worked with colleagues and our summer intern @RayTroncoso. Some were labeled in Google or OSM, but the vast majority we found by hand using historical imagery on Google Earth.

Some were hard to spot like this one near Kalma, South Darfur

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

generally speaking companies stopped producing VHS tapes in 2006 — i found a guy at the flea market recently who transfers newer movies onto VHS — he even makes sleeves for them

[Ana Ceballos @anaceballos_]

NEW: A high-ranking member of the Florida State Guard is accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward a woman he supervised.

The woman’s atty says the organization responded by retaliating against the victim and a witness who reported the behavior. https://t.co/MiKQvoeMdE

[Victoria Elena Valenzuela @Victoriaevalenz]

For @guardian : Domestic violence survivors who are criminally charged often do not have their history of abuse taken into account.

A new bill in California would allow survivors to petition these sentences be vacated.

https://t.co/qF0cd4CQ1u

[Romy Ellenbogen @romyellenbogen]

Transgender Floridians will no longer be able to change their gender on Florida driver’s licenses, according a policy change.

The change appears to have been made without the chance for any public comment.
https://t.co/jD7M54bVyj

[Douglas Soule @DouglasSoule]

Florida is arguing that school libraries have the right to remove LGBTQ books. Or any book, for that matter.

School libraries are meant to convey the government’s message, it says. A “forum for government speech,” not a “forum for free expression.”

https://t.co/BPMcx36w5i

[Andrew Pantazi @apantazi]

After yesterday's unanimous FL Supreme Court ruling that Marsy's Law does not provide a categorical right to anonymity for victims, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) has released the names of police officers who've shot civilians. https://t.co/DMogoyJxr4

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The Mississippi man who was run over by an off-duty officer in a police cruiser and buried without his family's knowledge had his ID on him which listed his address, the family lawyer said

His mother had spent 7 months searching for him https://t.co/VVVRnRCJlV

[Megan O'Matz @MegsNewz]

One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged. Sons of the former mayor had previously been convicted of beating each of them. / https://t.co/Ey9LCb1uhK

[Lawrence Mower @lmower3]

NEW: A Florida state senator pitched fellow lawmakers on investing in a new homeowners insurance company, after voting to limit lawsuits against insurers.

"There lies a unique and lucrative opportunity for investors," it states:

https://t.co/dc6jTXo17w

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

Toforest Johnson is on Alabama's death row because a woman said she overheard him talk about a murder on an eavesdropped phone call. No physical or forensic evidence & he has an alibi. 25 years in a cell based on a single earwitness. This is why I investigated his case. 1/3

[Christopher Ingraham🦗 @_cingraham]

Small business owners in Minneapolis say the city forced them to hire off-duty MPD officers for security gigs. Some were led to believe MPD wouldn't respond to their calls if they refused. The officers often insisted on cash payment. https://t.co/OBYvnosrGv

[Amanda Rabines @amanda_rabines]

Leonard Allan Cure, who was exonerated in Broward County in 2020 after serving more than 16 yrs of a wrongful conviction, was shot and killed today by a cop in Georgia. https://t.co/JjyTtfLTF5

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

In 2022, a SWAT team threw 30+ grenades into an innocent man's print shop. His livelihood was ruined. The city then refused to pay him back.

He's not alone. Grateful to Jake & CNN for elevating these shocking stories that have flown under the radar for too long. A brief thread.

[Romy Ellenbogen @romyellenbogen]

NEW: A judge declared Florida's ban on Medicaid coverage of gender dysphoria treatments "invalid." But Florida has continued to enforce the ban, denying transgender patients coverage, according to a legal motion filed.
https://t.co/sSjVCz2mpO

[Claire Heddles @claireheddles]

SOME PERSONAL NEWS: I’m officially starting my first full week with @AJI_Fellowships ✨ I wrapped up two years @WJCTNews a few weeks ago — so proud of what we’ve built @JAXTDY, honored to receive two (2!) @SPJFla awards and forever grateful to #Duuuval