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Kate Martin

Kate Martin is an enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in North Carolina. 

Kate Martin is an enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in North Carolina. 


Latest from Kate Martin

How a historic neighborhood became ‘ground zero’ for the Maui wildfire

An NBC News analysis following the Maui wildfire found that at least 43 of the 100 victims on the official list of Lahaina’s dead lived in Kuhua Camp.
127d ago

50 years and 440 deaths: How the U.S. failed to stop a common household product from killing children

Hundreds of children have been strangled to death on cords from window blinds, shades and curtains. Why didn’t the Consumer Product Safety Commission do more sooner?

UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student charged with murder in shooting of faculty member

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A graduate student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a professor — the latest incident in a spate of national gun violence — leaving a college community reeling and authorities trying to determine a motive.
262d ago

Nursing pillows are associated with more than 160 infant deaths, NBC News investigation finds

Nursing pillows help new moms breastfeed, but an NBC News investigation found that dozens of babies have died in incidents involving the horseshoe-shaped cushions.

As federal officials delayed rules on infant loungers, babies continued to die

The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled Boppy loungers after babies suffocated. But other infant loungers remain for sale, and more babies have died.
314d ago

Weighted sleep sacks are unsafe for infants, national pediatricians’ group says

The American Academy of Pediatrics warns that weighted sleep sacks and swaddles could be deadly. Nested Bean and Dreamland Baby say their products are safe.
367d ago

Brown University assistant professor accused of groping student

The cancer specialist has been charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly sneaking up behind a graduate student and grabbing her breasts, court records show.
396d ago

How did a police chase in Mississippi end with an innocent woman shot in her bedroom?

NBC News analyzed surveillance video showing a Mississippi Capitol Police officer appearing to shoot his gun in a predominantly Black Jackson apartment complex.
398d ago

Defrocked Catholic priest accused of molesting a boy still runs charity for kids

A defrocked New York priest accused of sexual abuse continues to run a charity that could put him in contact with children, according to public records.
426d ago

Mississippi wants to expand an aggressive police force responsible for recent shootings

The Mississippi Capitol Police has shot four people in Jackson since August with little public explanation — a toll that has alarmed some residents.
455d ago

Student protests heat up at Bethune-Cookman University after split with Ed Reed

Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed's ouster sparks student protests at Bethune-Cookman over living conditions