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Lewis Kamb

Lewis Kamb is a national FOIA reporter for NBC News, based in Seattle. 

Lewis Kamb is a national FOIA reporter for NBC News, based in Seattle. 


Latest from Lewis Kamb

4d ago

Ousted federal election official gave himself a pay raise and misused funds for Harvard classes, watchdog says

Steven M. Frid, the former executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, was fired after less than a year in the position.

Poor communication stymied Maui's response to deadly wildfires, mayor says in state attorney general report

Hawaii attorney general releases report on Maui's deadly wildfires with some new details on poor communication between emergency management officials.
11d ago

Whistleblower says Boeing should stop production of 787 Dreamliner due to safety issue

Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour said assembly flaws could cause the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to fall apart midflight. Boeing says the plane is structurally sound.
22d ago

Rare 4.8 earthquake offers ‘teachable moments’ for preparing for worse disasters

Though East Coast states have different seismic standards than West Coast ones, experts say the lack of significant damage from Friday’s quake bodes well.
39d ago

FAA wants inspections of Boeing Max planes for wiring flaw that could lead to 'loss of control'

The FAA publicly identified an “unsafe condition” that could result in a “loss of control” of certain Boeing 737 Max jets because of “nonconforming” installation of spoiler control wires.

Boeing and Alaska Airlines deny liability in lawsuit over door plug blowout

Boeing and Alaska Airlines have separately denied any legal responsibility for the injuries allegedly caused to dozens of passengers after a door plug blew out of a 737-Max 9 jet during a flight in January.
61d ago

Vice president’s SUV was partially ‘airborne’ during 2022 motorcade accident, records show

Vice President Kamala Harris' SUV was partially "airborne" during a 2022 motorcade accident, records show.

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.
106d ago

FAA to increase oversight of Boeing production and manufacturing following Alaska Airlines emergency landing

The Federal Aviation Administration will increase its oversight of Boeing production and manufacturing, the agency said Friday, one day after announcing it had opened an investigation.

Frantic 911 callers from UNLV reported seeing unfamiliar man in campus building

From beneath her desk, one caller quietly reported to an emergency dispatcher through heavy breaths and stifled sobs, “Someone’s shooting.”
183d ago

FBI was once asked to hunt down soccer legend Diego Maradona’s urine sample, records show

Newly released records show that, in 1996, investigators in South America asked the FBI to track down Maradona’s tainted urine sample from the 1994 World Cup.