Tyler Kingkade

@tylerkingkade

National investigative reporter @NBCNews // [email protected] // Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20 // Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tktk.bsky.social

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Dec 11

The ex-chiro filed for bankruptcy and "closed" the company But then I found something a few weeks ago -- He just started a new biz, again selling bodies, under a new name nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… Read the full @nbcnews investigation -- it's a wild ride!

tylerkingkade's tweet card. A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jul 24

The Cleveland Clinic defended its use of facility fees -- for instance, one woman my colleagues spoke to paid a $174 facility fee for a 15 minute meeting with a gastroenterologist -- as an “appropriate practice” nbcnews.com/health/health-… via @echuckles

tylerkingkade's tweet card. Hospitals can charge patients hundreds of dollars in facility fees — even for routine outpatient appointments. Some residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast have had enough.

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Nostalgia@NostalgiaFolder · Jul 11

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jul 10

NEW: Trump-appointed DOJ officials pressured UVA to terminate a student disciplinary case. 10 days later, UVA did just that. This is a part of the DOJ investigation of UVA that has mostly escaped national attention nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…

tylerkingkade's tweet card. In a letter released after President Jim Ryan resigned, the Justice Department questioned U.Va.'s handling of an alleged hate crime against a Jewish student.

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jul 10

I legit thought "Nathan Fillion" wasn't a real person for a few years. I thought it was someone that @bigmouth made up.

MMoon Dragon@frozenaesthetic · Apr 1

Share a piece of lore about yourself

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jul 9

Superman in 1950s-era comic: "if you hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin--don't wait: tell him That Kind Of Talk Is Un-American" dc.com/blog/2017/08/2…

AAcyn@Acyn · Jul 9

Travis: I wanted to go see Superman, I'm not that interested in going to see it now— this moron with his take deciding to say Superman was super political and it was about an immigration story—I think he's alienated half the country and he made a really poor decision.

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Lauren McGaughy@lmcgaughy · Jul 1

MUST READ: The worst kept secret in Austin? Wealthy folks who don't live here are buying condos so their kids can unlock in-state tuition. The tactic, which is legal, means they own for a few years before selling (often to another non-Texas family) and save upwards of $100K in…

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jun 28

In light of the SCOTUS decision this week, and w/r/t class action suits, this case I wrote about earlier this month suddenly becomes more relevant nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

tylerkingkade's tweet card. University of California staff members hope to use a class action lawsuit to restore their research funding.

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jun 28

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is going to cut a lot of community college students off from some financial aid nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c… via @deonjhampton

tylerkingkade's tweet card. They would be required to enroll full time to be eligible for federal Pell Grants, which many low- and middle-income students rely on to help pay tuition.

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LA Press Club@LAPressClub · Jun 23

LOCAL POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT REPORTING, Schools and Universities, Print/Online Tyler Kingkade, NBC News Digital, “Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas” @tylerkingkade @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jun 23

fireworks: loud, annoying, scare dogs and babies, cover cities in smoke, making the same shapes for a thousand years light show drones: quiet, don't pollute the air, can change colors and form words and dinosaurs why do we not use these for July 4th????

JJurassic World@JurassicWorld · Jun 23

Jurassic World Rebirth has arrived in New York City 🗽 #30Rock

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jun 23

proud of this one! a collab working with @Mike_Hixenbaugh and our local affiliate team @scottnbc5 @parksdigsin -- showing the extreme lengths people have gone to in the culture wars, attempting to file criminal charges against school librarians over award-winning books

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Tyler Kingkade@tylerkingkade · Jun 18

Damn, Gen Z — this wide leg pants trend is getting out of hand

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Chelsea Maldonado@YEP4Rights · Jun 14

"A federal judge last week approved a $2.3 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against a small program for troubled teens in Wyoming" Great reporting as always by @tylerkingkade! #TrinityTeenSolutions #LaborTrafficking #TroubledTeenIndustry nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…

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