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Mike Hixenbaugh

Senior Investigative Reporter

I'm a senior reporter on the NBC News Enterprise team, covering a wide range of subjects. My work, at its best, uncovers wrongdoing or injustice, but I’m also interested in pursuing intimate, deeply reported stories about people and communities that help readers better understand their neighbors, themselves and the country they live in.

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I'm a senior reporter on the NBC News Enterprise team, covering a wide range of subjects. My work, at its best, uncovers wrongdoing or injustice, but I’m also interested in pursuing intimate, deeply reported stories about people and communities that help readers better understand their neighbors, themselves and the country they live in.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Mike Hixenbaugh

12d ago

Salvation Army dismissed warnings, allowing a music director to abuse a girl for years, lawsuit says

Joel Collier was fired from the Salvation Army a decade ago after sending graphic sexual messages to a child — only to be rehired the next year and accused of sexually abusing a teenager, according to a lawsuit.
25d ago

How Oklahoma's AG used a frontier-era law to charge Robert Morris in sex abuse scandal

Megachurch founder Robert Morris was indicted by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond after Cindy Clemishire publicly accused Morris of molesting her in the 1980s
25d ago

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned as senior pastor last year after he admitted "inappropriate sexual behavior" in the 1980s has been indicted on five criminal counts involving a child, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday.

Texas probes medical school's use of bodies without consent following NBC News investigation

The University of North Texas Health Science Center's failure to obtain permission before using corpses for research may have violated state law, authorities said.

Texas lawmaker moves to outlaw medical research on corpses without consent after NBC News investigation

A Texas lawmaker horrified by an NBC News investigation into a medical school that profited from the bodies of the poor moved this week to ban the practice.
64d ago

What we know after American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, D.C.

An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.
65d ago

Investigation into deadly midair collision focuses on helicopter flight

What happened inside the Army Black Hawk helicopter in the moments before the fatal crash is key to unraveling the disaster as plane collision investigations begin.

Texas medical school leader resigns after investigation revealed bodies were used without consent

Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is stepping down, after an NBC News investigation uncovered failures to contact families before using their loved ones’ corpses for medical research.
84d ago

Displaced Los Angeles-area residents face spiking rents as authorities warn of price gouging

The Los Angeles wildfires have set off a stampede to find housing, leading some property owners and managers to raise rents higher than the 10% limit in emergencies.

How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company?

How Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems came to use the unclaimed dead offers a window into the pressing demand for human bodies.

8 changes following NBC News' reporting on unclaimed bodies used for medical research

NBC News’ investigation into the University of North Texas Health Science Center's use of unclaimed bodies led to significant changes even before the first article ran.