U.S. taxpayers paid John Peterson, then a Peace Corps employee, more than $258,000 while he was on leave and under investigation after killing a Tanzanian woman, Rabia Issa, in a hit-and-run in 2019, records obtained by USA TODAY show. That included a $1,500 “special act or service award” paid about a week after Issa's death. The Peace Corps paid more to the Tanzanian law firm it hired to negotiate the settlements with Issa's family and two other women Peterson injured, according to an invoice from the firm. Click the link in our bio for the full story.