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Written by: Lisa Wang Dan MacGuill
Aug. 5, 2020
English-language news outlets shared a set of reports that emerged from Hunan and Henan province ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2020
According to one estimate, the COVID-19 pandemic may leave as many as 300,000 Americans dead by ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 22, 2020
Polar bears have long been seen as a bellwether for climate change.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 20, 2020
Elizabeth Linscott told a local news channel she didn't want to have to get approval before goin ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
July 16, 2020
The claim circulated online in July 2020 after the NFL team said it was dropping its "Redskins" ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 16, 2020
Discussions around when and how schools would reopen during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic sparke ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 2020
A meme suggested all kinds of political legal news happened in early June 2020 amid unrelated, n ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 10, 2020
The raised fist has been used as a symbol of protest, resistance, and solidarity for decades.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 20, 2020
Bad blood between U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama may lead to the ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 6, 2020
A viral tweet from software engineer John McAfee raised questions about social-distancing measur ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 24, 2020
An urgent shortage persists of N95 masks and other supplies in U.S. medical facilities.
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 10, 2020
The Easter Bunny would not approve.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2020
New York’s Hart Island has been used as a burial site for unclaimed deceased persons for more th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2020
A few bright spots do indeed shine amid the doom and gloom of the new coronavirus.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that he felt COVID-19 was a pandemic "long before it was cal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 7, 2020
Surprisingly, there is a solid explanation behind this strange image.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2019
Despite a long and winding history of scandal, Joe Morrissey was elected to the Virginia State S ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 29, 2019
A pro-life website distorted the pop singer's words, but did not misrepresent the core meaning o ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 24, 2019
An old case study reemerged on social media in October 2019.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 16, 2019
Multiple websites saw an irony surrounding the death of Sean Buchanan in Colorado in August 2019.
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