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Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2018
We're skeptical that an open letter criticizing NBA star Lebron James was actually penned by fre ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 12, 2018
Sketchy reports claimed the thousands-strong migrant caravan was being chartered to the U.S. bor ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 10, 2018
Speculation regarding a pair of girls who disappeared in 1983 mounted again after some grisly fi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2018
Questions remain about the November 2017 death of U.S. Border Patrol Officer Rogelio Martinez, b ...
Written by: Dan Evon Bethania Palma
Nov. 2, 2018
A report of children rescued from 'human smugglers working inside' the Central American caravan ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 31, 2018
Some studies show an association between increased consumption of artificially sweetened beverag ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 26, 2018
The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to scare people ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 22, 2018
A partisan meme termed the senator's nearly tenfold increase in net worth over six years on a sa ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 19, 2018
Two criminal cases that were widely disparate in the sentencing were also widely disparate in ma ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 18, 2018
The president's son-in-law reportedly owes a $1 billion-plus mortgage on a building he purchased ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 15, 2018
Numerous websites list cream of tartar as a home remedy for headaches, but the scientific claims ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 10, 2018
An old quotation attributed to the 39th president re-emerged on social media in October 2018, pr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 2018
A viral Facebook claim about the supposed discovery of a parasite in a piece of Welch's Fruit Sn ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2018
Senate investigators interviewed two separate men who think they were responsible for the assaul ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 20, 2018
A former member of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s California staff was reportedly the target of Chin ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 15, 2018
In 1915, Essie Dunbar was allegedly pronounced dead after suffering from a seizure. Legend has i ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 11, 2018
A meme echoes President Trump's 2001 comments about having hundreds of workers search for surviv ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 10, 2018
An image purportedly showing a racist sign at Rollman Farms in southern Illinois has not been ve ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 7, 2018
The Senate campaign of Beto O'Rourke denies asking the VFW post commander if flags could be take ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 7, 2018
A mysterious photograph of a home-made sign went viral after Nike's controversial endorsement de ...
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