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Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Nov. 7, 2022
Some users found themselves instantly suspended from Twitter for impersonating the platform's ow ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 4, 2022
A longer video of Lake's remarks, which included a comment that referenced the attack on Paul Pe ...
Written by: The Conversation
Nov. 3, 2022
Nov. 8 is fast approaching. Know your rights as a voter.
Written by: The Conversation
Nov. 3, 2022
Historians trace the origins of mortgage contracts to the fifth century B.C.
Written by: The Conversation
Nov. 2, 2022
It's more than religiosity and patriotism — it's a worldview, writes one political science scholar.
Written by: The Conversation
Nov. 2, 2022
In swing states such as Florida, Nevada, and Wisconsin, people are allowed to carry guns while t ...
Written by: The Conversation
Oct. 31, 2022
Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage, writes thi ...
Written by: The Conversation
Oct. 31, 2022
Inflation, or a sustained rise in consumer prices, is created in two main ways, explains an econ ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 31, 2022
To find the truth, we looked to an old episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 10, 2022 (Updated: Oct. 27, 2022)
Here's what you should know about a since-deleted document outlining changes to PayPal's Accepta ...
Written by: The Conversation
Oct. 17, 2022 (Updated: Oct. 21, 2022)
On a scale of A-to-F, experts graded the social media platforms' efforts ahead of Election Day o ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 20, 2022
Facebook scammers residing in Africa kept changing the town name when reposting this real story ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 17, 2022 (Updated: Oct. 18, 2022)
The claim stemmed from a since-deleted Facebook post. Authorities said it was another neighbor — ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Emery
Oct. 25, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2022)
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 28, 2022
So far, it appears to be a 2022 twist on an old type of scarelore.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 8, 2022 (Updated: Sept. 9, 2022)
The rumor hardly has murky origins. In fact, it's plausible.
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 3, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 7, 2022)
We followed a pathway into the past to find the origins of a patriotic picture that had gone unc ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 23, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 25, 2022)
The Houston-area salon owner was reportedly out to dinner for her birthday.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 16, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 17, 2022)
A politically-charged Facebook post told the story of a Midwest farmer who was supposedly asked ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 23, 2019 (Updated: Aug. 3, 2022)
We look deeply at viral claims about Cecilia Payne, one of the most influential and overlooked f ...
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