Did One Group of Undercover Cops Try to Arrest Other Undercover Cops?
Police chief: "This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen in this department since I’ve been appointed."
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Misinformation spread wildly as bushfires devastated Australia in late 2019 and early 2020.
Did an Iowa Man Get 16 Years in Prison for Burning an LGBT Rainbow Flag?
In December 2019, several news reports failed to properly explain to readers the impact of "habitual offender" laws on prison sentences.
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A bogus Facebook post in late 2019 was just the latest sex trafficking scare to emerge from Kentucky in recent years.
Did Hacker Who ‘Helped Expose’ Steubenville Rape Face More Prison Time than Rapists?
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Was Rapper YNW Melly Stabbed to Death in Prison?
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Are White Vans Being Used in Coordinated Human Trafficking Abductions?
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Did Michael Vick Say ‘I Killed All Of Them’ Dogs?
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Did Fire at CIA Headquarters Reveal Giant Drug Lab?
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Did Sanders Propose Raising Taxes to 52% on Incomes Over $29,000?
A popular meme appears to have conflated two different tax proposals from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
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Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?
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Bernie Sanders’ 1972 Essay on Rape
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Did a Montana Man Sell Jerky Made From Human Meat?
A routine review of content labeled satire.