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Army Vet’s Live Suicide Video Prompts Call for Social Media Reform

A graphic video of Ronnie McNutt's death was streamed on Facebook and went viral across...

Did Family of El Paso Baby Photographed With Trump Get Death Threats?

Internet harassment after a major news event is sadly not uncommon.

What Was the Actual Death Toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico officials originally set the hurricane's death toll at 64, but a more recent...

South African Filmmaker Killed by Giraffe

Carlos Carvalho died after being head-butted by a giraffe while filming at a safari lodge.

Conspiracy Theorists Arrested for Harassing Sutherland Springs Church Have Been Released

Robert Ussery and Jodi Mann have been stalking mass shooting victims and survivors for months.

Conspiracy Theories About Mass and School Shootings, Explained

Why do the same sets of shooting conspiracy theories and tropes appear every time there...

Parkland High School Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

A number of unverified claims about the Parkland school shooting spread on social media in...

Did Politicians Tweeting ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Receive Millions of Dollars from the NRA?

After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful...

Train Carrying Republican Lawmakers Collides With Garbage Truck

Injuries and at least one fatality are reported, but no passengers on the West Virginia-bound...

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Despite sixty years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in Russia's Ural Mountains...

Pearl Harbor Rumors Which Will Live in Infamy

A list of fact checks related to the 7 December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor...

Multiple People Killed in Northern California Mass Shooting

Authorities in Rancho Tehama said the gunman was allegedly involved in "a domestic violence incident"...