Debunking false claims that Germany 'already' sent Leopard 2 tanks ...

By Mike Wendling US disinformation reporter Activists who blamed NFL star Damar Hamlin's on-field collapse this month on Covid-19 vaccines have concocted another baseless conspiracy theory - that ...

FILE - Marilyn Manson attends the 9th annual "Home for the Holidays" benefit concert in Los Angeles, on Dec. 10, 2019. Actor Esm Bianco has settled a federal lawsuit with Marilyn Manson in which s...

FILE - Marilyn Manson attends the 9th annual "Home for the Holidays" benefit concert in Los Angeles, on Dec. 10, 2019. Actor Esm Bianco has settled a federal lawsuit with Marilyn Manson in which s...

Investigating viral, harmful misinformation AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we...

A federal judge on Monday ordered a Fulton County woman to pay $15,000 and submit to further sanctions in a settlement for making false claims by marketing essential oils and supplements as treatm...

Esmé Bianco and Marilyn Manson have reached a settlement nearly two years after she filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the musician and his company. "Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claim...

The claim: Lauren Boebert has a net worth of over $12 million A Dec. 17, 2022, Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows a screenshot of a tweet about Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Repub...

On January 13, 2023, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari1 to review the False Claims Act (“FCA”) scienter standard in two FCA whistleblower cases from the Seventh Circuit, U.S. ex r...

YOUNGSTOWN – A federal jury today found Robert J. Rohrbaugh, 49, of Canfield, Ohio, guilty of engaging in a conspiracy to help two men illegally obtain more than $1.3 million from the IRS following...