False Claims
Ukraine Says Russian Claims About Control Of Soledar Untrue, Fighting Continues - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The Ukrainian military and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy say claims by Russia's Vagner group that Russian forces have taken the eastern town of Soledar are false and fighting continues. "The terro...
Read moreTikTok’s True Crime Community Is Turning on Idaho Murder Survivors - Yahoo Entertainment
The Nov. 13 discovery of four dead University of Idaho students shocked the community of Moscow, Idaho. But on TikTok, the murders jump-started the app’s true crime engine: a web of amateur sleuth...
Read moreFact check: Posts falsely link Adam Schiff to harassment settlement - USA TODAY
The claim: Rep. Adam Schiff used taxpayer money for a sexual harassment settlement in 2013 A Jan. 8 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a picture of Rep. Adam Schiff, claiming the ...
Read moreUkraine’s Gwara Media Fights For Truth in Kharkiv - Human Rights First
Despite what United States Senator Hiram Johnson declared in 1918, truth wasn’t the first casualty of the Russian war on Ukraine. Russia had been pumping out disinformation about Ukraine for years,...
Read moreNew York Republicans call on Santos to resign and give up his ... - NPR
Republican leaders from Long Island condemned Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., Wednesday as a "pathological liar" and demanded he give up the House seat he won in November. Santos, a political newcomer,...
Read moreSAPS gets hammered in court over false k-word claims – Solidarity - BizNews
Today the South African Police Service (SAPS) was ordered by the Labour Court in Johannesburg to pay R300 000 in damages to Colonel Annemarie Oosthuizen for the abhorrent way they have dealt with ...
Read moreFalse voter fraud claims led to voter suppression laws - BayStateBanner
Two years after false claims of voter fraud fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, those same lies are shaping restrictive voter laws in a slew of states nationwide, explains Sean Mor...
Read moreGeorge Santos Faces Calls to Resign From Long Island GOP Leaders - The New York Times
WESTBURY, N.Y. — Republican officials on Long Island, including Representative Anthony D’Esposito, called on Wednesday for Representative George Santos to resign, as he faces multiple inquiries int...
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Northville Man Pleads Guilty To COVID Fraud Schemes - WHMI
Jessica Mathews / [email protected] A Northville man has reached a plea deal related to tax and PPP schemes involving more than $5.5 (m) million in fraudulent claims for COVID-era benefits. 49-year-old...