It has been a chaotic week on Twitter, even by the standards of Elon Musk's brief tenure as the site's owner and CEO. Shortly after abruptly suspending the Twitter accounts of several prominent re...

Twitter was forced to correct a false claim made by a right-wing US commentator that an anti-abortionist was arrested for "silent praying" in Birmingham. Birmingham: Woman arrested outside abortion...

hether fomenting insurrection, standing accused of rape or stiffing the IRS, Donald Trump remains in the news. On Monday, the House select committee voted to issue its final report. Three days lat...

In his first response to the release of the Jan. 6 report, former President Donald Trump is out with a new video Friday attacking the Jan. 6 committee and refuting its findings that he was ultimat...

Waka Kotahi NZTA has refuted 'false' claims that the agency is refusing to let people drive on the new Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway before Christmas despite it being ready for traffic. ACT transport...

The claim: COVID-19 vaccines were responsible for 1.1 million excess deaths in the US Since COVID-19 vaccines first became available in late 2020, vaccine skeptics have twisted public health data ...

A University of Idaho professor has sued a TikTok psychic for falsely claiming the professor was involved in the killings of four students last month. Rebecca Scofield, the chair of the university...

In September 2020, claims that the word hangover was derived from a cheap, rope-based form of accommodation prized by drunken sailors went viral on social media, often accompanied by a picture of ...

CLAIM: The European Union is working to create a “personal carbon credit” system in which individuals pay directly for the greenhouse gases they produce. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Spokespersons for ...

The claim: Oxfordshire government voted to test 'climate lockdown' in 2024 Countries around the world ordered lockdowns throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in an attempt to contain the ...