False Claims
A man ate 7 pounds of carrots a week trying to tan himself and ended up in hospital, and a doctor says the TikTok trend is built on a false claim - Attack of the Fanboy
A TikTok trend called carrotmaxxing is encouraging people to drink large daily quantities of carrot juice in hopes of achieving a sun-kissed tan and clearer skin. As highlighted by LADbible, the t...
Read moreFormer CT nurse accused of defrauding Medicaid submitted $1.3 million worth of claims - Hartford Courant
A former Connecticut nurse faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid program, submitting more than 15,000 claims and receiving payments totaling more than $1.3 million. Marisol R...
Read moreViral video falsely claims terrorists invade Ibadan community - FactCheckHub
A VIRAL video circulating on social media, shared by a verified X user @Somtolism7, claims to capture a violent invasion of a local community in Ibadan, Oyo State, by terrorists. The footage shows...
Read moreFact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week - Yahoo
There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donald Trump delivered a dizzying variety of fals...
Read moreFact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week - CNN
There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donald Trump delivered a dizzying variety of fals...
Read moreGreater Cincinnati manufacturers settle PPP fraud allegations for $2.5 million - WKRC
COVINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) - Two Erlanger-based manufacturing companies agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations they improperly obtained pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program loans, federal...
Read moreFormer Connecticut nurse filed $1.35M in false Medicaid claims, officials say - CT Insider
A former Connecticut nurse has been charged with submitting thousands of false Medicaid claims for medication she did not give to patients, federal prosecutors said Friday. Florida resident Mariso...
Read moreSorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
As the climate-change landscape evolves, new forms of scientific disinformation emerge. Just this week, President Trump spread one of the latest false claims: that the United Nations Intergovernmen...
Read moreColony Ridge developers sue Alex Jones for defamation over social media video - Houston Public Media
The developers of a Houston-area residential community are suing far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation, after comments he made in a February video in which he call...
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Police training exercise led to false Facebook claims of mass shooting in St. Charles - Shaw Local
The St. Charles Police Department provided more clarity into what caused the “misinformation” on a Facebook scanner page that claimed there was an active shooter last Thursday. In a posts on its o...
