Last summer, the sheriff of Coryell County in Central Texas took to an elevated platform in a small Las Vegas ballroom and made an unusual announcement: He was a “born-again sheriff,” he said, having “realized that I wasn’t doing my…[Continue Reading...]
"Missionaries" from The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles were seen handing out flyers to youths in Jerusalem inviting them to an event, according to a post on Facebook that attached the flyer. The Collegiate Association for the Research…[Continue Reading...]
Linda Martin grew up with death. As a child, she would see friends at church one week and then never again, she said. When the community’s elders gathered at someone’s home, she assumed the worst: another loss. Martin, who now…[Continue Reading...]
Nottingham/Paris, Jan 14 (The Conversation) From vaccine uptake to violent extremism, conspiracy beliefs are linked to distrust in major institutions or powerful figures. Research developed in the last decade shows how conspiracy beliefs can be linked to people’s lack of…[Continue Reading...]
Canadian companies are inadvertently financing news websites criticized for publishing conspiracy theories and misinformation, through advertisements placed there without their knowledge, The Globe and Mail has found. Google has placed ads from a host of Canadian companies – including airlines,…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER — The day after the City Council fired City Manager Jon Jennings and appointed Jennifer Poirrier as his interim successor, a series of blocked calls appeared on Poirrier’s cell. She picked up on the fourth “No ID” call in…[Continue Reading...]
Afew years ago, Vanessa Grigoriadis started to tell the story of a lifetime. That story would take her to a suburb north of Albany, New York, and to a mysterious location in Mexico. That story would put her in front…[Continue Reading...]
OSAKA -- "He must have thought, 'if it weren't for their religion,' because I was the same," said a 45-year-old man who was raised by religious parents as a "second-generation follower" about Tetsuya Yamagami, who has been indicted for the…[Continue Reading...]
Before loved ones and fans could even shared their tributes, anti-vaxxers and conspiracists were posting baseless theories about why or how Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, had died. Presley’s mother confirmed her daughter’s death in a…[Continue Reading...]
Lawsuits have brought conspiracy theorist Alex Jones more fame, according to a tweet sharing a segment of Jones speaking on Infowars, a far-right conspiracy theory news site that he owns. Jones was recently ordered to pay a collective $1 billion…[Continue Reading...]
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