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Buffalo man sentenced in federal cocaine, fentanyl case

Federal prosecutors say David Washington of Buffalo was sentenced after a cocaine and fentanyl conspiracy conviction tied to searches that recovered drugs and more than $1.1 million in cash.

Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes

Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors...

X posts – Social media users spread conspiracy theories about Mitch McConnell after photo release

A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.

Viral Video Repeats Bogus Claim About Vaccines and Visible Ailments

SciCheck Digest A video repeating the claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the sudden onset of various visible ailments — such as fainting and...

Republicans Oversell Archer’s Testimony About Hunter and Joe Biden

Congressional testimony by Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, on July 31 led to competing narratives about what Archer said, and how damaging...

Posts Exaggerate Significance of Swiss Study on Heart Risk and COVID-19 Vaccination

SciCheck Digest A Swiss study found that after a COVID-19 booster, less than 3% of people briefly had a slightly elevated blood level of a...

RFK Jr.’s COVID-19 Deceptions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s battle against vaccines — and against the institutions that promote them — goes back to at least the mid-2000s, as...

Video Misrepresents Lasting Effects of Nuclear Bombs Dropped on Japan During World War II

Quick Take The United States dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing hundreds of thousands of people to force Japan’s surrender...

Trump Makes Unsubstantiated Claim About Fani Willis

There is no evidence that Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, had “an affair” with a “gang member” she was investigating,...

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Buffalo man sentenced in federal cocaine, fentanyl case

Federal prosecutors say David Washington of Buffalo was sentenced after a cocaine and fentanyl conspiracy conviction tied to searches that recovered drugs and more than $1.1 million in cash.

Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes

Q: Does Barack Obama still owe contractors or subcontractors...

X posts – Social media users spread conspiracy theories about Mitch McConnell after photo release

A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.

Lindsey Graham died. Here are 12 claims about the late senator, fact-checked

Social media users have spread numerous rumors about Graham, a longtime fixture of American politics.