After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesse...
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Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks
Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” joined Repub...
‘One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from Trump shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former president is shot, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caugh...
Misinformation and conspiracy theories swirl in wake of Trump assassination attempt
As Americans tried to piece together what happened at the Pennsylvania rally where a 20-year-old att...
Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer is to be sentenced
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a...
Conspiracy theories swirl around Taylor Swift. These Republican voters say they don’t care
WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor Swift ...
Here's why conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl are spreading
Taylor Swift has been one of the most dominant cultural figures of the past year, between her billio...
Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The hotel on the outskirts of town looks a lot like lodging one can find on any A...
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Maui’s wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of hom...
Takeaways from the AP’s look at the role of conspiracy theories in American politics and society
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conspiracy theories have a long history. Humans have always speculated about secre...
Conspiracy Theories: Why we want to believe when the facts often aren’t there
WASHINGTON (AP) — From fears about vaccines containing microchips to election rigging, conspiracy th...
Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists
WASHINGTON (AP) — A brutal conflict in Europe was fresh in people’s minds and the race for the White...
Days of Darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to...
In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the ...
Prosecutors recommend six months in prison for a man at the center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for a ...
German prosecutors indict 27 people in connection with an alleged far-right coup plot
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, i...
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, sues Media Matters as advertisers flee over report of ads appearing next to neo-Nazi posts
Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit against liberal advoc...
Political violence threatens to intensify as the 2024 campaign heats up, experts on extremism warn
The man who bludgeoned former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last year consumed ...
Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker N...
The man charged in last year’s attack against Nancy Pelosi’s husband goes to trial in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Franci...