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  • Driver arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after plowing into crowd at Liverpool soccer parade

    Driver arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after plowing into crowd at Liverpool soccer parade

    May 27, 2025 04:11 PM EDT

    ... he was going over the people." Suspect partly identified to stop rumor mill Police quickly identified the suspect as a white local man to prevent misinformation from flooding social media, Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said. Rotheram said police acted appropriately to tamp down online speculation about the person ...

  • Police say driver who plowed into soccer fans in Liverpool acted alone, not believed to be terrorism

    Police say driver who plowed into soccer fans in Liverpool acted alone, not believed to be terrorism

    May 26, 2025 07:09 PM EDT

    ... League issued a similar statement expressing shock at the “appalling events in Liverpool.” Police identified the suspect as white, in a possible decision to prevent misinformation from flooding social media. Last summer, a teen in the nearby town of Southport killed three girls in a stabbing rampage at a dance ...

  • WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers

    WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers

    May 21, 2025 02:45 PM EDT

    Trump has falsely accused the South African government of a rights violation against white Afrikaner farmers by seizing their land through a new expropriation law. No land has been seized and the South African government has pushed back, saying U.S. criticism is driven by misinformation. The Trump administration’s ...

  • Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts

    Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts

    May 20, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kaiya Brown was having a similarly surreal day at SIPI, the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. Kaiya Brown: There was so much misinformation at the time. There was so much chaos. It was just chaos. Like, I can't explain it and emphasize even more. It was ...

  • WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on HHS budget request in Senate hearing

    WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on HHS budget request in Senate hearing

    May 20, 2025 01:52 PM EDT

    “We can’t always expect placebo-controlled trials,” Scott said. “It’s imperative that be communicated clearly to the public, but it’s challenging especially when there’s so much noise in social media and so much misinformation.” Trump officials held up vaccine decision The administration's promise of ...

  • WATCH: White Afrikaners from South Africa arrive at Dulles airport to seek U.S. resettlement

    WATCH: White Afrikaners from South Africa arrive at Dulles airport to seek U.S. resettlement

    May 12, 2025 04:28 PM EDT

    ... Afrikaner group.South Africa's government says the U.S. allegations that the white minority Afrikaners are being persecuted are “completely false,” the result of misinformation and an inaccurate view of its country. It cited the fact that Afrikaners are among the richest and most successful people in the country ...

  • How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

    How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

    May 07, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... for its users, but makes money through local advertising, optional subscriptions with more access, and donations. And while vigorous discussion is encouraged, personal attacks and misinformation are prohibited. Michael Wood-Lewis: Eight thousand members participate in this single neighborhood forum. They saw this. Judy Woodruff: Around 12 moderators, all real ...

  • Florida State students return to campus, gather at memorials after deadly shooting

    Florida State students return to campus, gather at memorials after deadly shooting

    Apr 18, 2025 07:11 PM EDT

    ... where his previous emergency response training kicked in. “There was a lot of fear. There was a lot of panic. There was a lot of misinformation that was being spread around. I was doing my best to kind of combat that," he said. “I told people, ‘Take a deep breath ...

  • Former Facebook exec tells Senate committee company undermined national security with China

    Former Facebook exec tells Senate committee company undermined national security with China

    Apr 10, 2025 06:51 PM EDT

    ... dollar business in China,” she said in her prepared remarks. WATCH: As Meta drops fact-checking, critics fear it could pave the way for a misinformation spike Wynn-Williams also said Meta deleted the Facebook account of a prominent Chinese dissident living in the U.S., bowing to pressure from ...

  • Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak

    Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak

    Apr 08, 2025 10:20 PM EDT

    David Edmonston: There's an awful lot of misinformation out there, and you need to be careful who you listen to. Deema Zein: David has been a decades-long member of a spiritual group founded in India. During the pandemic, when the COVID-19 vaccine became available, he urged other ...

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