An October 2025 social media post correctly reported that researchers documented an apparent effort by a troop of chimpanzees in the Congo Basin to domesticate more than 30 penguins. In October 2025, ...

A rumor that federal charges against former FBI director James Comey were dropped because the prosecutor misspelled his name as "Homey" circulated online in October 2025. For example, an Oct. 9 ...

Users managing Facebook pages and groups falsely alleged, "In a devastating twist, the Kirk family has suffered yet another unbearable loss." ...

In October 2025, social media users circulated a purported image of a toddler being arrested by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent following a high-profile imm ...

In late September 2025, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents implemented President Donald Trump's effort targeting immigrants living illegally in the Chicago area, protesters gathered ...

Holtec International announced it would release tritiated water into the Hudson River in 2023. Public outcry, legislation and a court battle followed.

Following the National Football League's announcement of Grammy Award-winning artist Bad Bunny as the halftime performer for the 2026 Super Bowl, rumors circulated online in early October 2025 that ...

One eyewitness told local news she saw agents leading zip-tied children out of an apartment building. DHS said that "never" happened.

The image allegedly showed a defaced sign memorializing the slain conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder.

The 21-year-old Delta State University student's body was found hanging from a tree on the campus in Cleveland, Mississippi, in September 2025.

The story said the barista asked customers who declined to tip, "You'll drop hundreds on plane tickets but nothing for the person keeping you awake?" ...