By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
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EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfir…
Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation
By ALI SWENSON, DAVID KLEPPER and SOPHIA TULP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfounded claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines proliferated in the hours and days after Buffalo Bills safety Da…
Jan. 6 takeaways: Final revelations from investigation
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Destroyed documents. Suggestions of pardoning violent rioters. Quiet talks among cabinet officials about whether …
Jan. 6 panel shutting down after referring Trump for crimes
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is shutting down, having completed a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection and having s…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the bobbleheads and the “Fauci ouchie,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases — and “stick with the sc…
Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — In 2014, groups of unaccompanied children escaping violence in Central America overwhelmed U.S. border authoritiesin South Texas. In 2016, thou…
EXPLAINER: How do parties and states set presidential votes?
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden told Democrats his preference for reordering the presidential primary calendar, states began balking. Officials in…
What Trump promised, Biden seeks to deliver in his own way
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructureas president. He vowed to take on China and bulk up American manufacturing. He said he would reduce the b…