As Manchester United slide inexorably into next season’s Champions League, it’s hard not to think that barring a biblical capitulation Michael Carrick has coached his way into a permanent position in ...

It’s been 20 years since Warren Jeffs, the “prophet” who ran the cult-like polygamist Mormon offshoot the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Short Creek, Utah, was arrested ...

The mayor of Bath, in southwestern England, resigned from his post Monday after drawing criticism for amplifying the idea that the London arson of ambulances owned by a Jewish emergency service was a ...

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Donald Trump’s White House spokespeople have a favorite two-step reply when reporters ask them to comment on one of the president’s false claims. Second: They defend some related point that isn’t the ...

You have probably encountered the base rate fallacy, and it probably fooled you. Part mathematical paradox and part cognitive bias, this mental oversight has surprisingly forceful things to say about ...

The 23 rd annual True/False film festival in Columbia, MO has reached its midway point, with one of documentary’s most revered talents presiding as Visiting Artistic Director – Oscar nominee Yance ...

While commercial aircraft are careful to avoid flying over conflict areas, airlines are increasingly confronting a dangerous spillover from war zones—spoofing. The practice involves state and ...

Here’s a story I’ve heard 10 times in as many weeks: XYZ company has a new AI-enabled internal workflow initiative. Rollout happens as a decisive move toward “AI-first operations.” The rollout fails.

Inflation under Trump: Near the end of the speech, Trump falsely claimed, “Inflation is stopped.” Inflation hasn’t stopped; the most recent available year-over-year inflation rate at the time he spoke ...

Majorities in 24 of the 25 countries surveyed see the spread of false information online as a major threat. Only in Israel do fewer than half of adults (43%) hold this view. An additional 27% of ...