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Investigating claim USS Abraham Lincoln sailors are trying to jump overboard
A rumor circulating online claims that numerous sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln had attempted to jump overboard due to mental health crises and deteriorating conditions.
The Naval aircraft carrier has logged nine months at sea amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Reporter Nur Ibrahim contacted the Navy and examined military news outlets' reports to break down what we know.
Did RFK Jr. testify brain damage prevented him from working during divorce proceedings?
The claim circulated across social media, with one X post saying that Kennedy asserted he "couldn't afford alimony because he was so brain damaged he couldn't hold a job."
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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges. We've unpacked these rumors about him
Since the killing of former United Healthcare CEO Brain Thompson in December 2024, we've investigated 15 claims involving Mangione — including those related to the death penalty and a gratitude list he allegedly wrote.
Did Trump-linked oil company set up drilling operation in Greenland without permission?
There was some truth to the claims. But they often made both the company's actions and its ties to Trump sound stronger than the evidence we gathered suggests.
Video of Hasan Piker speaking about Black people is heavily edited, missing key context
The footage of the popular streamer surfaced this month, as he made headlines for supporting Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
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Posts claim Rosa Parks' husband owned a car during bus boycotts. Here are the facts
Black civil rights activist Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955. Her subsequent arrest by law enforcement sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, a 13-month protest in Alabama's capital against racial segregation on public transit.
As such, some people online expressed surprise at a rumor that her husband, Raymond Parks, had a car, with many believing it discredited the activist.
Reporter Rae Deng contacted experts and dug into historical records to gather the facts.
