Steve Bannon’s trial in border wall charity scheme case delayed
NEW YORK — Conservative strategist Steve Bannon won’t face trial until February on state charges of conspiring to dupe donors to build a border wall, a…
Eight face trial in France on conspiracy, accessory charges in beheading of teacher
Samuel Paty's sister Gaelle Paty (C) arrives Monday morning at a specially formed Paris Assizes court where eight people are facing trial over their involvement…
Editorial: Election results take time. Ignore the conspiracy theories
Election day is almost here, and the end of this tumultuous campaign season cannot come soon enough. But it may not come Tuesday night.Given that…
Column: Hitler-splaining. F-Bombs. Fake headlines. An election week in the media like no other
The Republican candidate for president uses crude language at rallies. Vulgarisms on the campaign trail. Off-color remarks in town halls. The media has deployed every…
Elon Musk’s courtship with MAGA has driven X into misinformation abyss
Multibillionaires are eccentric. It’s common knowledge, like water is wet, fire is hot, “Joker: Folie à Deux” is a terrible film. From Jeff Bezos to…
AI can rescue people from conspiracy theory rabbit holes
Roughly half of Americans subscribe to to some sort of conspiracy theory, and their fellow humans haven’t had much success coaxing them out of their…
Man convicted in ‘landmark’ FGM conspiracy case
Joseph Raynor/Nottingham PostKaky is due to be sentenced on 3 OctoberA former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation…
Opinion: We’re taking the wrong approach to counteracting conspiracy theories
Not long ago, a millennial father of two in the Midwest whom I interviewed was convinced that many of our elected leaders like to feast…
Fake blood or a deep state plot? Crazed Donald Trump shooting conspiracy theories have revived a very American tradition
CONSPIRACY is as American as apple pie – at least, that’s what they want you to believe.Just seconds after that bullet whistled through Donald Trump’s…
After Trump is shot, conspiracy theories flood the internet, creating dangerous ‘spiral’
The attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania almost immediately gave rise to internet conspiracy theories that experts say will…
Michigan man sentenced for White supremacist conspiracy, desecrating Jewish synagogue
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that a Michigan man was sentenced to 26 months in prison for conspiring with a White supremacist group that…
Attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty in Arizona fake elector case
PHOENIX — Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s…
Extended-length Bluey episode The Sign is a test run for potential movie, producer says
In short: A Bluey producer has addressed movie rumours, moving house and "true crime" theories ahead of an extended episode release.The new Bluey episode runs for 28 minutes,…
Ekin-Su's mum leaves Celebrity Big Brother fans baffled over bizarre conspiracy theory on ITV show edit
Unfortunately for actress and Love Island winner Ekin-Su, 29, her mum Sezer didn't help matters as she stepped in to defend her daughter with an…
Former Honduran president guilty of cocaine conspiracy
1 of 2 | Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted of a massive long-running cocaine conspiracy Friday in New York U.S. District Court.…
Joseph Parker speaks out on Tyson Fury conspiracy theories around ‘fake cut’ that KOd showdown with Usyk
JOSEPH PARKER has insisted that Tyson Fury's cut that caused the fight with Oleksandr USyk to be delayed was a "freak accident". Fury has come…
Biden trolls Taylor Swift-NFL conspiracy theorists after Super Bowl
President Biden doesn’t really have lasers coming out of his eyes. But if he did, they might be pointed squarely at anyone who claims that…
Michigan state lawmaker loses staff, committee post after sharing racist conspiracy theory
Republican State Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford, Mich., was stripped of legislative staff resources and a committee assignment on Monday amid a furor over his…
At Birch Society headquarters, looking for roots of conspiracy theory in U.S.
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will not face a second trial, prosecutors say
US prosecutors do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt…