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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 Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Weather or meteorological events that would be classified as “extreme” have not declined in severity
CLAIM: 100 million humans in the same place would emit enough radiation to be deadly. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Radiation experts confirm the human body contains trace amounts of radiation, but the levels aren’t nearly enough to be lethal, even if 100 million people were somehow packed into a single place.
A man already convicted of killing a Tucson teenager now is facing another murder trial, this one involving a 6-year-old girl. Jury selection from a pool of nearly 100 potential