BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Monday officially began the selection of new senators, a process that has become part of an ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo. Hopeful candidates headed to district offices across the country on the first day of registration to […]
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Sex offender arrested after faking death to avoid registering, Arizona sheriff says
A convicted sex offender tried to fake his own death to avoid registering, an Arizona sheriff said this week. Benjamin Hollins, 50, was arrested Tuesday, around seven months after he allegedly had a woman falsely say he jumped to his death from the Roosevelt Bridge, near the dam of the same name, in Arizona, the […]
How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The rumor started as a post on X. The post published in early April misrepresented federal data from the Social Security Administration to falsely suggest that hundreds of thousands of migrants may have registered to vote in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Texas. One hour later, the tweet got the rocket fuel it needed […]
Posts falsely claim data shows non-citizens registering to vote
Social media posts claim undocumented immigrants are registering to vote en masse in the US states of Arizona, Texas and Pennsylvania, due to policies that allow people to sign up without photo identification. This is false; citizenship is required to vote in federal elections and the figures cited online do not reflect new registrations, but […]
Trump Media Plunges After Registering Shares, Warrants for Sale
(Bloomberg) — Former president Donald Trump’s social media startup sank as much as 20% after the company registered its shares for potential resale. Most Read from Bloomberg Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., parent of Truth Social, filed to register shares including those held by insiders and linked to warrants. The move is the first […]