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Record Number of Journalists Jailed Because of Their Work

NEW YORK — A record 274 journalists were in jail at the beginning of the month because of their work, nearly three dozen of them on charges of “false news,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. It has been five straight years where at least...

Looking Down and Back on a Decade from Space

There has been no shortage of big news over the last decade. Spanning the globe, some stories were expected while others caught the world off guard. Some were so massive they were visible from space, captured through state-of-the-art imaging satellites belo...
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Elderly, Conservatives Shared More Facebook Fakery in 2016

WASHINGTON — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates and super liberals during the 2016 ...

This Happened While You Were Out

This week GV Wire reporter Jamie Ouverson connects Fresno with her top stories of last weekend. NFL Teams Leading 'Week Two' - NFL Donald Glover Gives Thanks to President Trump at Emmys - The Hill Ro...