The megalodon story should have ended with fossils, museum labels, and a simple timeline. Instead, it became a modern legend: one part real paleontology, one part TV spectacle, and one part internet ...

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Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes. But there's more than meets the eye. With Halloween just a month away, NPR's Word of the Week series delves into the ...

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...

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The United States of America has now spent almost a decade embroiled in "Russiagate," and its citizens have been bombarded from both sides with theories, names, and anonymous quotes. But it all really ...

Survivors of abuse from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pushed back on President Donald Trump’s characterization of the ongoing Epstein files release as a “hoax,” which he doubled down on in ...

Hoax calls involving alleged bomb threats and even claims of active shooters have prompted evacuations and closures at several zoos around the U.S. in recent days, disrupting family plans and taxing ...