Conspiracy News Digest

Orange County supervisor accepted over $550,000 in bribes, pleads guilty to conspiracy charge, feds say

Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to step down from his post and plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, federal authorities say. Read More
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Could conspiracy theories and AI impact the US election?

How disinformation and advanced technology might influence the 2024 vote Read More
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Man says he has been ‘left to rot' after Covid vaccine

Larry Lowe used to have an active life but said everyday tasks were now beyond him. Read More
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How hurricane conspiracy theories took over social media

The misinformation has been fuelled by a social media universe that rewards engagement over truth. Read More
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Covid inquiry told of trust do-not-resuscitate rule

Patients' families were “horrified but not surprised” when told the blanket policy had been in place. Read More
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Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease

People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious "cardiac events," researchers say. Read More
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Book claims Trump secretly sent Covid test machine to Putin during shortage

Trump campaign says none of the "made-up stories" in Watergate journalist Bob Woodward's book are true. Read More
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Former employee of COVID testing tycoon ordered to stand trial for extortion

Sunny Sun, a former employee of COVID testing tycoon Charles Huang, and a Nevada couple will stand trial for allegedly attempting to extort $20 million from the founder of Innova ...
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Column: The Pentagon's former top UFO hunter talks about COVID-19, Haitian pet-eaters and pseudoscience generally

Sean Kirkpatrick ran the government's investigation into UFOs, so he knows a lot about how misinformation and disinformation become grist for Congress and an unthinking news media Read More
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