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Whole Foods didn’t write anti-gay slur on Austin cake, pastor reveals

By W. Gardner Selby May 17, 2016

An Austin pastor, dropping his lawsuit, concedes he got it wrong when he said a Whole Foods worker put a slur on a cake.


That admission came a month after Jordan Brown filed suit charging otherwise.

 

 

In Context: Ron Johnson comparing the 2016 elections to 9/11

May 16, 2016

Fleshing out the Wisconsin Republican senator's comments about Flight 93.

The data behind DayOne’s 1 in 8 claim

By Jacqueline Tempera May 15, 2016

DayOne, the Sexual Assault & Trauma Center in Providence, says: "In Rhode Island it is estimated that one in eight women have been sexually assaulted during their lifetime."

This number came up a couple of weeks ago at a news conference held by the R.I. State-Wide Task Force on Adult Sexual Assault. We were alarmed by this number and wanted to research further.

One note before we begin: following the lead of PolitiFact national, we will refrain from using our "Truth-O-Meter" for this report. PolitiFact national has based its decision on the  well-documented underreporting of sexual assault. There is, as a result, no solid data on sexual assault as there is for robbery or murder.

Now it’s easier to share the facts

By Aaron Sharockman May 13, 2016

We are working with the Duke Reporters' Lab on a new widget that provides readers a way to share fact-check articles and spread them virally across the Internet.

What we know about the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails

By Lauren Carroll May 12, 2016

Clinton used her own email address and server while she was secretary of state. Now the FBI is looking into whether security was compromised. Here's what we know so far about the investigation. 

New! Now it's easier to share the facts

Looking for Jeb Bush’s ‘pledge’ to support Donald Trump

By Amy Sherman May 10, 2016

We looked into Donald Trump's statement that Jeb Bush signed a "binding pledge" to support the Republican nominee. Here's what we found. 

 

Ted Cruz’s ‘Pants on Fire’ claim about U.N. shredding First Amendment

By W. Gardner Selby May 10, 2016

Ted Cruz had seven Pants on Fire ratings on his Truth-O-Meter record before he suspended his presidential campaign.


He just landed "Pants" No. 8 for a flawed claim about a U.N. resolution shredding the First Amendment.

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