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Pizzagate: From rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C.

They called the FBI, which said the threats were a local ... School shooting (a government conspiracy to justify gun control, they say). Now, in Welch’s case, the conspiracy theorists insisted that ... read more

FBI undercover stings foil terrorist plots — but often plots of the agency’s own making

The most recent alleged plotter, 25-year-old Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. of Columbia, was indicted last week after federal prosecutors accused him of participating in an Islamic State plan to cause mass ... read more

FBI stings foil terrorists, but sometimes undercover agents create the plots

The most recent alleged plotter, 25-year-old Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. of Columbia, was indicted last week after federal prosecutors accused him of participating in an Islamic State plan to cause mass ... read more

Trapped in a hoax: survivors of conspiracy theories speak out

Together with their first cousins, fake news, they are challenging ... had a job they loved at a local concert venue. Their life was good. By the time they roused themselves, the deadliest high school ... read more

Autograph Fakery: Two Firms Monopolize a Lucrative Business

Before they could finish setting up, though, a pair of cops from the local Richmond County department strolled up and slapped handcuffs on Maurer and three ... were fake was simply aiding that ... read more

The bizarre story of the L.A. dad who exposed the college admissions scandal

Three weeks after wiring Meredith the $4,000, FBI ... schools.” Agents were still listening a few months later in August, when Singer walked Bill McGlashan, a founder of an investment firm and major ... read more

Nicole Lovell murder: Was a Virginia teen lured to her death through a smartphone app?

With a few swipes on her smartphone, Lovell became a victim of the occasionally dangerous world of anonymous online friending, where predators hunt for victims by using fake names ... I was just on ... read more

Portland sex attack suspect's 12 deportations inflame immigration debate

Williams decried the local jail's silence ... sometimes with fake IDs. Asked in 2013 why he kept returning to the United States, Martinez said, "To come to live with my family,'' noting he had three ... read more

From Mormon kid to alleged drug kingpin: Inside the rise and fall of Aaron Shamo

He’d noticed someone following him the other day, running three red lights to stay on his tail ... SWAT officers in riot gear and black masks stood in the doorway, staring him down. Shamo felt his ... read more

College Basketball Made Louisville, Then Broke It

Three days before ... and concern about risk to the school’s reputation from the FBI investigation. In early season play, the Cardinals lost back-to-back games to ranked teams, dropping out of the top ... read more

Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford moved 3,000 miles to reinvent her life. It wasn’t far enough.

“I am here today not be cause I want to be,” she said in her opening ... They’ve looked into a security service to escort their children to school. While Ford met the FBI last week to discuss her ... read more

Report: U.Va. abduction suspect linked to 2009 disappearance

No criminal charges were filed, but a football teammate told CBS News Matthew was dismissed from the school. A source told CBS News last week that local law enforcement along with FBI are ... Kelly's ... read more