But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your Thanksgiving, but it won’t make dinner unsafe. Cooking poultry to 165°F kills the virus. Plus, ...

Death row timelines vary by jurisdiction, but the average time for Florida inmates is around 22.6 years, according to 2023 Bureau of Justice Statistics data. Florida’s average is in line with other ...

The rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and ...

There are no credible news reports from Montana, which supported Trump in 2024, about such a bonfire. Although we found some social media videos and news stories showing people burning MAGA hats in ...

Last year’s winner of the reader poll was also PolitiFact’s official editors’ choice for Lie of the Year: President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s campaign claim that Haitian immigrants in ...

Reports of halted research and clinical trials contradict Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statement that the Trump administration hasn’t cut science and research. One recent research letter ...

After Democratic lawmakers who are military and intelligence agency veterans posted a video urging U.S. service members not to carry out illegal orders, President Donald Trump attacked the lawmakers ...

The number of immigrants illegally in the U.S. is less than half the number Vice President JD Vance cited. Estimates range from 12 million to 14 million people as of 2023, the latest data available.

In an email exchange dated Nov. 23, 2017, Jeffrey Epstein discussed his Thanksgiving plans with Faith Kates, cofounder of the New York-based modeling agency NEXT Management. When Kates asked who else ...

Kayla Young is a West Virginia state delegate. A Democrat, she was elected to the state House in 2020 and serves as Minority Leader Pro Tempore.

West Virginia is “the only state losing population.” West Virginia lost residents over two timeframes: between the 2020 census and a 2024 population estimate, and between 2023 and 2024 population ...

President Donald Trump’s assertion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "knew nothing about" the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is the opposite of the conclusion of a U.S. intelligence assessment ...