Gerd Heidemann, Journalist Duped by Fake Hitler Diaries, Dies at 93

What was supposed to be the crowning scoop of his career became his downfall when a trove of notebooks he acquired in Germany turned out to be forgeries.

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Fake Uber driver in Arizona accused of stealing cryptocurrency

Detectives from the Scottsdale Police Department and Secret Service agents arrested a man suspected to be involved in an alleged cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Nuruhussein Hussein was booked into ...
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Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation in Diary of CEO podcast

Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
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Police arrest 93 gang members behind £4m thefts in shoplifting crackdown

A police unit launched to crack down on the surge in shoplifting has arrested 93 members of 28 organised crime gangs behind more than £4m worth of thefts. The national team has also identified 228 ...
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Frieder Reimold, journalist who wrote AP’s iconic ‘East Germany opens borders’ bulletin, dies at 80

Frieder Reimold, the former Berlin bureau chief of The Associated Press German-language service who wrote the iconic 1989 bulletin that East Germany had opened its borders, has died aged 80, his ...
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Man accused of duping churchgoers into investing in video Covid-test tech to plead guilty

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Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52

Adam Pemble, an Associated Press journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died
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Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome

Influencers posing as medical experts are exploiting the lack of easy solutions for PCOS by selling fake cures.
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ChainPlay reported today that 93% of GameFi projects (the fusion of gaming and decentralized finance, or Web3 games) are dead.
VentureBeat - Dec. 5
Guardian Journalists Strike Over Planned Sale of The Observer

Workers have begun a 48-hour walkout, the first in 50 years for the outlet, over a proposal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, a digital media start-up.
The New York Times - Dec. 5