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We believe the suspect was targeting administration officials, acting attorney general Todd Blanche told NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday morning.

Musically, Jackson was in a class all his own. He remains, even in death, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with 13 number one singles and countless awards.

The administrators behind Military Phony described 'digital stolen valor' as the online equivalent of wearing medals you didn't earn, using exaggerated or fabricated credentials to gain respect, sympathy or opportunity that would otherwise belong to someone else.

Mr. Secretary, I got two seconds, respectfully, you know what I'd really wish you'd spend more time on? More time thinking about the American people, less time talking about whale heads, bear heads, and raccoon parts!

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home. They traveled around 17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners.

The term "conspiracy theory" calls to mind a variety of dubious claims and controversies, like rumors about Area 51, claims that the Earth is flat, and the movement known as QAnon. At first blush, these phenomena would seem to have little in common with bogus word origins. But there are a variety of false etymologies that spread virally and refuse to go away, in much the same way that stories about chemtrails, black helicopters, and UFOs refuse to die.

Just having the documents doesn't mean you can search them immediately. You have to make them machine-readable first. Even though these are now public records, it does not mean they are verified, true or accurate. A name appearing in a document does not, by itself, establish involvement in criminal activity. Each reference must be examined in full context.

After interviewing over 200 people for various articles, I've become hypersensitive to the subtle ways trust builds or breaks in conversation. And here's what I've discovered: we all use phrases that quietly erode trust, often multiple times a day, completely unaware of the damage we're doing to our relationships and credibility. The fascinating part? These aren't obvious lies or manipulative statements. They're everyday phrases that seem harmless but trigger our brain's ancient alarm systems, making people instinctively pull back from us.

Most days, an email lands in my inbox with the promise to amplify my growth-my newsletter subscribers, the reach of my podcasts, the number of client leads, etc. I've gotten used to random people pitching me on their services, and some of the messages expertly prey on my insecurities as a business owner ("you're leaving so much on the table," et al.). I never answer any of them, but I sometimes wonder which ones might actually be legit.

A short while later, the White House posted the same photo - except that version had been digitally altered to darken Armstrong's skin and rearrange her facial features to make it appear she was sobbing or distraught. The Guardian one of many media outlets to report on this image manipulation, created a handy slider graphic to help viewers see clearly how the photo had been changed.

Research on casual conversations reveals that more than 60 percent of informal conversations are gossip or the exchange of related social information. Dunbar defines exchange of social information as conversations about people and relationships (e.g., who's related to whom, who's allied with whom, who's married to whom), whereas a more narrowly defined subset of social conversations constitutes pure gossip, containing an element of judgment or evaluation of a not-present third party.