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Relatives of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students hold signs that read in Spanish "You took them alive, We want them back alive" during a protest outside a military base in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, days before the anniversary of the disappearance of the students in Iguala, Guerrero in 2014. One week prior, Mexican authorities said they arrested a retired general and three other members of the army for alleged connection to their disappearance. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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EXPLAINER: Mexican army's role in students' disappearance
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Sun,09/25/22-1:16PM , 170 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army's role in the disappearance of 43 college students, its participation in covering up the facts and its alleged links to organized crime are now at the center of a case that has shaken the nation. The government's Truth Commission declared the incident a “state crime” in August.
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Sherri Papini leaves the federal courthouse after Federal Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Federal prosecutors had asked that she be sentenced to eight months in prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California woman gets 18 months for kidnapping hoax
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sun,09/18/22-11:19PM , 217 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search before she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016.
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A doctor administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a man, inside the Klunkerkranich restaurant and night club during an ongoing vaccination campaign of the Clubkommission in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. On Friday, Sept. 16, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Germany has halted the use of all COVID-19 vaccines because they are unsafe. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Fri,09/16/22-9:47AM , 185 Reads
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

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Germany hasn’t stopped using COVID-19 vaccines
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A group of runners cross the Veteran's Bridge as they return to Girls Preparatory School as they take part in "Finish Eliza's Run" on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The approximately four mile run was to memorialize, Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis runner, and mother of two, who was murdered during her early morning run. (Robin Rudd /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

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Thousands of runners rally around US to 'Finish Eliza's Run'
Fri,09/09/22-10:20AM , 388 Reads
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of people in cities across the U.S. finished Eliza’s run Friday morning.
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