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That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

Stanford researchers uncovered more than 1,000 of these LinkedIn profiles. A technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, right, and former Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, left, attend a summit organized by the America First Policy Institute on July 25, 2022. Meadows and DeMint have both been involved with the Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit raising concerns among tax experts.

Experts say a Trump-backed charity is pushing the boundaries of tax law

An NPR investigation has raised questions about whether the nonprofit Conservative Partnership Institute may be violating a legal ban on participating in political campaign activities.

Family, friends and community members gathered at a 2019 vigil in remembrance of Stonechild Chiefstick, who was shot to death by a Poulsbo, Washington, police officer after a confrontation earlier that year.

No investigations opened or complaints taken: WA office to probe police violence off to a slow start

In 2021, WA lawmakers created the nation's first state-funded office to investigate police killings. Three years later, the office still hasn't officially launched any investigation.

Jerry Olson

Jerry Olson is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from the University of Cincinnati. In addition to his technical career, he is also a musician who has played tuba and bass trombone with the Berkeley (CA) Symphony and numerous other groups, including the Spokane Symphony. In a previous life, Jerry was a semiconductor engineer in Silicon Valley but in 1989, he and his family moved to Cheney in order to pursue a saner lifestyle. Results have been mixed ...

President Trump announced the creation of Operation Warp Speed in May to fast-track a coronavirus vaccine. He called it "a massive scientific and industrial, logistic endeavor unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project."

How Operation Warp Speed's Big Vaccine Contracts Could Stay Secret

More than $6 billion in federal funding has been routed through a firm that manages defense contracts, making the agreements subject to less federal scrutiny and transparency.

Google's Sundar Pichai, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey face Congressional scrutiny over the spread of misinformation on their platforms.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Congress: 4 Things To Know

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey of Twitter will testify about the steps they have taken to deal with misinformation about the election, COVID-19 and vaccines.

Encore: Midterms election misinformation

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.

Week In Sports: College Basketball Faces Coronavirus Crisis

A slew of college basketball players have tested positive for the coronavirus. Also, what may race-based concussion tests in the NFL mean for retired Black players?

President Trump speaks to members of the press at the White House on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Trump praised the Big Ten's decision to resume the college football season at the end of October.

Politics And Football Mix Again, As Trump Cheers Return Of Big Ten Play

The Big Ten conference announced that the college football season would resume at the end of October with new coronavirus protocols. President Trump had been calling for the games to start up again.

College Football Season Builds to Climax

College football's national championship will be decided Wednesday when Texas faces defending champion Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Six games on Monday offered a wild series of warmups, while in a final preliminary on Tuesday night, Penn State and Florida State meet in the Orange Bowl.

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