Child trafficking
FILE Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold medal, in the men's 5000-meter medals ceremony, during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child. The British athlete made the revelation in a BBC documentary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
UK Olympic great Mo Farah says he was trafficked as a child

By Danica Kirka Jul. 12, 2022 08:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2021 file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions witnesses during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. On Friday, April 16 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a photo showed Gaetz as a senior in high school with a mullet hairstyle and a tuxedo. The image is not genuine. A reverse-image search revealed Gaetz’s face was superimposed onto a different man’s portrait, which has been circulating as a meme online for at least 11 years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 16, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

FILE- In this July 2, 2020 file photo, Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. Sex trafficking charges were added Monday, March 29, 2021 to the indictment against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that she groomed a 14-year-old girl to recruit other young females in the early 2000s to provide “sexualized massages” to Epstein in return for cash. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Fight over Ghislaine Maxwell's jail conditions heats up

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)
Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

By Alan Fram Apr. 03, 2021 10:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 07:55 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Don’t Let the Games Begin The New York...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Nov. 16, 2020 10:00 AM EST
The Dallas Morning News. Nov. 13, 2020. What a federal torture case in Dallas tells us about sex trafficking It’s not a...

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, a protesters holds a Q sign waits in line with others to enter a campaign rally with President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Facebook and Twitter promised to stop encouraging the growth of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon, which fashions President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and government officials. But the social media companies haven’t succeeded at even that limited goal, a review by The Associated Press found. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Facebook, Twitter flounder in QAnon crackdown

By Amanda Seitz And Barbara Ortutay Oct. 01, 2020 02:56 PM EDT

FILE - This April 17, 2018, file photo shows the Wayfair website on a computer in New York. Self-proclaimed internet sleuths are matching up names of Wayfair's products to those of missing children as part of a baseless conspiracy theory that claims the retail giant is using storage cabinets to traffic children. Wayfair responded: “There is, of course, no truth to these claims.” (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

By Amanda Seitz And Ali Swenson Jul. 16, 2020 05:24 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a nurse uses a swab to perform a coronavirus test in Salt Lake City. On Friday, July 10, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the nasal swab test commonly used for diagnosing COVID-19 involves obtaining a sample from a protective layer of cells known as the blood-brain barrier, which can result in inflammation of the brain. The swab goes so far back into the nose that it can be uncomfortable, even causing some people’s eyes to water. But it doesn't touch the area where blood vessels and the brain exchange important nutrients. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Ali Swenson, Beatrice Dupuy, Arijeta Lajka And Amanda Seitz Jul. 10, 2020 06:14 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 03:56 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 7 The Washington Post on...

Suspected child webcam cybersex operator, American David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., sits in his living room following his arrest as investigators gather evidence during a raid at his home in Mabalacat, northern Philippines, April 20, 2017. A Philippine court has convicted Deakin who exploited Filipino children sexually using webcams to sell videos, images and livestreams to pedophile buyers abroad, an official said Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippine court convicts American of online child abuse

By Jim Gomez May. 27, 2020 09:41 AM EDT