Here's a roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Michael Ryan, left, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies programme, next to Tedros …
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While the Wyoming National Guard was sending more than 100 troops to Washington, D.C., to help with security around President Joe Biden's inauguration in January, Gov. Mark Gordon quietly mobilized dozens of Guard troops and others in case of violence at the state Capitol in Cheyenne.
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders work on the floor, Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. Stocks are swerving thro…
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak and John Panin, foreground left and right, work on the floor, Fr…
A late-day rebound in technology companies pulled the stock market out of a slump and helped give the S&P 500 its first weekly gain in three weeks. The index rose 2% Friday. Investors were encouraged by a government report that U.S. employers picked up the pace of hiring last month. However they were also still anxious over a recent surge in long-term interest rates in the bond market, which can slow the economy and discourage borrowing. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note pulled back from a midday spike and wound up at 1.56%, only slightly higher than a day earlier.
Barbie dolls, made by Mattel, are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in San Rafael, California.
FILE - In this Wednesday, July 24, 2019 file photo, Britain's Conservative Party Member of Parliament Nadhim Zahawi is interviewed by the medi…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s vaccines minister on Friday dismissed suggestions that the country was getting key COVID-19 jabs intended for poorer countries, insisting that 10 million doses coming from India were always intended for distribution in the U.K.
