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Facebook Inc (FB) Will Warn When News May Be Fake 12/14/2016 07:00pm • Facebook (ticker: FB) says it is partnering with five third-party fact-checking organizations as part of its plans to address fake news on its platform -- and users can help with the effort, too. The announcement is part of Facebook's latest efforts to stop fake news, include easier reporting, flagg Prosecutors: Accused Pizzagate gunman planned 'violent confrontation' 12/13/2016 03:45pm • WASHINGTON — The North Carolina man who police say fired an assault rifle in a D.C. pizza restaurant last week while looking into a bogus internet conspiracy theory texted friends asking them to help raid a "pedo ring" and said a few lives might need to be sacrificed, according to federal charging Parents: Car crash changed alleged Comet pizza gunman 12/12/2016 11:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The man charged with shooting a firearm inside a D.C. pizza place underwent a personality change after he hit a 13-year-old boy with his car in October, his parents said Monday. Edgar Maddison Welch shifted from being energetic and outgoing to melancholy and quiet, Terri Welch Hundreds flock to DC restaurant smeared by internet hoax (Photos) 12/09/2016 06:35pm • WASHINGTON — Pizza is great comfort food, and on Friday hundreds of people from Northwest D.C. and beyond were eating pizza from a restaurant that needs all the comfort it can get: Comet Ping Pong. “We brought our kids here,” said Tom Hannon, who lives nearby. “And to have a guy walk thro Facebook Inc (FB) Looks to College Students to Help Block Extremism 12/08/2016 07:00pm • As concerns swirl over hate speech and trolls on social platforms like Facebook Inc (ticker: FB) and Twitter (TWTR), efforts to combat these problems hardly go unnoticed. But Facebook's latest endeavor in this arena is unique. The social network has partnered with EdVentures Partners and the State Comet gunman says he 'wanted to do some good' 12/08/2016 09:33am • WASHINGTON – The man who fired a gun inside Comet Ping Pong on Sunday said in an interview that he "wanted to do some good, and went about it the wrong way." Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, of North Carolina, said in a video interview with The New York Times published Thursday that he drove to D.C. o Businesses around Comet Ping Pong stay on alert after gunman 12/08/2016 04:34am • WASHINGTON — A 28-year-old North Carolina man who is accused of shooting a firearm inside a well-known Northwest D.C. pizzeria on Sunday has another court appearance Thursday morning. Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, North Carolina, went to Comet Ping Pong to investigate an online conspiracy New York restaurant threatened by 'Pizzagate' hoax callers 12/08/2016 02:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — A popular New York restaurant has become the latest victim of a fake-news conspiracy about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint. Roberta's, a Brooklyn restaurant known for its wood-fired pizza, received telephone calls threatening its e What really happens at baseball’s Winter Meetings 12/07/2016 01:27am • OXON HILL, Md. — To the outside world, Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings appear a regal gathering of the top executives in the game, swinging potential blockbuster deals between hotel suites while the sport’s biggest fans hold their collective breath. It’s not that this isn’t true, Comet Ping Pong reopens after shooting spurred by conspiracy 12/06/2016 09:50pm • WASHINGTON — A pizzeria in Northwest D.C. that has been the target of a fake election-related news story has reopened Tuesday, two days after a North Carolina man is accused of shooting a firearm inside, claiming to "self-investigate" the conspiracy theory. No one was hurt in the shooting Sunda After gun scare, community rallies behind DC pizzeria 12/06/2016 01:02pm • WASHINGTON — A popular D.C. pizzeria was set to reopen Tuesday afternoon after a gun scare over the weekend that was inspired by a fake story online. Comet Ping Pong at the corner of Connecticut and Nebraska avenues in Northwest D.C. has been closed since Sunday's incident, when police say a 28 Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle on making 'La La Land' (Videos) 12/06/2016 01:55am • WASHINGTON — It was just named Best Film by the Washington Area Film Critics Association and is a deserving front-runner for Best Picture at the Oscars. As audiences eagerly await the release of the new musical "La La Land" (in select theaters Friday, nationwide Dec. 16), WTOP sat down wit Accused pizzeria gunman brought 3 guns from N.C. in 'rescue' attempt 12/05/2016 05:15pm • WASHINGTON — A 28-year-old North Carolina man armed with an assault rifle who police say traveled to a popular D.C. pizzeria to "self-investigate" a fake news story about a child sex ring being run there by Hillary Clinton campaign operatives was ordered held without bond at his first court appear Police identify suspect who fired gun in Comet Ping Pong 12/04/2016 11:50pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. police have identified the man who was arrested after firing a gun inside of a restaurant Sunday afternoon in Northwest D.C. Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, of Salisbury, North Carolina, told police he went to Comet Ping Pong, a popular pizza place in the 5000 block of Connecticut A 3 Tips for Teachers to Help Teens Distinguish Fact From Fiction 12/04/2016 07:00pm • The rise in websites dispensing false information has become a problem for Facebook. But for one high school teacher, having students take misinformation at face value is nothing new -- though it's gotten worse. "I'm constantly got kids coming to me, 'Did you know?' insert whatever conspiracy theory