Dolly Parton's sister Stella Parton is condemning the deluge of misinformation being spread in the wake of the country star's death.
The younger Parton, 77, took time from her morning "coffee hour" Friday, Sept. 4, to express how such online negativity has taken an emotional toll on her family as they continue grieving the "I Will Always Love You" singer, who died Aug. 25 at age 80.
In a two-slide statement on Instagram, Stella Parton first thanked the "genuine" supporters who have been kind and respectful during the Parton family's bereavement, then addressed the bad-faith social media users who have been anything but considerate.
"Sadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of the public, we have no choice but to be subjected to incredible pressure and insensitivity from strangers," she wrote. "There is a tremendous amount of AI and endless garbage being posted everyday and it's been challenging to absorb and or ignore."
Brad Paisley fights tears singing Dolly Parton duet alone after her death

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Stella Parton is opening up about life after losing her beloved sister, Dolly Parton.
Ten days after the country music legend's death, Stella shared an emotional message about grief, family, and the wave of misinformation that has followed Dolly's passing.
Dolly died at 80 on Aug. 25, according to a video shared that day by her nephew Bryan Seaver. Her representatives later confirmed that the iconic singer died after a "brief battle with cancer."
On Friday, Sept. 4, Stella used her Instagram "coffee hour" to give fans an update on how she and her family are handling the devastating loss.
She began by expressing gratitude to everyone who has offered sincere support to the family during their time of mourning.

#stella #family #parton #seaver

Dolly Parton's sister Stella Parton has issued a statement calling out online "misinformation" in the wake of her sister's death.
She asked the public to "show more compassion and wisdom as we move forward in life."
Dolly Parton died at the age of 80 last month.
Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, has issued a long statement almost two weeks after her sister's death.
Taking to Instagram on September 4, the 77-year-old Stella reflected on the reaction to the news that Dolly died at the age of 80 on August 25.

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In 2025, 87% of all mortgage borrowers paid above the most competitive rate available to them, and 78.7% of refinance borrowers overpaid, typically costing them $3,343 a year, or $278 a month, according to Bankrate's Hidden Homeownership Tax research.
Refinancing isn't free. Expect closing costs of 2% to 5% of your new loan amount, and the savings only outweigh that cost once you cross your break-even point.
While a lower interest rate sounds tempting, keep an eye on fees – they can overwhelm your savings from lower monthly payments.
Despite the rise in interest rates in the last few years, refinancing may still make sense for some homeowners. If you're a first-time refinancer, though, you might have a lot of questions about what the process is like — and might also have picked up some misinformation. Let's dispel some common myths about mortgage refinancing.
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Two Texas Christian University football players got into a fight in the team's locker room on Aug. 13, leading to one player being kicked off the team. Now, as more details come to light, the university is cracking down on the exposure that made the fight's details public in the first place.
TCU Athletics has decided to rescind the credentials of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and beat reporter Steven Johnson after the newspaper published details of the locker room fight between safety Jacob Fields and wide receiver Dozie Ezukanma. According to the Star-Telegram, a spokesman for the program stated that Johnson's credentials were yanked after Ezukanma received threats over the incident.
Of note, Ezukanma self-reported the incident online, identifying himself as the victim in a now-deleted video on social media.
"Our primary focus is the health and well-being of our student-athlete," TCU athletic director Mike Buddie said in a statement on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, an unnamed source without first-hand knowledge of the incident provided inaccurate information cited in initial reporting by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which we strongly disputed."
"The inclusion of the misinformation advanced a narrative that endangered a student-athlete and resulted in threats to him and his family. These actions led to the decision to withhold the media credential until additional conversation can be held between athletics and the sports reporting team. We remain dedicated to restoring our student to health as well as focusing on the game that's ahead."

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When the world needed her, Dolly Parton was known to appear — even in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic.
The queen of country left millions mourning after her death on Aug. 25 at the age of 80. Beyond the big hair and chart-topping hits, Parton was known as a prolific philanthropist who poured millions into causes ranging from childhood literacy and leukemia to disaster relief and the preservation of bald eagles.
One of Parton's most notable contributions to medicine was her funding and staunch support of the COVID-19 vaccine, which she publicly pledged to help fund as early as April 2020.
While the scientific and medical communities raced to develop technology to fight the novel virus that was killing thousands, Parton was loud and proud, encouraging the public to trust the process — even during a time when political messaging, misinformation and uncertainty left many unsure where to turn and who to trust.
The mRNA vaccine technology she helped fund has since shown promise in treating and preventing diseases beyond COVID-19, including cancer.

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CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Ayoub Akbili needed money for his mother's surgery. Hamza Haibouri wanted a shot at a professional soccer career. Abdelouahed Iken was chasing the glossy life a friend posted about on Facebook from Italy.
So when they heard rumors that Morocco's border with Spain was open, they decided to join the rush to try to reach Europe.
All three died attempting to cross, becoming victims of the deadliest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain.
Fueled by misinformation, poverty and lack of opportunities, more than 70,000 would-be migrants from Morocco and beyond swam or climbed over a breakwater last month to try to reach Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the North African coast. At least 90 people died attempting to cross the border, according to official figures; rights groups reported a much higher toll. Many families still haven't been able to retrieve the bodies.
Nearly all the survivors have returned to Morocco, and both countries have intensified security measures. Moroccan and Spanish authorities blamed social media rumors and human smuggling networks for the surge, while migrants cited unemployment and low wages as major factors.

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LONDON (AP) — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday.
Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.
The Times and Telegraph newspapers, along with the BBC and Sky News, reported that Arday, 41, was found "unresponsive" inside a home in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.
News of his death comes the same week as the release of his memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things," a highly anticipated work that Simon & Schuster had decided to release despite the doubts about his credibility. In a statement issued through his publisher, Arday's family said that they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."
"The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone," the family said, adding that for three years Arday was "subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse ... by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him."

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Brandon Clarke died in May from an accidental overdose. The former Memphis Grizzlies forward was in the middle of a four-year, $50 million deal that started in 2023. And on Thursday, a Front Office Sports report stated the Clarke estate would not be paid the $12.5 million remaining on his contract.
But multiple NBA sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports that Clarke's contract was completely protected in case of death. The $12.5 million is expected to be paid in full through life insurance.
"It was very disappointing to see the misinformation that was reported," Priority Sports agent Mark Bartelstein told Yahoo Sports. "Brandon's contract was fully protected for a God-forbid occurrence. So Brandon's family and his estate are fully protected in Brandon's contract."
NBA contracts by default are not guaranteed in case of death. But it can be via negotiation, as was the case between Clarke's representation and the Grizzlies.
In Clarke's contract, it was agreed the team would reimburse for life insurance to protect against the possibility of death. This is a customary approach to player contracts across the NBA that provides the most beneficial protection for a player that can be negotiated in a contract, because it provides tax advantages to the player.

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President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order calling for an overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that would reduce the number of vaccines kids receive, citing unsubstantiated claims. Critics are blasting the move, saying misinformation could mislead parents. NBC's Nikki Battiste reports and NBC medical contributor Dr. John Torres joins TODAY with ***** ysis.

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Burhan Can Terzi found himself in hot water with Turkish law enforcement after reporting that Jamal Musiala would be joining Galatasaray.
The job of a football journalist can be somewhat difficult, especially during the transfer window. With teams and players trying to move in absolute silence, reporters try to shine a light on their operations.
In trying to uncover the truth, things can go wrong for reporters, and they can get inaccurate information. But now, some reporters have to worry about legal action if they get things wrong.
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According to reporting from Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, Turkish reporter Burhan Can Terzi was detained by the police for spreading misinformation.

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ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error.
Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of physical and emotional pain.
According to the lawsuit, another patient's tissue sample was mistakenly labeled as belonging to Barksdale, who at age 43 then underwent a full hysterectomy on May 15, 2025, and was told she would get instructions about chemotherapy.
It's unclear how the mix-up occurred. In September, Barksdale was informed that a DNA ****** ysis found the tissue sample showing an aggressive form of endometrial uterine cancer belonged to a different patient and not to her, the lawsuit says.
"She came into Kaiser Permanente looking for answers, and she left with a diagnosis that did not belong to her. And every step that was taken after that was based off of misinformation," her attorney Shannan Young said.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong went on a podcast last week and said with a laugh he likes the theory that Babe Ruth never existed. Baseball's internet treated it like a confession.
"This is gonna be crazy," the Cubs center fielder told Kristin Cavallari on her show "Let's Be Honest." Then he brought up the theory that the sport's greatest player may never have existed. He picked up the theory from Tayler Saucedo, a Mariners pitcher at the time, who floated it on a podcast in 2024 because he had barely seen any video of Ruth playing. Saucedo said this was a discussion in the Mariners bullpen and that they also decided that Ted Williams' legendary 500-foot home run never happened either.
Crow-Armstrong piled on Ruth saying the game has changed so much since then that pitchers back then might as well have been throwing underhand.
Then everybody lost it. One site used the quote to worry about American public education. Another brought up the plague of misinformation. A bunch of them criticized the young Cubs outfielder. It raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers! That's a lot of coverage for a 24-year-old answering a question about an unpopular opinion on a podcast hosted by somebody from "Laguna Beach."

#ruth #never #armstrong

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated billions of dollars in funds to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.
Climate United Fund and other nonprofits won't have access to their funds immediately as the decision will be put on hold for several days giving the Environmental Protection Agency time to ask the Supreme Court to step in.
The judgement by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a loss for the Trump administration in one of its earliest efforts to dismantle President Joe Biden's campaign to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, commonly referred to as a "green bank," is a $20 billion congressionally authorized program that provided money to nonprofits that would then make loans and invest in small energy projects, energy-efficient buildings and transportation.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin accused Climate United Fund and other nonprofits picked to run the green bank of mismanagement and potential fraud. He froze billions that had been placed in a Citibank account for the program and then terminated their grants. The groups disputed any wrongdoing and sued, arguing the Trump administration broke the law and violated the Constitution by not spending money authorized by Congress.
"Despite efforts to harm the awardees with false allegations and misinformation, there remains no legal basis for terminating our grant award and clawing back funds that were already disbursed in our bank accounts," Climate United said in a statement.

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Five-star running back David Gabriel Georges has something to say after his high-profile recruitment that ultimately resulted in him choosing Tennessee over Ohio State. To say that it was a hotly debated and fiery recruiting process is probably not doing it justice, and Gabriel Georges would like things to be better for others in the same position in the future, it appears.
There were some premature reports, rumors being reported as fact, and some pretty nasty comments made by fan bases throughout the process, and whether you like it or not, the words Gabriel Georges posted on his X account Thursday might be worth considering. Here's what he had to say in his post on social media:
"First and foremost, I give all glory to God for His countless blessings and for faithfully guiding me throughout this journey. Without Him, I wouldn't be where I am today, wrote Gabriel Georges.
"I also want to express my sincere gratitude to my family, friends, coaches, teammates, mentors, and everyone who has supported and encouraged me along the way. Your belief in me, your guidance, and your unwavering support have meant more than words can express, and I will always be grateful.
"I also feel it is important to address something. What should have been one of the most meaningful and joyful moment of my life has, at times, been overshadowed by negative media coverage, false narratives, and unfair ***** umptions about both my character and my family. I understand the passion, excitement, and pride that college football inspires, and I have great respect for every fan base and every program involved in this process. However, any form of harassment, and the spread of misinformation is simply unnecessary and uncalled for.

#georges #process #express #family

David Gabriel Georges finally ended one of the biggest recruiting battles in the 2027 class by committing to Tennessee over Ohio State and Ole Miss. But while he celebrated his decision, the 5-star RB also felt the need to respond to what he described as false narratives, misinformation, and unfair ******* umptions.
“I also feel it is important to address something,” David Gabriel Georges wrote in a statement posted on social media. “What should have been one of the most meaningful and joyful moments of my life has, at times, been overshadowed by negative media coverage, false narratives, and unfair ******* umptions about both my character and my family.”
Georges added that he understands the passion surrounding college football. However, “any form of harassment and the spread of misinformation is simply unnecessary and uncalled for.” He also made it clear that the final call belonged to him.
“This decision was mine and was made through careful thought, prayer, and countless conversations with those I trust most,” he continued. “I respectfully ask that my decision be honored and that people refrain from making ******* umptions or spreading false information.”
Those comments came after weeks of speculation surrounding his recruitment. Reports and online chatter suggested that NIL money had become a major factor in his commitment, with claims ranging from a seven-figure valuation to alleged Adidas connections involving both his high school and family.

#georges #misinformation #Media

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Older adults in the U.S. are sounding the alarm on their concerns about the healthcare system. The John A. Hartford Foundation reports that 56% of older adults say it is difficult and stressful to navigate the health care system, and 62% believe health insurance plans come with too many confusing choices (1). Moreover, misinformation about health care coverage abounds.
Consider this scenario: You've witnessed the start of a decline in your mother's cognitive health and ability to care for her own needs, but neither you nor your family are able to care for her around the clock.
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BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 08: Phil Mickelson of HyFlyers GC stands on the 14th hole on day one of LIV Golf Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club on August 08, 2025 in Bolingbrook, Illinois. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Accusations have surfaced this week about six-time major champion Phil Mickelson making inappropriate contact with a female employee at a private golf club he was a member at. In a statement from his attorney, Mickelson appears to be ready to fight the allegations against him.
His attorney, Tom Clare, told Golf Digest that there is video evidence that will exonerate Mickelson of any wrongdoing. "There is a great deal of misinformation circulating and, while Phil’s full attention is devoted to a private family health matter, he has retained defamation counsel and is determined to hold accountable any publication or individual trafficking in speculation or false rumors." According to the Golf Digest reporting, The Farms Golf Club claims that there is no camera footage of the incident.
The incident occurred at The Farms Golf Club, in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Mickelson is no longer a member of the golf club and was removed from the golf course on the day of the incident. According to Golf Digest, a female employee accused Mickelson of, "nonconsensual and inappropriate physical contact" prior to a round. The incident was reported to supervisors and Mickelson was asked to leave the property in the middle of his round.
Anonymous sources were cited by Golf Digest about the unwanted contact with a female employee at the club. While not much has been divulged from the situation, a spokesperson for Mickelson did tell Golf Digest, “Any misunderstanding has been cleared up. Phil continues to attend to a family health matter and is uncertain when he will be able to return to professional golf.”

Fake 20mph claims and bogus manifesto among election misinformation

Claims about the real cost of the 20mph policy and a fake political party manifesto are among the misinformation about Welsh politics being shared online by prominent accounts in the build-up to the Senedd election, the BBC has found.
The examples come from pages seen by BBC Wales' undercover voters and include one account which brands itself as a "trusted news source for Welsh communities" while actually acting as an unofficial party support page.
The project tracks what a group of fictional voters are seeing online; the

The era of easily detectable botnets is coming to an end, according to a new report published in Science on Thursday. In the study, researchers warned that misinformation campaigns are shifting toward autonomous AI swarms that can imitate human behavior, adapt in real time, and require little human oversight, complicating efforts to detect and stop them.
Written by a consortium of researchers, including those from Oxford, Cambridge, UC Berkeley, NYU, and the Max Planck Institute, the paper describes a digital environment in which manipulation becomes harder to identify. Instead of short burst

Financial misinformation isn’t new, but today, it’s supercharged. The 24/7 news cycle fueled by social media virality means you’re more likely than ever to consume inaccurate or misleading information every day. Sometimes these narratives, no matter how false, seep into our collective consciousness and give a false impression of our finances and the economy. This is the basis of a “vibecession,” that is, a disconnect between the actual performance of the economy and our overly negative perception of it.
Take, for example, a chart that made the social media rounds recently. It peddled the mess

Great story. You are not alone. I grew up in a JFK democrat family. I got out pretty early on because I ended up in the business world. Yes, if it isn't from one of the 'trusted' news sources it's 'misinformation'. I'm making progress with my wife and son though. The Biden

It wasn't a mistake, it was a warning. News organizations need to take every statement from Israel as misinformation.