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  Analysis Healthcare Legal Hoax: Pro-vaccine expert threatened with dog muzzle bought device on her credit card, cops say

  Matt Lamb - Associate Editor •August 18, 2021

  Michelle Fiscus claims her card was stolen, but police say the case is closed.

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  Legal Racial issues Student charged with misdemeanor for residence hall fire in hate-crime hoax

  Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor •June 18, 2021

  Incident was culmination of a series of incidents that ignited racial unrest at Viterbo University throughout the spring semester.

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  Legal Racial issues Black student who set fire to her dorm in hate-crime hoax awaits court hearing

  Alex McKenna - Franciscan University of Steubenville •June 14, 2021

  'Admitted to intentionally setting the fire in the second level lounge for attention purposes.'

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  Racial issues Hate-crime hoax: Black student likely egged her own door, police say

  Matt Lamb - Associate Editor •June 11, 2021

  ‘There are absolutely no indicators of any racial intent.'

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  Political Correctness Racial issues Hate-crime hoax: Noose reported on campus just crane’s steel cable loop

  Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor •May 31, 2021

  However, administrators scramble to get the cable taken down.

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  K-12 Education Racial issues CONFIRMED: Black female was behind racist Instagram hoax account

  Hayley Tschetter-University of Northwestern-St. Paul •May 21, 2021

  EXCLUSIVE: School officials hid race from the public.