ABC News(NEW YORK) Verified accounts on Twitter may have contributed to the viral spread of a false claim that an explosion was unfolding at the Pentagon.
Around 8:42 AM on Monday, a verified account on Twitter, labeling itself as a media and news organization, shared a fake image of smoke billowing near a white building they said was the Pentagon. The tweet s caption also misrepresented the Pentagon s located.
No such incident took place, the Arlington County Fire Department later said on Twitter. The Pentagon, the headquarters building of the U.S. Department of Defense, is located in Arlington County, Virginia.
A Pentagon spokesperson also told ABC News that no explosion had occurred.
But throughout the morning, the fake image and misleading caption picked up steam on Twitter. Cyabra, a social analysis firm, analyzed the online conversation and found that roughly 3,785 accounts had mentioned the falsehoods, dozens of these were verified.
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Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump s handling of classified documents previously requested documents from the Trump Organization related to potential business dealings with multiple foreign countries, ABC News confirmed.
The subpoena seeks details on any of the company s possible dealings with China, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, according to sources familiar with its contents.
The timeline on the subpoena goes back to 2017, the sources said.
News of the subpoena was first reported by The New York Times.
Representatives for the Trump Organization declined to comment when contacted by ABC News. The office of special councel Jack Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
As part of Trump s pledge prior to taking office in 2017, he promised to separate himself from his company s foreign business dealings while he was in office.
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Donald Kravitz/Getty ImagesForeigner is in the midst of their farewell tour, and frontman Kelly Hansen is certainly going to miss his bandmates when it s all over.
“This band is very rare in the sense that you can never anticipate the personalities that are going to be playing in a band with you,” he tells ABC Audio, sharing how special it is "to be in a band where we really enjoy each other’s company, we hang out on off times when we’re not on the road.”
He adds, “We share the same goofy, outrageous sense of humor, so I won’t have those times. That’s gonna be the toughest part I think.”
Kelly says he has great memories of touring with Foreigner, including the people he s worked with, the venues and the fans.
“I understand how fortunate I’ve been to be involved with this band, and this catalog of songs and these people,” he says. “I don’t take that for granted.”
He says the decision to stop touring wasn’t one he "made lightly,�
ABC/Randy HolmesFoo Fighters held a streaming concert Sunday, during which they revealed who will be the band s new drummer following the death of Taylor Hawkins in March 2022.
Showing that they haven t lost their sense of humor following what they ve called "the most difficult and tragic year that our band has ever known," the Foos began the stream faking out viewers with a trio of big-name drummers Red Hot Chili Peppers Chad Smith, Mötley Crüe s Tommy Lee and Tool s Danny Carey showing up at the studio for a quick chat before leaving. The camera then turned around to reveal the true new Foos drummer sitting behind the kit: Josh Freese.
An acclaimed and prolific session drummer, Freese has played with bands including Nine Inch Nails, Guns N Roses, A Perfect Circle and The Offspring. He also was one of the many guest drummers to sit in with the Foos during their massive tribute concerts to Hawkins last September.
The set for the stream featured the live debut of &q
David Ryder/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) A quadruple homicide rocked the quiet Idaho college hamlet of Moscow last year. But the financial repercussions are only now coming into focus.
"It was a tragic and horrible event that no one saw coming," Moscow Mayor Art Bettge said. "A difficult six months."
The city s already slim budget is straining under the weight of the investigation s mounting expenses. Even before the killings, the police department alone cost $7.2 million, Moscow officials told ABC News several hundred thousand dollars more than the $6.9 million in property taxes brought in, police and city officials said.
The police department is the largest chunk of Moscow s funding for basic government services, at more than a third of general fund expenditures, according to city budget reports reviewed by ABC News.
Now, overtime and other expenses are growing exponentially with the ongoing need for increased patrols and law enforcement work and shoulder