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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,12/31/21-2:27PM , 247 Reads
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell $1.78 to $75.21 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for March delivery fell $1.75 to $77.78 per barrel.
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FILE - Workers near the top of the 526 ft. Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center spruce up the NASA logo standing on scaffolds in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. On Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming NASA just hired 24 theologians to assess how the world would react if we discovered alien life. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,12/31/21-8:09AM , 330 Reads
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

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NASA hasn’t hired theologians to study reaction to alien life
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FILE - Steam rises from the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant of Gundremmingen, Bavaria, Germany, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain part of the bloc's path to a climate-friendly future came under immediate criticism over the weekend from both environmentalists and some governing political parties in EU member nations. Germany shut three plants, including this one, at the end of last year. (Stefan Puchner/dpa via AP)

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Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants
By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press
Fri,12/31/21-4:21AM , 243 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.
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FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, Maxwell was convicted of helping American financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Fact Focus: Misinformation persists after Maxwell trial ends
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,12/30/21-11:11PM , 402 Reads
The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn't stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case.
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