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More than three years after Fox News Channel retracted its story that a political conspiracy was behind the fatal shooting of Seth Rich, the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet has settled its legal battle with the DNC staffer’s family. “IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiffs Joel and Mary Rich and Defendants…

The parents of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer murdered during a botched robbery in 2016, won a legal effort on Friday to revive a lawsuit against Fox News, reporter Malia Zimmerman and guest commentator Ed Butowsky centering on a conspiracy theory that was published about the case. The Court of…

Nearly half a year after the parents of Seth Rich went after Fox News Channel for damages caused by an admittedly false report about the murdered Democratic National Committee staffer, Joel and Mary Rich were told today by a federal judge that heartbreaking grief is not enough under the law. "It is understandable that…

UPDATED with Fox News statement: Allegations that slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was involved in a conspiracy with Wikileaks to create a massive data dump have landed Fox News Channel, an investigative reporter and a Fox guest in legal hot water. Joel and Mary Rich claim that Fox News…

UPDATE, 9:25 AM: "The accusation that FoxNews.com published Malia Zimmerman's story to help detract from coverage of the Russia collusion issue is completely erroneous," said Fox News Channel's Jay Wallace today in response to the defamation and discrimination lawsuit filed by Rod Wheeler. In his complaint in federal…

UPDATED with USAA reinstating ads: USAA financial services firm told the Associated Press on Tuesday it has reinstating its advertising on Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel program after members of the military and veterans criticized its decision to pull the ads. The San Antonio, Texas-based company said also had…

Hours after Fox News Channel finally retracted a May 16 conspiracy theory story about the fatal shooting of DNC staffer Seth Rich in Washington D.C. last summer, Fox News primetime star Sean Hannity did an about face and said, “Out of respect for the family's wishes, for now, I am not discussing this matter at this…

After repeated pleas from Seth Rich's family and more hearsay than evidence, Fox News Channel today finally retracted a May 16 story that suggested a greater conspiracy was behind the fatal shooting of the DNC staffer in Washington DC last summer. However, while the cable newser is stepping back, one of its biggest…