PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)—By now it’s as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow. It happened after Sandy Hook, after Parkland, after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, and after the deadly rampage earlier this month at a Buffalo grocery store. Within … Continue reading GOP lawmakers and online trolls manufacture racist and transphobic Texas shooting conspiracies