NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:

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CLAIM: Photo shows presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders shaking hands with a young man and pointing to his T-shirt, which says: "Listen here, Bud, America deserved 9/11."

THE FACTS: The photo has been manipulated. The T-shirt worn by a Sanders supporter at a campaign event has no writing on it. It has a picture of labor activist Eugene V. Debs, who ran as a Socialist Party candidate for president five times between 1900 and 1920. Iowa State University student Ashton Ayers was shaking hands with the Vermont senator at a May 4 event in Ames, Iowa, when he was photographed by Georgia Parke, a strategist for Sanders' campaign. Beyond the photo, Ayers can be seen wearing the T-shirt with Debs' photo in a video on Sanders' YouTube site. The photo has been a popular target for manipulation, with this recent image being shared widely across social media platforms, including Discord, Reddit and Facebook. Ayers told The Associated Press that Sanders recognized Debs on his shirt immediately and pointed at it. "He was surprised a young man knew who Debs was," Ayers said.

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CLAIM: Packaging inserts for the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines list autism as a possible side effect on the Food and Drug Administration's website.

THE FACTS: Autism is not listed as a reaction on packaging for any of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines — often referred to as DTaP— currently used in the U.S., according to documents on the FDA's website. "There's no credible evidence linking vaccination to autism or other developmental disorders," the FDA said in a statement emailed to the...