Who's behind much of the fake news online? As it turns out, this guy

We tracked down a fake-news creator — and he's a soft-spoken father of two, living in the suburbs. Why does it work? "The people wanted to hear this," he says.

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The Facts Of Fake News We tracked down a fake-news creator in the suburbs. Here's what we learned This father of two is 40 years old, soft-spoken — and responsible for much of the fake news churned out in the closing months of the election. He says his fake-news stories work well — to the tune of more than 1.6 million visitors for even a single story — because they fit easily into existing conspiracy theories. 'The people wanted to hear this' Unsure Of Insurance With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, some rural Kentuckians fear what's to come Gov. Matt Bevin aims to overhaul Medicaid in the state, a proposal that's likelier to earn approval in a Trump administration. For people in Clay County, where 38 percent of the population lives in poverty, a possible rollback to the program is eyed with alarm. 'I am worried to death about it' Safety Check The stark difference between cars in Mexico and the U.S. — in one video One Nissan crumples like an accordion. The other Nissan is crushed, too, but its frame is left relatively intact, its dummy relatively safe. Guess which one was made for which market. Watch the video Mulling Emoluments Don't know the word 'emolument'? Here's why you might be hearing it a lot more A legal debate is heating up around a provision in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause, which essentially seeks to prevent bribery of officeholders by foreign actors. And some experts are already questioning whether Donald Trump's international business dealings may violate it while he's in office. Here's a breakdown of that debate Two Truths The Standing Rock resistance is unprecedented. (It's also centuries old) Months into the indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline, many are saying the protests are beyond anything they've ever experienced. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don't have to look too far back to find them. Here's the history

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