NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't

According to Boing Boing, NPR published a detailed article this morning claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had announced his retirement from the bench. The problem: he hadn't retired, and he wasn't even at the court. NPR quickly retracted the story, offering a cautionary reminder about verification before publishing.

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