Republicans including vice presidential candidate JD Vance kicked off a firestorm of misinformation this month when they spread false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio,

Haitian immigrants have moved to Springfield, Ohio, in recent years, seeing an opportunity to rebuild in the area after escaping mass violence and poverty back home in Haiti. This week, the community was unwittingly flung into the national spotlight after former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance repeated unsubstantiated claims that some immigrants in the Ohio

By PATRICK AFTOORA ORSAGOS and MICHAEL RUBINKAM SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants canceled its annual celebration of cultural