Does Chuck Schumer Have an Unrestricted Concealed Carry Permit?

The claim that the Senate Minority Leader has a concealed weapons permit is based on one single unsourced article.

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Are Hackers Stealing Private Information via ‘What Would You Look Like Bald’ Facebook Apps?

Viral warnings about "extreme hackers" stealing information via popular entertainment apps on Facebook are false and misleading.

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Woman Accused of Poisoning Her Look-Alike with a Cheesecake

Prosecutors say Nasyrova visited the Queens home of the fellow Russian speaking victim in 2016 bearing a cheesecake tainted with a tranquilizer.

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Does Chicago’s Identification Card Program Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Vote?

Election officials rejected the possibility that CityKey cards could cause an upswing in voter fraud.

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New Medicare Card Telephone Scam

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are not calling senior citizens and asking for personal information ahead of the launch of a new Medicare card.

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Woman Tells Police Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Raped Her in ’70s

A woman told police she had a child with Wynn after he raped her, and another said she was forced to resign after she refused to have sex with him.

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Florida Students Return to ‘Picture of Education in Fear’

Heavily armed police presence, designed to make the community feel secure, is also disturbing in itself, some students said.

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Dick’s Cuts Off Sales of Assault-Style Rifles in Stores

Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately end sales of assault-style rifles at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21 years old.

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Shooting Survivor’s Father Admits Email Changes in CNN Spat

The father of a Florida shooting survivor acknowledged he omitted words in an email he sent media outlets accusing CNN of using scripted remarks at a town hall on guns and school safety.

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Does Iowa Grant Gun Permits to Blind People?

Reports about a 2011 change to gun license rules in Iowa went viral after a mass shooting in 2018.

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Are Parkland School Shooting Survivors Receiving Death Threats From NRA Members?

Although we don't know if people using social media to harass massacre survivors are all NRA members, many of them are tagging the NRA in threatening posts.

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Was a Violently Racist Carnival Game Once Popular in America?

In the not-so-distant past, white carnival goers threw eggs or balls at African Americans in a game popularly known as "Hit the Nigger Baby."

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Does Marco Rubio Want to Give Felons Right to Own Guns, but not to Vote?

Two fake quotes ostensibly uttered by the Florida senator resurfaced in the aftermath of the February 2018 mass school shooting in his state.

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Did the NRA’s Dana Loesch Tweet That CNN’s Rick Sanchez Was ‘Fired by a Jew?’

A tweet posted in 2010 by NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch about a fired CNN reporter was criticized several years later as anti-Semitic.

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Did California’s Governor Ban Teachers from Shooting Back at School Shooters?

Several web sites mischaracterized an October 2017 California law preventing school personnel from carrying guns on campus.

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Did Donald Trump Stop a Mugging in 1991?

A 1991 article reported that Trump stopped an assault in New York City shortly after his own mother had been mugged, but corroborating details are murky.

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French Customs Officials Find Stolen Degas in Luggage on Bus

French customs have discovered an original Impressionist masterpiece by Edgar Degas stolen in 2009, in a suitcase on a bus.

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FedEx Bucks Corporate Trend, Sticks with NRA

Companies with ties to the National Rifle Association are dealing with increasing public pressure since the Parkland, Florida massacre killed 17 people.

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Student Protests Resonate with Columbine Shooting Survivors

Both insist they'll keep fighting. And both concede a solution is far from reach.

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Hearing for Florida Shooting Suspect Case Canceled

Prosecutors are seeking to obtain hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of Nikolas Cruz, 19.

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Did Pepsi ‘Admit’ Their Sodas Contain Cancer-Causing Ingredients?

Viral stories rehash a legal tussle between Pepsi and the Center for Environmental Health, but they mischaracterize that battle’s outcome.

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Did a Gay Man ‘Turn Heterosexual’ After a Near-Death Experience?

A fake news web site used a photograph of a white nationalist to spruce up another of their fabricated stories.

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Did the NRA Support a 1967 ‘Open Carry’ Ban in California?

A law barring the open carry of loaded firearms was passed in 1967 with the support of the National Rifle Association, after armed Black Panthers "invaded" the California state capitol earlier that year.

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Did a Muslim Scholar Advocate ‘Colonizing’ U.S. and Canada with Sharia Law?

A fabricated quote attributed to Tariq Ramadan has once again gained attention on the internet after the academic was arrested on rape charges.

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Is This Carl Sagan Holding a ‘No Billboards in Space’ Sign?

An image purportedly showing famed astronomer Carl Sagan holding a sign reading "No Billboards in Space" is fake.

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President Trump Uses Photograph of School Shooting Survivor in Fundraising Email

The chief executive visited Maddy Wilford in the hospital shortly after a high school shooting that left 17 dead.

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Trump Suggests He and Governors Would’ve Rushed Florida School

President Donald Trump told the nation's governors he would have rushed in to aid students and teachers during a mass shooting at a Florida high school.

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Lawyer Defends Deputy Who Didn’t Stop Shooter

Scot Peterson, the armed deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has been called a coward and worse for failing to stop the shooting.

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Rome Blanketed by Snow as Arctic Storm Sets European Records

Rome's schools were ordered closed, while train, plane and bus services were crippled.

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Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg Say that Pedophilia Was Good for Children?

A 1974 report co-authored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg about sex bias in U.S. law has been grossly misinterpreted.

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Did Amnesty International ‘Officially Declare’ Donald Trump a ‘Human Rights Violator’?

The group didn't formally give the U.S. president that label, but it used strong language in accusing him of human rights breaches.

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Is the Military Drawing Up Plans for Nationwide Gun Confiscations?

As usual. satire is mistaken for reality when it reflects something the reading audience fears will be happening.

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Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV?

Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with HIV-infected blood are a variant of an old and false rumor.

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Did Barack Obama Announce a Bid to Become UN Secretary General?

President Obama hasn't announced he's seeking an international position he likely couldn't obtain in any case.

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Trump Says He Goes to Great Lengths to Hide His Bald Spot

Speaking before the Conservative Political Action Conference, he said, "I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks."

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Florida Sheriff Says Only One Deputy Was on Scene During School Shooting

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told CNN that investigators are looking into claims that three other deputies were on the scene but failed to enter the school when the chance to save lives still existed.

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Manafort Indictment Sparks Hunt for Europeans Paid to Lobby

The lobbying by the European political figures — identified in documents as the "Hapsburg Group" — allegedly took place in 2012 and 2013.

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Are Some Instant Pot Cookers Having Meltdowns?

Days after a customer's account spread on social media, the company warned about a product defect affecting specific models.

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NRA Faces Corporate Backlash After Latest School Shooting

The National Rifle Association is facing a corporate backlash as companies take a closer look at their investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre.

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Did Wayne LaPierre Say There Should Be ‘No Guns in Schools, Period’?

A quote attributed to Wayne LaPierre of the NRA is abbreviated in a slightly misleading fashion.

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Is the NRA a Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Organization?

A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby's status as a social welfare organization.

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Missouri GOP Blames George Soros for Governor’s Indictment

George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist and constant target of right-wing conspiracy theories, is to blame for Eric Greitens' felony indictment — at least according to state Republicans.

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Former Trump Adviser Pleads Guilty

The plea by Rick Gates is a strong indication that he plans to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as it continues to probe the Trump campaign and Russian election interference.

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Was a Student Suspended for Pretending to be Transgender to Use the Girls’ Locker Room?

A story about a high school student talking his way into showering with girls after gym class is a work of fiction.

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Did Apple Remove Easter From Its Calendars?

United States calendars on iPhone and Mac don't mark Easter holidays, but they do mark other Christian dates — although it's not clear whether this was a deliberate choice.

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Death Toll in Syria Mounts Following Bombing Campaign Near Damascus

The number of those killed by Syrian government planes supported by Russia has climbed to more than 400.

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Florida Governor: Ban Gun Sales to Underage and Mentally Ill

The proposal comes as part of a plan to prevent gun violence on the heels of a mass shooting at a south Florida high school that killed seventeen people.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Quote About Activism?

The environmental activist, journalist, and suffragette encouraged people to "be a nuisance" and to "never give up" — even if discouraged by bad politics.

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Did Billy Graham Say ‘All Homosexuals Should Be Castrated’?

After preacher Billy Graham died, a meme appeared attaching him to an offensive quote.

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Is a School Walkout Planned in Response to the Parkland Mass Shooting?

School walkouts and a protest in Washington, D.C. are being planned in response to a deadly February 2018 school shooting in Florida.

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Trump Bucks NRA, Backs Raising Age for Buying Assault Rifles

The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump says, defying the National Rifle Association.

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Florida School Shooting: ‘Abject Breakdown at All Levels’

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety.

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Sheriff: School Officer Never Went Inside to Confront Gunman

The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation.

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Illinois State Legislature Candidate Urged to Drop out of Race Following Offensive Remarks

Burt Minor, a candidate for the Illinois state legislature, reportedly asked a black GOP candidate for attorney general if she was a "lesbo" or offended by the n-word.

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Special Counsel Brings New Charges Against Ex-Trump Campaign Associates

Robert Mueller has filed additional charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and his business associate, dramatically increasing the pressure and the stakes.

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How Long Does It Take to Buy an AR-15 in the United States?

The time it takes varies from state to state, but you can buy an assault rifle in less than an hour in various parts of the country.

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Did Melania Trump Hire an Exorcist to Cleanse the White House of Obama ‘Demons’?

According to the First Lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White House exorcism are "not true in any way."

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Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?

The network denied Colton Haab's allegation that it asked him to write a speech for a town hall meeting about gun safety.

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Did the NRA Ask Judicial Candidates for ‘Position Letters’ on Guns?

The National Rifle Association's letters to Wisconsin judicial candidates came under scrutiny in the wake of a mass school shooting in February 2018.

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Did Trump Use ‘Crib Notes’ During Listening Session with Parkland Survivors?

A photograph showing President Trump holding notes during the listening session with survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting is genuine.

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Springer Security Director, Talk Show Host Wilkos Facing OUI

Jerry Springer protege Steve Wilkos is facing a drunken driving charge in connection with a car crash in Connecticut.

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Sleepwalking Student Causes School to Cancel Classes

A Pennsylvania middle school canceled classes after a sleepwalking student was found inside the building.

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Massachusetts Transit Bosses Under Fire for $100K Bathroom

The project was fast-tracked and not put out to bid, which is usually done for state projects to make contractors compete for the work and keep costs down.

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Shelters Open Amid Midwest Flooding as Rivers Keep Rising

Sandbags are holding back floodwaters in parts of Michigan as a storm sweeps across the Midwest and Great Plains, bringing heavy rains, snow and ice.

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Tearful Student Asks Trump, ‘How Do We Not Stop This?’

Students and parents appealed to President Donald Trump to set politics aside and protect America's school children from the scourge of gun violence.

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Gun Manufacturers Can’t Be Sued For Crimes Committed With Their Products?

There are almost no circumstances under which someone can sue a manufacturer in civil court for a crime committed with a gun.

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Did Donald Trump Patent ‘Make America Great Again’ in 2012?

Donald Trump filed a patent application for his campaign slogan in November 2012, despite claims that he had no plans to run for office at the time.

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Social Media Platforms Tighten Rules, Prompting Censorship Claims

Both Twitter and Medium implemented changes that led to various accounts being deleted or suspended.

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Conspiracy Theories About Mass and School Shootings, Explained

Why do the same sets of shooting conspiracy theories and tropes appear every time there is a horrific mass shooting — and where do they come from?

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Is Laura Phelps a Crisis Actor Who Lost a Child at Both Sandy Hook and Marjory Stoneman Douglas?

A conspiracy theory accusing Nick and Laura Phelps of being "crisis actors" received a new (and false) twist in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

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Was The Cast of ‘Black Panther’ Added to FBI Watch List?

A satirical web site played on allegations of racial profiling by the bureau for a humorous story about the hit Marvel movie.

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Did People ‘Attack’ the Father of a School Shooting Victim for Wearing a Donald Trump T-Shirt?

A very small minority of Twitter users expressed a critical view of Andrew Pollack, but none appear to have addressed their comments directly to him.

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Did Donald Trump Encourage Violence at His Rallies?

A viral cartoon accurately presents several quotations by the then-presidential candidate, delivered on the campaign trail in 2015 and 2016.

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Evangelist Billy Graham, Who Reached Millions, Dies at 99

Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina.

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Is the Florida Mass Shooter a Member of a White Supremacist Group?

There is no evidence to date that the confessed school shooter belongs to any organized hate group, although he reportedly expressed white supremacist views online.

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Far Right Blogs, Conspiracy Theorists Attack Parkland Mass Shooting Survivor

Disreputable web sites called it a "red flag" that the father of high school student David Hogg is a retired FBI agent.

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Were News Stories About the Florida Mass Shooting Posted Days Before It Happened?

A glitch that affects the time stamps on Google searches has led to bogus "false flag" conspiracy theories — again.

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Is a Killer ‘Klebsi Plague’ Threatening the United States?

A shady web site promises a cure for the supposedly imminent plague to members who pay a $74 fee.

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Did Tomi Lahren Say That Victims of Mass Shootings Don’t ‘Believe in God Enough’?

A meme used a fabricated quote based on Lahren's comments about politicians' offering thoughts and prayers to mass shooting victims.

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Is This Maxine Waters #GunControlNow Tweet Real?

An impostor Twitter account posing as Rep. Maxine Waters posted an inflammatory remark with the hashtag #guncontrolnow.

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Were Alligators Ever Kept as White House Pets?

According to popular lore, an assortment of United States presidents from John Quincy Adams to Herbert Hoover shared space in the West Wing with giant reptiles.

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Did ‘Bots’ Force Al Franken to Resign?

The accuracy of stories blaming bots for duping Democrats into pressuring the former Minnesota senator to resign is being called into question.

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Eyewitness Testimony Confirms a Second Parkland Shooter?

Dubious web sites have used students' purportedly conflicting accounts of a Florida mass shooting to suggest a nefarious conspiracy.

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Is This James Hetfield Standing Near a Bear He Killed?

The Metallica vocalist was falsely identified in a photograph amid 2014 protests over his involvement with a History Channel show.

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Did a Huge Shark Wash Up on a North Carolina Beach?

An image purportedly showing a large shark on a Kitty Hawk beach is a composite of at least two different photographs.

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Presidential Responses to School Shootings?

A set of images showing President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump in the aftermath of different school shootings are real, but they do not necessarily tell the entire story.

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Did Make-a-Wish Apologize for Sending the Wrong Drake to Visit a Terminally Ill Boy?

A parody account tricked Twitter users with a darkly comic video about a fictional mix-up.

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Are Third-Graders Raffling Off an AR-15 After the Parkland Shooting?

A youth baseball coach in Missouri said he wanted to make the giveaway "a positive thing."

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Does a Viral Video Show Prince George Reciting the Alphabet in Bible Verses?

Despite the clickbait caption, the video comes from East Texas, not Kensington Palace.

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What Were the Consequences of Legalizing Weed in Colorado?

A newspaper editorial gets some facts right, and some wrong, in weighing up the consequences of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana.

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Was Parkland Student Chris Williams Shot While Saving Classmates?

A student did get shot while locking a door during a school shooting -- but his name is not Chris Williams, and he's not the person depicted in a viral Facebook post.

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Did a Florida Gun Owner Turn in His AR-57 After the Parkland School Shooting?

Saying "no one without a law enforcement badge needs this rifle," Ben Dickmann surrendered his weapon to the sheriff's office.

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Did Dwight Eisenhower Reject the Idea of ‘Soviet-Style’ Military Parades?

A meme intended to undermine Trump's request for a military rally wrongly attributes a quote to Eisenhower.

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Shooting Suspect Was on School Rifle Team That Got NRA Grant

Records show that the Stoneman Douglas JROTC program received $10,827 in non-cash assistance from the NRA's fundraising and charitable arm in 2016.

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Was Snopes.com ‘BUSTED’ for Our CEO’s Ties to George Soros?

A meme going around is heavy on propaganda and embarrassingly light on fact.

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GotNews and Other Disreputable Sites Sued for Naming Innocent Teen as the Charlottesville Killer

The site owned by Chuck C. Johnson, along with other notorious diseminators of false information, is accused of defamation.

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State Investigated Parkland School Shooting Suspect After Self-Harm

Florida's child welfare agency investigated the suspect in a school shooting that killed 17 people after he cut himself in a video but found him stable, according to state records.

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Trump Overreaches to Claim Indictment Proves ‘No Collusion’

Robert Mueller has laid bare the details of one Russian scheme, designed in part to benefit Trump's election run.

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Anger Bubbles Over at Funerals for Florida Shooting Victims

At least seventeen people were killed during a rampage from a former student.

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Thirteen People Killed in Mexico Helicopter Crash

The military helicopter was carrying officials assessing damage from a strong earthquake when it crash-landed into a group of people on the ground.

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Mueller Indictment: Russians Promoted False Allegations of Voter Fraud in 2016

The 37-page indictment details a sophisticated effort to leverage social media to manipulate Americans.

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How Many School Shootings Have Taken Place So Far in 2018?

The difficulty of agreeing on a common definition of "school shooting" shows just how many different types of firearm incidents occur on school grounds.

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No School Shootings in the United Kingdom Since Handguns Were Banned?

After a massacre at Dunblane Primary School in 1996, there have been no school shootings in the UK.

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Are White People Being Assaulted at Showings of ‘Black Panther’?

Online trolls tried to push claims of violence -- but were quickly foiled by other social media users.

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Did the Kremlin Give Money to the National Rifle Association to Help Trump?

A report by McClatchy revealed that the FBI is looking into whether a Russian banker with Kremlin ties funneled money through the NRA during the 2016 election.

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Did Rapper DMX Die?

A prank Facebook post, and old reports about a drug overdose, fueled unfounded rumors about the rapper's demise.

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Is Maryland Ready to Rid ‘Northern Scum’ from State Song?

Maryland lawmakers who support changing the official state song think the time is right to finally wipe away "Northern scum" and other sensitive pre-Civil War phrases.

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Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict a Mass Shooting at a ‘Black Panther’ Movie Screening?

Rumors holding that the show 'The Simpsons' predicted that there would be a mass shooting at a screening of the movie "Black Panther" were based on a doctored image.

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Magazine Obtains Ex-Playboy Playmate’s Account of Trump Affair

The New Yorker has obtained an eight-page, hand-written account written by a former Playboy Playmate who said she had a nine-month extramarital affair with Donald Trump beginning in 2006.

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Was the Florida School Shooter a Registered Democrat?

Rumors that Nikolas Cruz was a registered Democrat were based on the voter registration of a different individual with a similar name and birth year.

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Dog Food Withdrawn from Store Shelves Over Concerns About Euthanasia Drug Contamination

The J.M. Smucker Co. is investigating how the euthanasia drug pentobarbital got into its supply chain.

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NYC Woman Stood up by Mystery Man Described in Huge Mural

It wasn't meant to be for a New York City woman seeking a mystery missed connection via a 20-foot mural asking him to meet her on Valentine's Day.

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100 Pizzas and Counting: German Police Probe Pizza Stalker

German police are investigating a case of severe pizza stalking in the western town of Dortmund.

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‘Run’: A 6-Minute Fatal Rampage for Shocked Florida School

From the time the shooter entered and left, only six minutes passed. During that brief time, he shot more than two dozen people, 17 fatally.

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In Aftermath of Shooting, a Community Mourns and Wonders Why

The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill more than a dozen people and injuring others at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation's deadliest school shootings and concealing extra ammunition in his backpack.

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Florida Gunman Had Extra Ammo at School, Fired for 3 Minutes

The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation's deadliest school shootings and carried extra ammunition in his backpack.

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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Announce Separation

The couple said that the decision to split "was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year."

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Parkland High School Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

A number of unverified claims about the Parkland school shooting spread on social media in its immediate wake.

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Did Politicians Tweeting ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Receive Millions of Dollars from the NRA?

After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful point about campaign donations with a series of tweets.

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Did Politicians Tweeting ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Receive Millions of Dollars from the NRA?

After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful point about campaign donations with a series of tweets.

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These Are the Lives Lost in the Florida High School Shooting

When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old.

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Did BuzzFeed Advocate for Taking Away White People’s Guns?

A fake image suggested that Buzzfeed had published a story headlined "Why We Need To Take Away White People's Guns Now, More Than Ever. "

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Did the Florida Shooter’s Instagram Profile Picture Feature a ‘MAGA’ Hat?

A photograph purportedly showing Nikolas Cruz in a red "Make America Great Again" hat was taken from his Instagram account.

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Was the Suspected Florida High School Shooter Affiliated with the Islamic State?

Despite conspiracy theorist speculation, no evidence supports a link between Nikolas Cruz and Islamic extremism.

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Was the FBI Tipped Off About the Parkland Shooter?

A Mississippi YouTube user contacted law enforcement after a disturbing comment appeared on one of his videos.

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Did an Australian Archbishop Call Pedophilia a ‘Spiritual Encounter With God’?

Fake news web sites gave a blatantly manufactured account of a statement by Archbishop Denis Hart.

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Did President Trump Revoke Gun Background Checks for Mentally Ill People?

In February 2017, President Trump repealed an Obama-era regulation that would have made it easier to block the sale of firearms to people with certain mental illnesses.

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Is This the Florida Shooter in an Antifa Shirt?

In the wake of a school shooting that left 17 people dead in Florida, trolls attempted to stir up division by falsely claiming that the shooter had been photographed wearing a pro-Communist t-shirt.

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Coach Who Shielded Students Among Shooting Victims

A football coach who also worked as a security guard is among the dead in a school shooting that claimed 17 lives in Parkland, Florida.

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Students: Shooting Suspect Harassed Peers, Bragged About Gun

Students and neighbors describe the suspect in the deadly rampage at a Florida high school as a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers.

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Florida Teen Charged with 17 Murders; Trump Plans Address

A former student opened fire at a Florida high school, killing more than a dozen people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets.

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Is the Florida High School Shooter a ‘Dreamer’?

In the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting on Valentine's Day, social media users began speculating the suspect was undocumented.

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Is This an Armed Teacher Protecting Students at an Israeli School?

An image purportedly showing an teacher with a gun slung across her back while watching over students is often shared with misleading claims about security protocols within the country.

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Activists, Retailers Deride White House’s Proposed ‘Harvest Box’ Program

The head of one advocacy group says the program hinges on an "antiquated" idea about people enrolled in the SNAP program.

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Porn Star Who Alleged Trump Affair: I Can Now Tell My Story

Stormy Daniels, the porn star whom Donald Trump's attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss an alleged sexual encounter with the man who is now president.

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Is Tamiflu Causing Increased Deaths from Flu?

Tamiflu is not responsible for the high number of flu season deaths, even if its potential rare side effects are scary.

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Did the Flu Shot Cause This Year’s Flu Epidemic?

This claim is based on the incorrect interpretation of single quote from one nurse in Wisconsin who, for the record, recommends getting the shot.

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Did a Utah School Bar Girls From Refusing Boys’ Dance Requests?

The rules for Kanesville Elementary's school dance attracted national attention before being "re-examined" by officials.

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Did a Former Canadian Official Say the Illuminati Are Real—And Hiding Alien Stuff?

Canada's former minister of defense has long espoused conspiracy theories.

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Did a Candy Company Put Out an Edible Pod After the ‘Tide Pod Challenge’ Controversy?

Mars, Incorporated makes a "Pods" product, but these candies were first manufactured more than a decade before the "Tide Pod Challenge" went viral in 2018.

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Country Singer Daryle Singletary Dies at Age 46

Singletary died at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee, his publicist said.

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Suspect Wounded, SUV Stopped After Shooting at NSA Gate

A suspect has been held, taken from the black SUV that stopped at barrier after a shooting outside National Security Agency.

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Did Pope Francis Allow a Little Girl to Sit With Him During Mass?

The story is essentially true, but has picked up some embellishment along the way.

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Did Migrants Destroy a Car in Italy?

Anti-Muslim blogger Pamela Geller posted an obvious fake and claimed it was an example of "migrant crime" in Europe.

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Does Barack Obama’s Official Portrait Contain Secret Images of Sperm?

Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled.

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Human Error, Faulty Speed Sensor May Have Caused Deadly Russian Plane Crash

Investigators said the Saratov Airlines pilots failed to switch on a heating unit for the plane's measuring equipment.

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Does the White House Want to Turn the International Space Station into a Commercial Venture?

President Donald Trump has proposed entirely privatizing the International Space Station by 2025, though details on how this would occur are murky at best.

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Fourteen Worms Removed From Oregon Woman’s Eye After Rare Infection

The woman was diagnosed with Thelazia gulosa, a worm normally found in the eyes of cattle.

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Is a Murderous Taxi Driver Killing People in His Cab?

Social media users from Nigeria to New York City accused an unidentified man of being a taxi driver moonlighting as a serial killer.

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Did Obama’s Portraitist Paint an Image of a Black Woman Holding the Severed Head of a White Person?

Artist Kehinde Wiley is best known for reimagining classical heroic paintings using black men and women as his subjects.

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Reports: Police Recommend Indictments of Netanyahu

The recommendations marked a dramatic ending to a months-long investigation into allegations Netanyahu took tens of thousands of dollars in lavish gifts.

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Did President Donald Trump Block Jennie Willoughby on Twitter?

An account posing as an ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned amid a domestic violence scandal, made the claim.

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Did Mike Pence Defend Rob Porter’s Domestic Abuse with a Bible Verse?

Shortly after a Trump senior aide resigned amid domestic abuse allegations, a false rumor was spread that the Vice President had defended his behavior.

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Pair Lasts 5½ Hours Outside in Cold to Alert Pet Owners

Ian Matheson says he had the idea to camp outside the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to show the cold's effect.

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Baltimore Officers Guilty in Corruption Saga Short on Heroes

Seven police officers face charges of robbery, extortion and overtime fraud, and are accused of stealing from victims, some of whom committed no crime.

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Expert: Copter in Grand Canyon Crash More Likely to Explode

Three British tourists died and four others were critically injured in the crash of a helicopter operated by Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters.

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UK Judge Upholds Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks Founder

A British judge upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent more than five years inside Ecuador's London embassy.

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Was a Russian Nuclear Executive Killed in a Plane Crash to Cover Up Clinton Corruption?

Conspiracy theorists falsely linked a deadly Moscow plane crash to Uranium One, a debunked Hillary Clinton "scandal."

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Did Sen. Cory Booker Put Undocumented People ‘Before Seniors and Veterans’?

A graphic disseminated dismissive (and entirely fabricated) statements from the New Jersey Democrat.

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Is This a Wall Around Nancy Pelosi’s Home?

Dubious web sites attempted to paint the house minority leader as a hypocrite after her record-breaking eight-hour speech in support of DACA recipients.

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Did an American Teenager Who Killed a ‘Muslim Refugee’ for Raping His Sister Get 30 Years in Prison?

A video being shared on Facebook is blatant fake news.

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Did a Texas Teacher Named Heather Holland Die Because She Couldn’t Afford Flu Medicine?

The 38-year-old's death from complications of influenza became an internet cause célèbre after it was rumored that she couldn't afford lifesaving medication.

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Did a Judge Cut a Pedophile’s Prison Term Because He Claimed a 3-Year-Old ‘Asked’ to Be Raped?

A scurrilous fake news site took a controversial court case and added a fabricated element to it in order to produce clickbait.

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Sessions: Sheriffs Are a ‘Critical Part of the Anglo-American Heritage of Law Enforcement’

His comments were reportedly a reference to the legal tradition of common law that the American sheriff's system shares with England.

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Can Police Legally Rape People in 35 States?

A pair of articles about the legality of rape in police custody confused social media readers.

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Is This ‘Beware of Billionaire’ Hunters Sign Real?

An image was digitally created after a construction tycoon was arrested for hunting in a protected sanctuary.

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Dozens of Nude Models Brave Cold, Rain for Polar Bear Paint

Dozens of body-painted models walked through the streets in a drizzle as part of the Polar Bear Paint, a nude spin on the traditional polar bear plunges.

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Wedding Dress Returned 32 Years After Dry Cleaner Mix-Up

An Ohio woman has been reunited with her wedding dress 32 years after a dry cleaner mix-up.

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London City Airport Shuts Down Due to Unexploded WWII Bomb

The device was found at George V Dock during work at London City Airport.

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Wind, Ice and Cold Are Making This Olympics Too Wintry

The women's giant slalom was postponed due to high winds at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Yongpyong Alpine Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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What Is MS-13?

The street gang called out by name by President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address actually has its roots in Los Angeles.

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Did Elon Musk Call Donald Trump a ‘Dumbass’?

Contrary to a fabricated tweet, the SpaceX CEO responded graciously to Trump's congratulations on the "American ingenuity" of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Ex-Kentucky Judge Enters Plea Deal in Human Trafficking Case

Prosecutors are recommending 20 years for the 21 counts.

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Stranger Accused of Spanking Man’s Son in Georgia Store

Police say a stranger spanked a man's 2-year-old son at a grocery store in Georgia when the toddler kept asking his dad for a candy bar.

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Trump Accuses Democrats of Playing Politics with Memo

Citing national security concerns, the White House notified the House Intelligence Committee the president was "unable" to declassify a Democratic memo.

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Kim Cattrall to Sarah Jessica Parker: You’re Not My Friend

In an Instagram message Kim Cattrall wrote that former co-star Sarah Jessica Parker is not a friend and called her a hypocrite.

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Was ‘America First’ a Slogan of the Ku Klux Klan?

The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.

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Did a Professor Flunk a Student for Correctly Saying that Australia Is a Country?

Ashley Arnold attracted media attention after challenging — and triumphing over — her instructor's faulty grasp of geography.

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Can Scraping Your Tongue With A Spoon Diagnose Health Conditions?

A "screening test" highlighted on the "Today Show" and subsequently amended by a series of dubious websites is actually pretty useless.

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Is This a Hermit Crab Using a Skull for a Shell?

An image purportedly showing a hermit crab using a human skull is actually a lifelike sculpture.

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Has Rep. Joe Kennedy Received $348,000 in Donations from the Pharmaceutical Industry?

A meme targeting the Democratic lawmaker gets some, but not all, of the facts right.

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Were Cats Used as Prizes in Arcade Claw Machines?

The nature of a video posted to Chinese social media is unclear, but it may have been staged for an advertisement.

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Does this Frozen River Resemble the ‘Scream’ Mask?

Internet users passed around an image that appeared to show river ice frozen in the shape of the mask worn by the Ghostface character in "Scream."

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Valentine Condom Campaign Urges Lovers to Think of Animals

As part of the Center for Biological Diversity's "Pillow Talk" program, hundreds of condoms will be distributed for free during Valentine's Day events.

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Vacancy Sign Flashes at Florida Jail Dubbed ‘Green Roof Inn’

A Florida sheriff says rooms are available and a new retro-neon sign purchased with drug-seized assets features a blinking "vacancy" light.

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Japan Public Grade School Under Fire over Armani Uniform

A Tokyo public school adopted Giorgio Armani uniforms, triggering criticism in a country where hefty school tuition is already burdening young parents.

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Fans Return Eagles CB Sidney Jones’ Lost Cellphone

A group of fans have helped return Jones' lost cellphone during the team's Super Bowl victory parade, but not before taking a selfie.

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Drivers, and Oxford Comma, Come Up Big in Lawsuit Settlement

A Maine dairy company has settled a lawsuit over an overtime dispute that was the subject of a ruling hinging on the use of the Oxford comma.

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Naked Airline Passenger Taken for Psychiatric Examination

An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to return to Anchorage after a man locked himself in the bathroom and took off all his clothes.

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Did Keanu Reeves Help Pay for a Stranger’s Kidney Transplant With an Envelope of Cash?

Two unrelated photographs were circulated on social media along with the a fictional story about actor Keanu Reeves paying for stranger's kidney transplant.

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Does the Dow Jones Do Worse Under Republican Presidents?

A Facebook meme purporting to prove that the Dow suffers under Republican presidencies ignores key data.

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Did a Black Lives Matter Leader Get Sued for Embezzling Donations?

Right-wing web sites republished a fabricated story posted by a notorious purveyor of fake news.

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Flu Season Still Getting Worse; Now as Bad as 2009 Swine Flu

The U.S. government's flu report showed the flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S., and is as intense as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.

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Did Spirit Airlines Tell a Customer to Flush Her Hamster Down the Toilet?

A Spirit customer claims that a Spirit employee told her to either flush her pet or set it free, a charge the airline denies.

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‘Noise and Confusion’: Fake News in Ecuador

We spoke to two editors of Ecuadoran media outlets that do fact-checking about how fake news and disinformation affected two recent votes in Ecuador.

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Koreas Share Historic Handshake at Olympic Opening Ceremony

As South Korean President Moon Jae-in greeted VIPs during the opening ceremony, he turned to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister.

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Trump Signs Budget Deal, Government to Reopen

President Donald Trump signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending, ending a brief federal government shutdown.

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Did Melania Trump’s Parents Arrive in the U.S. Through ‘Chain Migration’?

A twitter post painted Viktor and Amalija Knavs's immigration status as a symbol of hypocrisy on the part of the Trump administration.

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Is This Trump’s Hair Blowing in the Wind?

Much ado was made on social media about the President's hair after a video aired of his boarding Air Force One on a windy day.

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Tens of Thousands Mourn Russian Pilot Killed in Syria

Roman Filipov, pilot of a Su-25 jet, ejected after Syrian insurgents shot down his plane and then blew himself up to avoid being captured.

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Eagles Fans Flock to Philadelphia to Fete Champs at Parade

The Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl 52.

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Internet Pioneer, Songwriter John Perry Barlow Dies At 70

The Electronic Frontier Foundation said in statement that Barlow passed away in his sleep at age 70.

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Giant Space Rock That Wiped Out Dinosaurs May Have Sparked Volcanoes, Too

A new, controversial study describes a new possible sequence of cataclysmic events that changed life on Earth forever.

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Pelosi Stages Eight-Hour Speech to Push for Vote for ‘Dreamers’

The House Minority Leader took no rests during her record-breaking speech aimed at protecting immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation.

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United States Justice Department Statements Contradict Republican Claims on Uranium One, Clinton

Democrats on House committees investigating Uranium One say Justice Department officials cast doubt on the credibility of a key whistleblower.

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Can Common Household Plant Seeds Be Used As a Party Drug?

The seeds of a number household plants can cause psychoactive effects, but they are far from a natural alternative to LSD, as popularly claimed.

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Is This Car Really in Space?

A series of images showing a Tesla Roadster looking down on earth from space are real.

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Fake News and Bots Target Author of Democratic Memo

California Democrat Adam Schiff is the latest target of the disinformation campaign.

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Are Criminals Using Plastic Bottles in Wheel Wells to Carjack People?

The alleged trick of distracting a driver by cramming a plastic bottle in a wheel well runs counter to how most carjackers operate.

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Did an Explosion at Al Franken’s Montana Ranch Kill 6 People?

The fake news article misuses an image of a New York City building fire.

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Did Jeff Sessions Praise Marijuana in a College Rock Band?

A spoof video about the notoriously anti-pot Attorney General was produced by a comedy group and managed to trick some viewers.

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Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Resigns Amid Sex Misconduct Claims

The beleaguered businessman says that the negative publicity made it impossible for him to continue in his current roles.

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Pentagon Says Trump Ordered Washington Military Parade

The parade is supposed to be an elaborate show of military strength complete with tanks and soldiers.

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Did a Pennsylvania Teacher Assign Math Homework That Referred to Sexual Assault?

Students at Pennridge High School were asked to solve algebra formulas using vignettes from the difficult early life of Maya Angelou; Internet outrage ensued.

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Former American Nazi Party Leader Is Likely GOP Nominee in Illinois Congressional Race

White supremacist Arthur Jones is the only Republican candidate for the Third Congressional District in the state's 20 March primary.

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Did a Study Show That Dogs Exhibit Jealousy?

A popular meme showing a dog looking resentful as his owner poses with a significant other is based on a 2014 study suggesting dogs can behave jealously.

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Does a New Facebook Algorithm Only Show You 26 Friends?

Facebook hasn't limited your feed to only a certain number of people, and sharing a post saying otherwise won't make any difference.

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Was Adam Schiff’s Sister Married to George Soros’s Son?

Rep. Adam Schiff, who authored a rebuttal to Devin Nunes's memo about the Trump-Russia investigation, is now the target of conspiracy theories and fake news.

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Girl Scouts Lobby to Relabel Bridge Named for Segregationist

Hundreds of Girl Scouts are expected to gather in the Georgia Capitol, offering milk and cookies as they try to persuade lawmakers to make the change.

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Deadly Earthquake Strikes Taiwan’s East Coast

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck about 21 kilometers (13 miles) northeast of Hualien, on the island's east coast.

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Did the Black Panthers Create the WIC Food Program?

An Internet meme credits the Black Panther Party with inventing Women, Infants, and Children, a federal program that provides food assistance to impoverished mothers and children.

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Safety Recall of Ventolin Inhalers?

A viral Facebook post rehashed an old recall, causing hundreds of thousands of people unnecessary concern.

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Is This ‘Goliath Skeleton’ Real?

Some of the images in a collage purporting to show the discovery of a "Goliath skeleton" date back to a 1993 tabloid article.

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Is Costco Toilet Paper Unsafe for Plumbing Systems?

We found no evidence to suggest Costco toilet paper was any less safe for septic tanks than any other brand of bath tissue.

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Polish President to Sign Controversial Holocaust Bill

The office of Polish President Andrzej Duda said he will announce his decision on whether to sign legislation penalizing statements about the Holocaust.

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House Committee Votes to Release Democrats’ Classified Memo

The president now has five days to decide whether to allow the material's publication.

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Hawaii Emergency Worker Threatened After Misleading Photo

Jeffrey Wong told The Associated Press he quickly learned how cruel the internet can be: "A lot of anger, a lot of ignorance came out as a result of that."

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Global Stocks Tumble as Wall Street Braces for More Losses

A wild day for U.S. markets resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years.

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John Mahoney, Who Played Cranky Dad on ‘Frasier,’ Dies at 77

The actor was best known for his role on the long-running sitcom, but also had a long career in theater and film.

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Was Rihanna Banned From Senegal For Being Part of the ‘Illuminati’?

For once, a notorious purveyor of fake news gets some details right, but gets the overall story wrong.

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Did Trump Tweet in 2015 That the President Should Be Shot Out of a Cannon if the ‘Dow Joans’ Tanks?

A fake tweet attributed to President Donald Trump was meant to be a joke, but this is 2018.

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Did Denzel Washington Say Trump’s Election Saved Us From an ‘Orwellian Police State’?

The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.

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Did a Former Michigan Politician Defend Men Having Sex With Underage Girls?

A former State Senate candidate says his Facebook account was hacked, and a series of troubling posts are the result of an attempt to sabotage his political career.

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Philadelphia Cleaning Up After Some Celebrations Turn Unruly

Revelers shot off fireworks, drivers beeped their horns and Philadelphians young and old descended on Broad Street.

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Maldives Declares State of Emergency Amid Political Standoff

The political crisis in the Maldives deepened as the government said it would not obey a Supreme Court order to free imprisoned opposition leaders.

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Teen Gains Fame After Justin Timberlake Selfie at Super Bowl

Thirteen-year-old Ryan McKenna said that his phone "exploded" with messages and phone calls and he now has thousands of new social media followers.

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Did an Eagles Fan Steal an Ostrich from the Zoo During Super Bowl Chaos?

As Philadelphians destroyed their city in celebration, a ridiculous rumor took hold on social media.

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Did the Eagles Respond to Trump’s Congratulatory Tweet With a Vulgarity?

An image purportedly showing the official Twitter account for the Philadelphia Eagles telling President Trump to "go f*ck himself" is not real.

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Did Outback Steakhouse Kick Out a Policeman Because it is a ‘Gun Free Zone’?

An incident that generated outrage on social media does not reflect company policy, according to the restaurant chain.

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British Judge to Rule on Assange Bid to Get Warrant Dropped

A British judge is scheduled to rule on Julian Assange’s bid to force Britain to drop a warrant for his arrest.

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Philadelphians Take to the Streets to Celebrate Super Bowl

As time expired, crowds across the city spilled out of sports bars, apartments and houses.

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Ram Truck Ad Using MLK Speech Draws Backlash

The ad shows people doing service-oriented tasks set against audio of King's speech, which urges people to be "great" by serving the greater good.

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Philly Cops Use Hydraulic Fluid on Poles to Deter Climbers

While Philadelphia Eagles fans prepare for the Super Bowl, police are working to keep any victory celebrations firmly on the ground.

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Two Killed, More Than 100 Injured in Early Morning Amtrak Crash

It was the third deadly crash involving Amtrak in less than eight weeks.

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Hitler Book, Supremacist Flag Found at Home of Italy Shooting Suspect

The right-wing extremist shot and injured six people during a two-hour shooting spree amid an election year characterized by heated anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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Democratic, GOP Lawmakers Say Memo Doesn’t Clear Trump in Probe

A new congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse is being used to undermine the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

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Florida Senate OKs Bill Banning Forced Child Marriages

A woman who was forced to marry her rapist when she was 11 helped inspire the Florida Senate to unanimously pass a bill that would end child marriage in the state.

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Super Bowl Myths and Legends

A compendium of the most popular legends and rumors associated with the Super Bowl. How many have you heard?

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Paul Ryan’s Tax Cut Tweet Draws Scorn, Is Deleted

Social media users blasted Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Twitter after he boasted about the GOP tax bill.

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Trump Claims Memo ‘Totally Vindicates’ Him in Russia Probe

The memo also includes revelations that might complicate efforts by Trump and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.

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Trump Seized on What Memo Could Mean Even Before Reading It

The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress and he watched it take hold in the conservative media.

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What the GOP Memo Says (and Doesn’t Say)

After more than a week of partisan bickering and social media-fueled buildup, the #releasethememo crowd got their wish.

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New Twists in Probe of Natalie Wood’s Mysterious 1981 Death

The mystery of the death of acclaimed actress Natalie Wood has endured for nearly four decades as the investigation has ebbed and flowed like the tides off a California island where her body was found floating on Thanksgiving weekend 1981.

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Nunes Memo Drops and Flops

The long-awaited memo compiled by Republican congressman Devin Nunes failed to live up to the hype.

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Was Football Star Brian Banks Wrongfully Convicted of Rape?

Banks' ordeal was turned into a meme that misrepresented key details of his case.

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Did George Soros Say His Life’s Mission Is to Destroy the United States?

There is no evidence that the billionaire supporter of progressive causes ever uttered such a remark, or anything resembling it.

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Did Palestinians Dance at the UN After Nikki Haley Threatened to Cut Aid?

In the wake of the decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a viral video has spread with a false claim.

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Did a Greenpeace Activist Get His Arm Bitten Off After Hugging a Shark?

An article claiming that a great white shark attacked a Greenpeace activist originated on a well-known fake news site.

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Does Joe Kennedy’s Palm Beach House Have a Security Wall?

Rumors that there is a security wall outside the representative's Palm Beach House are inaccurate on several fronts.

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Did Armed Trump Supporters Ask a Navajo Legislator If He’s ‘Legal’?

Video footage shows an anti-immigration protester aggressively questioning Arizona state Rep. Eric Descheenie about his citizenship status.

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Was Jay-Z Filmed Punching a 12-Year-Old Female Fan?

An out-of-context video purportedly showing Jay-Z hitting a young fan has been circulating on the internet since the early 2000s.

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Crayola Bathtub Fingerpaint Soap Warning

A Utah pediatrics practice says that Crayola bathtub fingerpaint soap caused caustic burns, but other users of the popular product didn't share that experience.

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New Witnesses Emerge in Actress Natalie Wood’s 1981 Drowning

Patrolmen discovered the actress' body 200 yards off Blue Cavern Point on Catalina Island, 100 yards away from the boat after a seven hour search.

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Handlers: Punxsutawney Phil Sees 6 More Weeks of Winter

Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, foresees no early end to winter.

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Cuba State Media: Fidel Castro’s Son Has Killed Himself

The eldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself after months of treatment for depression, state media reported.

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Facebook Denies Censorship in Closing of Paris User’s Page

A French teacher, whose Facebook account was suspended in 2011 after he posted a photo of a famous 19th-century nude painting, is suing the California-based social network Facebook for alleged "censorship."

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Trump Falsely Claims Most-Watched State of the Union Address

President Donald Trump says the ratings for his first State of the Union address this week are "the highest number in history," but that is not true.

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Robert Wagner a ‘Person of Interest’ in Natalie Wood Death

Nearly four decades after his wife drowned, investigators are now calling 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner a "person of interest" in the death of Natalie Wood.

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Girl Arrested in L.A. Middle School Shooting Believed to Be 12

A girl believed to be 12 years old opened fire in a middle school classroom, critically wounding one classmate and injuring three others, authorities said.

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Did Nikki Haley ‘Accidentally Confess’ to an Affair with Donald Trump?

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley only inadvertently 'confessed' to being romantically involved with President Trump in clickbait headlines, not in her own words.

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Girl in Slender Man Stabbing Gets Maximum Mental Commitment

Judge Michael Bohren granted the maximum penalty prosecutors had sought, and discounted Morgan Geyser's youth at the time of the attack in 2014.

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California Prosecutors Dropping, Reducing Pot Convictions

San Francisco's district attorney says his office will toss out or reduce thousands of marijuana criminal convictions dating back decades

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Did the ACLU Complain That Trump Said ‘America’ Too Many Times in State of the Union?

Unreliable web sites misrepresented the substance of the American Civil Liberties Union's critical response to President Trump's address.

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Do Amazon Employees Qualify for Food Stamps?

Official statistics suggest that some of the online retail giant's workforce receive food stamps, but it only applies to about 12 percent of one state's employees.

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Did Nancy Pelosi Scold a Democrat for Standing at the State of the Union Address?

Images showing Nancy Pelosi pointing a finger at a Linda Sanchez are authentic, but a video of the event tells a different story.

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Black Lives Matter Flag Begins Flying Over Vermont School

A Vermont high school began flying a Black Lives Matter flag in what officials said was a commitment to make the mostly white institution more inclusive.

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Did a Democratic Congressman ‘Storm Out’ of Trump’s State of the Union?

Conservatives and conspiracy theorists have made much of the fact that Luis Gutiérrez quietly walked out three minutes before the end of Trump's speech.

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Did Julia Roberts Tell Celine Dion ‘Go Back in Your Country’ If She Didn’t like Trump?

A "celebrity feud" was actually a particularly lazy attempt at "outrage" clickbait.

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Naked Bank Robber Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

A federal judge says a Florida man who robbed a bank, stripped naked and ran down the street throwing stolen money is severely mentally ill and can't be held responsible for the crime.

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Arctic Sea Ice Thins, So Do Polar Bears

Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It's the climate change diet, and scientists say it's not good.

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What Is ‘Chain Migration’?

President Trump pledged in his 2018 State of the Union address to end "chain migration," but what exactly does that term mean and where did it come from?

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Georgia Senate Blasts NFL Denial of ‘Please Stand’ Ad

The debate over whether the NFL should let players kneel during the national anthem flared up in state government as some legislators and a governor disparaged the league.

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Are All Homeopathic Drugs Now Illegal?

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance document suggesting a new legal interpretation of the controversial remedies, but they remain legal.

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Did Billy Graham Warn Against Mixing Religion and Politics?

The evangelical leader said in a 1981 profile that people in his position "can't be closely identified with any particular party or person."

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Will a Cooking, Cleaning Sex Robot Be Available by 2019?

Nope — a "satirical" web site just thinks misogyny is funny.

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Did Security Escort Andrew McCabe Out of the FBI Building?

A photograph showing the former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with a group of armed officers is real, but it is not recent and does not show him being thrown or escorted out.

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Logan Paul Dealing with Fallout from Controversial Blog Post

Paul describes himself as a "good guy who made a bad decision" when he posted images of what appeared to be a suicide victim online.

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FBI in Public Fight with Trump over Releasing Russia Memo

The FBI's short and sharp statement laid bare a Trump administration conflict that had previously played out mostly behind closed doors.

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GOP Lawmakers Put Medical Skills to Work After Train Crash

Republican members of Congress with medical experience put their skills to work after a train carrying dozens of them crashed into a garbage truck.

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