Prince Philip’s royal ceremonial funeral will take place April 17 at Windsor Castle — a slimmed-down service amid the COVID-19 pandemic that will be entirely closed to the public.
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Snopes→ No, DMX Did Not Die on April 8, 2021
False rumors spread on social media that claimed the rapper had passed away after days earlier suffering a heart attack.
Top Fact Checks→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi breached the election protocol by addressing a rally in Howrah on April 6.
Modi addressed a rally in Cooch Behar and Howrah’s Dumurjola on April 6, where polls were held on April 10. The silence period was not breached.
Snopes→ Official: Biden Moving Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19
Biden is also expected to announce that 150 million doses have been put into people's arms since his inauguration on Jan. 20.
Snopes→ Did April the Giraffe Die?
April rose to viral fame after her pregnancy and birth were livestreamed in 2017.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Third Bridge Spanning The Chesapeake Bay Is NOT In Planning Stages: It’s April Fools’
Did Jeff Bezos agree to pay for a six and a half mile long bridge in Maryland in exchange for the rezoning of some land to build an Amazon distribution center and drone launching facility? No, that's not true: A short film produced by Que
Snopes→ Did DJ Quik Post a Gun Violence April Fools’ Day Joke?
We may have a winner for this year's worst "prank."
Liste→ Old April Fool’s Day joke about TIME magazine naming Thai prime minister ‘best leader’ resurfaces in misleading Facebook posts
A claim that TIME magazine named Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha the “best leader in the world” has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook. The posts add that Prayut narrowly beat Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the to
Top Fact Checks→ The Reserve Bank of India will invalidate the old ₹5, ₹10, and ₹100 currency notes by April 2021.
The RBI has clarified that the media reports on withdrawal of the old series of ₹100, ₹10 & ₹5 banknotes from circulation are incorrect.
Top Fact Checks→ Seven children were killed in Senegal after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in April.
There were no approved vaccinations in April against COVID-19, and seven children did not die after receiving vaccination in Senegal.
Liste→ This ‘flying penguins’ animation is actually a spoof produced by the BBC for April Fool’s Day in 2008
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Weibo, Facebook and Twitter which claim it shows penguins flying in the South Pole. The claim is false; the video is actually computer-generated spoof created by the BBC in
Liste→ These images show the Colombian army raiding a rebel camp in April 2020
Four images have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show members of a Myanmar rebel group, the Arakan Army, being captured. The claim is false; the images shows screenshots from a video of a Colombian m
TFCN Feature – Poynter→ Fact-check: Did the White House block access to face masks in April 2020?
The post Fact-check: Did the White House block access to face masks in April 2020? appeared first on Poynter.
Top Fact Checks→ The UK was the highest hit among G7 economies between April to June.
GDP fell most dramatically, by (minus) 20.4%, in the United Kingdom from (minus) 2.2 in the first quarter.
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports about the Thai king attending a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in April 2019
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn chanting an Islamic invocation to get rid of coronavirus. The claim is false; the video ha
Full Fact - All content→ The government updated total Covid-19 death data with April and May deaths confirmed by non-NHS labs
Posts on Twitter and Facebook have claimed that although Matt Hancock said at a government briefing on 1 June that there had been 111 deaths since the day before, the official report on total Covid-19 deaths actually rose by 556 between 31 May and 1 Ju
Full Fact - All content→ The government updated total Covid-19 death data with April and May deaths confirmed by non-NHS labs
Posts on Twitter and Facebook have claimed that although Matt Hancock said at a government briefing on 1 June that there had been 111 deaths since the day before, the official report on total Covid-19 deaths actually rose by 556 between 31 May and 1 Ju
Snopes→ US Retail Sales Plunged in April as Coronavirus Hit
Sales fell a record 16.4% from March to April, nearly doubling the previous record — which was set a month earlier.
FactCheck.org→ An April Filled with Repeats
Throughout April, the White House’s coronavirus task force briefings, at times, sparked feelings of fact-checking deja vu: President Donald Trump made many of the same inaccurate statements repeatedly. The president – as is the case with many polit
TruthOrFiction→ Did News Outlets Publish Old Photographs of Crowded Jacksonville, Florida Beaches in April 2020?
On April 18 2020, multiple news organizations published photographs purportedly showing newly-reopened beaches in Jacksonville, Florida, in articles with headlines such as, “Jacksonville beach packed as Florida coronavirus cases hit recordR
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers April 2020 Update
Editor’s Note: This update reflects only a small part of the huge economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused millions of layoffs and shut down much of the economy before many of these statistics were collected. Summary Since Donald Tr
FactCheck.org→ April Fool’s Posts Falsely Claim Students Must Repeat the School Year
Quick Take April Fool’s Day brought a spate of false posts claiming students will have to repeat the school year. While many schools across the U.S. closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s no indication they’ll call for repeat
Snopes→ April 1, Rent’s Due: Many Struggle to Pay in Virus Outbreak
Most state and local governments are putting evictions on pause for now, but millions of Americans now out of work are wondering how to pay the bills.
Snopes→ Income Tax Filing Deadline Moved to July 15 from April 15
The administration had announced earlier in the week that it would delay the payments, a move that Mnuchin said would leave $300 billion in the economy at a critical time.
TruthOrFiction→ Will Americans Go Into a Four-Week Quarantine on April 1 2020?
In mid-March 2020, completely unsubstantiated but frightening rumors began circulating about a four-week-long quarantine blanketing the entire United States, purportedly to begin on April 1 2020. The rumor spread from person to person in individual
Snopes→ US Capitol Closing to Public Until April Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Only lawmakers, staff, journalists and visitors with official business will be permitted to enter the buildings.
Snopes→ Will an Asteroid Hit Earth in April 2020?
Clickbait headlines continue to stoke fears about "doomsday asteroids."
FactCheck.org→ Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?
President Donald Trump suggested that the new coronavirus would “go away” in April, as temperatures warm. While some viruses are seasonal, it’s not yet clear if the new virus will follow the same pattern — and experts caution against bankin
TruthOrFiction→ Jewish Prisoners Liberated from a Train in Madgeburg in April 1945
On October 22 2019 a Reddit user shared the following image to r/pics, purportedly depicting a moment during World War II when Jewish prisoners learned they had been liberated from a train traveling to a death camp: This is such a powerful
Lead Stories→ Old News: Israel’s Netanyahu Won Re-election, Main Challenger Conceded Defeat… In April 2019
Did Israel's P.M. Netanyahu win re-election and did his main challenger concede defeat? Yes, but it didn't happen during the election in September a few days ago, it happened in April of 2019 during a different election as Reuters reported at
TruthOrFiction→ Does This Picture Show a Tiny Crowd Ten Minutes Before Sen. Bernie Sanders’ April 2019 Houston Rally?
On April 26 2019, Facebook page “The Trump Train” shared the following post (archived here), claiming that it showed a crowd of a few dozen people in Houston ten minutes before Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was scheduled to speak: Ac
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers, April 2019 Update
Summary Since President Donald Trump took office: Attempted unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border soared to the highest levels in over a decade. The trade deficit rose by more than $100 billion — 23.5 percent. The economy added 5.1 mi
Snopes→ Did the NRA Oppose Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in April 2019?
While the gun rights group says they support the main thrust of the Violence Against Women Act, they oppose amendments that lower the criminal threshold to bar someone from buying a gun.
Snopes→ April Fools’ 2019: Our Favorite Internet Pranks the Past Year
A collection of the best japes sprung on unsuspecting internet users as part of the annual April Fools' tradition.
Snopes→ April Fools’ Day 2019: You Really Think You Know the Truth?
Some days at Snopes.com, it's tough to tell fact from fiction.
TruthOrFiction→ April Fools’ Day 2019 Roundup
Traditionally, April Fools’ Day is a major “internet holiday” — but in recent years, roundups have largely been composed of a series of commercials designed to go viral on social media sites. Here is a list of April Fools’
Lead Stories→ April Fools Day 2019: Running List of Jokes, Pranks and General Foolery…
If you are a fan of pranks and jokes today is undoubtedly the day you have been waiting for. Here is a roundup of some of the funniest or weirdest April Fools jokes we have spotted today, in no particular order. Note: we are not fact checking
Snopes→ Redacted Mueller Report Expected to Be Released by Mid-April
Attorney General William Barr described Mueller's report as nearly 400 pages long, not including the tables and supporting materials.
Snopes→ Congress Could Get Mueller Report in April, Graham Says
Sen. Lindsey Graham said he had spoken to President Donald Trump about the Mueller report, who said "just release it."
Snopes→ Google+ Social Networking Site Shutting Down April 2
It's the end of the line for Google+, the potential Facebook rival that never really took off.