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Snopes→ First Responders Nationwide Resist COVID Vaccine Mandates
Despite deaths, police officers and other first responders are among those most hesitant to get the vaccine, and their cases continue to grow.
Snopes→ Jill Biden Heads Back to Classroom As a Working First Lady
She is the first first lady to leave the White House and log hours at a full-time job.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Biden Nominate the First Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-biden-nominate-the-first-gay An article from the Associated P
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Biden Nominate the First Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge?
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Snopes→ Falcons First NFL Team to Have 100% of Players Vaccinated
Atlanta becomes the first team able to have all its players not wear masks around the facility and eat and work out together.
Full Fact - All content→ NHS Test and Trace cost £13.5 billion in its first year
A photo on Facebook claiming that “Westminster’s “Track & Trace” system” is costing £37 billion, and building the Channel Tunnel only cost £12 billion, has gone viral on Facebook. How much has Test an
Snopes→ China’s Yang Takes First Gold at Uneasy Tokyo Olympics
She overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the fames in the women's 10-meter air rifle event.
Snopes→ Tokyo Olympic Flame is the First Powered by Hydrogen
Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron is designed to be better for the planet.
Snopes→ Infrastructure Bill Fails First Vote, Senate to Try Again
Senate Republicans rejected an effort to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden.
Snopes→ Why Does White Always Go First in Chess?
Protests over racism have rekindled a discussion about whether chess promotes white privilege with its rule that the first move always goes to the player with the white pieces.
Snopes→ First Positive COVID Tests for Athletes in Olympic Village
Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive.
Snopes→ Gaetz and Greene’s ‘America First’ Rally in Anaheim Canceled
The third time proved not to be the charm.
Top Fact Checks→ Thailand will administer different first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses.
Thailand has decided to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine as a booster dose for Sinovac vaccine recipients.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The First Slave Owner In America Was NOT A Black Man
Was the first slave owner in America a Black man? No, that's not true: Anthony Johnson, an Angolan who was an indentured servant in the Virginia colony starting in 1621, did gain the recognized right to own property, including slaves, aft
Snopes→ First Lady Jill Biden Makes ‘Sesame Street’ Debut
Biden joins other first ladies who have appeared on the children’s television program.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Woman To Medal In 6 Straight Olympics NOT Ignored By Media, Sponsors Because She Is Outspoken Pro-2A
Is the first woman to medal in six straight Olympics ignored by the media and sponsors because she is outspokenly pro-Second Amendment? No, that's not true: Kim Rhode, a highly decorated Olympic double trap and skeet shooter, has had mult
Snopes→ WATCH: World’s First Flying Car Makes 35-Minute Debut Flight
The aircraft turns into a sports car in under three minutes.
Full Fact - All content→ Only a third of people first heard of the term ‘cancel culture’ in the past year
The experts found that cancel culture had exploded in the last year — with 82 per cent of people having first encountered it in the past 12 months. The Sun, 29 June 2021. An article in the Sun, published on 29 June, claims that experts found &ld
Full Fact - All content→ ‘My First Vape’ toy is not real
An image of a “my first vape” toy targeted at young children has been shared on Facebook to some dismay and much amusement in the comments. The toy, which is shaped like a box mod vape, appears to produce bubbles when blown into. The
Snopes→ Carl Nassib First Active NFL Player to Come out As Gay
Nassib said he wasn't doing it for the attention but because “I just think that representation and visibility are so important.”
Snopes→ New Zealand Weightlifter Set To Be First Openly Trans Olympic Athlete
Laurel Hubbard said she was "grateful and humbled by the kindness and support" shown to her as officials included her in the 133-strong New Zealand team for the Tokyo Olympics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Postmortem Study In A Patient Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2 Did NOT Find Viral RNA In ‘Every Organ Of The Body’
Did the first case of postmortem study of a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 find viral RNA in every organ of the body? No, that's not true: Researchers found viral RNA in seven of the nine organs they analyzed. "This is not even the
Snopes→ The First Mobile Phone Call Was 75 Years Ago
The people who crossed a wristwatch with a cellphone worked hard for several years to make it happen, but technology development really occurs on a timescale of decades.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The lessons of Squash, the first automated fact-checking platform
Squash began as a crazy dream. Soon after I started PolitiFact in 2007, readers began suggesting a cool but far-fetched idea. They wanted to see our fact checks pop up on live TV. That kind of automated fact-checking wasn’t possible with the technolo
Snopes→ Dot Watch Could Be the First Braille Smartwatch
A South Korean startup launched the smartwatch in 2017.
Top Fact Checks→ Weyan village is the first in India to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.
Every person above 18 in Weyan hamlet received the first vaccine dose, making it the first Indian village to record 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination.
Snopes→ Is Jill Biden the Oldest Sitting First Lady?
First lady Jill Biden celebrated her 70th birthday on June 3, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One Of The First Memorial Day Celebrations WAS Started By Formerly Enslaved Black People
Did formerly enslaved Black people start Memorial Day in the U.S.? Evidence suggests that they may have: A celebration on May 1, 1865, is considered one of the first mass memorializations of fallen soldiers in the country. The celebration
Snopes→ Yes, China Reported the First Known Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu
It may be the world’s first human to be infected with the H10N3 strain of avian influenza.
Snopes→ Ally Bank Ends All Overdraft Fees, First Large Bank to Do So
Ally Financial is ending overdraft fees entirely on all of its bank products, becoming the first large bank to end overdraft fees across its entire business.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT First State To Decertify 2020 Election Results — NO State Has
Is Georgia the first state to decertify 2020 election results? No, that's not true: Georgia officials have done no such thing. The claim appears based on speculation, not the circumstances as of the day it was published. The claim relates
Snopes→ Prince William Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
“To all those working on the vaccine rollout — thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do," the prince wrote in a statement.
Snopes→ What Was the First Full CGI Character?
Filmmaker George Lucas is responsible for several milestones in computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Snopes→ Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go’s in Rock Hall on First Try
The class also includes Tina Turner, Carole King and Todd Rundgren.
Top Fact Checks→ Eight lions tested positive for COVID-19 in India for the first time.
Following rigorous tests by the CCMB, eight Asiatic lions at the Nehru Zoological Park tested COVID-19 positive. They are under doctors' supervision.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Proposed $25,000 First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act Is NOT Law
Was a $25,000 first-time homebuyer credit bill passed by Congress? No, that's not true: the proposed Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 would allow qualifying homebuyers to receive up to $25,000 in homebuying assistance. However, the a
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Who Lied More During Their First 100 Days: Biden, Trump, Or Obama?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarkowitz/2021/04/30/who-lied-more-during-their-first-100-days-biden-trump-or-obama/
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress, fact-checked
In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, chi
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-speech-congress/ In his f