Did U.S. Marines rescue 11 children who were purportedly imprisoned in Kansas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, this claim appeared i
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Arkansas Airport Executive Killed In Shootout With ATF Was Tied To Hillary Clinton
Was Bryan Malinowski, executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, connected to Hillary Rodham Clinton in some way? No, that's not true: Besides having worked for an airport that bears her name
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minors Arrested In Connection With Kansas City Parade Shooting Are NOT Charged With Shooting People
Were the minors arrested in connection with the Kansas City parade shooting charged with shooting people? No, that's not true: As of February 21, 2024, neither of the two juveniles had been charged with shooting anyone. According to the c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Kansas City Parade Shooting Suspect
Does a photo on social media of a man in a red sweatsuit show a suspect in the shooting that occurred on February 14, 2024 during the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade? No, that's not true: The individual in the photo is Denton Loudermill
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts invented the name 'Sahil Omar' as one of the Kansas City shooting suspects
“At least one of Kansas City shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant.”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misidentify Suspect in Kansas City Parade Shootings
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Kansas City authorities charged two juvenile suspects with crimes connected to the Feb. 14 shootings at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory celebration, in which one p
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts share erroneous information about suspect identification in Kansas City mass shooting
Following the shooting that left a mother of two dead and 22 injured at the end of the parade celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, social media users began sharing information that falsely pinned the violence on a 44-year-old migrant living in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Kansas City Chiefs Will Not Renew Travis Kelce’s Contract
Did the Kansas City Chiefs say they won't be re-signing Travis Kelce's contract and that they have "had it with the sideshow"? No, that's not true: This claim is from an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated conte
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Taylor Swift Going To Kansas City, Missouri, Football Game — It’s Donald Trump’s Motorcade In Iowa
Does a video showing a large motorcade with flashing lights traveling on a snow-covered highway document the arrival of Taylor Swift at Arrowhead Stadium to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the Miami Dolphins in Missouri? No, that's not
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Arkansas isn’t ditching voting machines for paper ballots, despite claims online
CLAIM: Arkansas is switching to election ballots that are marked by hand rather than by machine. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
FactCheck.org→ Kansas School Sports Act Doesn’t Require ‘Genital Inspections,’ Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take Kansas passed a bill allowing only “biologically female” students to play on girls’ and women’s athletic teams from elementary through college. Social media posts misleadingly claim the bill will allow “forc
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Kansas trans athlete law doesn’t 'authorize' genital inspections for kids, doesn’t ban them either
New Kansas law will “authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Keystone Pipeline Kansas Leak
On January 10 2023, Imgur user Mech0T1 shared a screenshot of a tweet, which claimed that the Keystone Pipeline ruptured in Kansas in December 2023: Last month, the Keystone pipeline ruptured for the 23rd time since 2010 and spilled 14,000 bathtubs
FactCheck.org→ Kansas State Art Funding Distorted as ‘Drag Shows for Children’ in Governor’s Race
The Kansas state government awarded grants to two nonprofit arts organizations to fund a visiting artist and operating expenses, according to state contracts and one of the groups. Republican efforts to link the funding to all-ages drag shows don̵
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Candidates Scrub Anti-Abortion Positions From Campaign Sites After Kansas Referendum
On August 28 2022, screenshots of tweets claiming that Republican candidates were hastily, and quietly, amending their positions on abortion from vocally supportive of widespread restrictions to a more nebulous stance: Huh. Is forced birth unpopular
Snopes→ Court: Arkansas Can’t Ban Treatment of Transgender Kids
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the 2021 law.
Snopes→ Does Viral Video Show Arkansas Officers Severely Beating a White Man?
The three now-suspended officers were captured punching the back of Randall Worcester’s head.
Truth or Fiction?→ Kansas Abortion Recount Affirms Will of the Voters
On August 22 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/politics (and r/all) said that a Kansas abortion referendum recount reaffirmed the initial tally — indicating that voters in Kansas continue to overwhelmingly favor legal access to abortion in the sta
Snopes→ 3 Arkansas Officers Suspended After Video Captures Beating
A video posted on social media showed two of them beating a suspect while a third officer held him on the ground.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Found Dead In Arkansas River Is NOT Provably Linked To Clinton Advisor Who Apparently Killed Self
Was a woman found dead in the Arkansas River linked to the "suspicious death" of former Clinton advisor Mark Middleton? No, that's not true: A report in radaronline.com quoted an anonymous source -- purportedly an associate of Middleton's
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘West Virginia Governor Denies Request’ for Abortion Vote ‘After Seeing What Happened in Kansas’
On August 16 2022, a screenshot shared to r/WhitePeopleTwitter suggested that the Republican governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, denied a request for a popular vote on abortion rights after witnessing the outcome of the abortion referendum in Kansa
Snopes→ Kansas Voters Resoundingly Protect Their Access to Abortion
Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.
Truth or Fiction?→ Kansas Abortion Amendment
On August 1 2022, a Twitter account shared a screenshot of a text message urging Kansas residents to “vote YES” on a proposed amendment relating to abortion: This is as dirty as you can get. The anti-abortion coalition is sending out a la
Logically→ A widely shared video shows thousands of dead sheep in Idaho days after the Kansas cattle deaths in June 2022.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a Kansas City News Outlet Ducking Questions About its ‘Fentanyl Overdose’ Story?
A Kansas City news organization is not addressing major questions around a story about a suspected “fentanyl overdose” that relies on disinformation and debunked law enforcement narratives. The story, which aired on KCTV-TV on June 16 2022,
Poynter→ Extreme heat killed cattle in Kansas, not chemtrails or a food shortage scheme
Thousands of cattle died in mid-June in Kansas — deaths that state officials and animal experts have said were caused by intense heat. But some social media posts are casting […] The post Extreme heat killed cattle in Kansas, not chemtrails or
AllSides→ Kansas Cattle Died After Unusual Heat Wave, Contrary to Baseless Claims Online
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/kansas-cattle-died-after-unusual-heat-wave-contrary-to-baseless-claims-online/
FactCheck.org→ Kansas Cattle Died After Unusual Heat Wave, Contrary to Baseless Claims Online
Quick Take At least 2,000 cattle have died following a heat wave in southwestern Kansas. Although the cattle apparently died of heatstroke, social media posts have made baseless claims suggesting that the deaths might be part of a larger conspiracy the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Question About Cause of Cattle Deaths In June 2022 Kansas Heat Wave
Do Kansas ranchers have no idea what might have killed hundreds or thousands of cattle during an extreme heat wave and believe their feed or water was poisoned? No, that's not true: The cause of death is not a mystery to the people in the
Logically→ Thousands of cows were killed in Kansas to shorten the food supply as part of the New World Order.
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Snopes→ Did Thousands of Cows Die in Kansas Heat Wave?
While we haven't been able to determine the specifics of a viral video, scorching temperatures did indeed kill many cows in June 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arkansas DA Did NOT Get Court Order To Exhume Vince Foster’s Body — It’s Satire
Did an Arkansas district attorney get a court order to exhume the body of former deputy White House counsel Vince Foster? No, that's not true: The claim, which suggests that former first lady Hillary Clinton was responsible for Foster's d
Truth or Fiction?→ Haven, Kansas ‘In God We Trust’ Police Vehicle Controversy
On May 3 2022, Kansas.com reported that officials in Haven, Kansas came to a decision about having controversial references to religion on police vehicles: The Haven City Council voted Monday [May 2 2022] to remove the “In God We Trust” decals fro
Snopes→ Kansas Tornado Generated 165 Mph Winds As It Destroyed Homes
The tornado that damaged more than more than 1,000 buildings in south-central Kansas generated winds up to 165 mph (266 kph) and carved a path of destruction nearly 13 miles (21 kilometers) long.
Snopes→ Did Kansas City Zoo Give Resident Gorilla a Blood Transfusion?
The procedure likely saved the 24-year-old primate’s life.
Snopes→ Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Banning Most Abortions
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect on July 28.
Snopes→ Arkansas Woman Sues Trooper for Flipping Her SUV During Stop
An Arkansas woman who says she was injured when a state trooper deliberately bumped into her SUV, causing it to flip, because she didn’t immediately pull over for a traffic stop is suing him and the agency.
Snopes→ Video Shows Arkansas State Trooper Flip Pregnant Woman’s Car Then Argue With Her While She Hangs Upside Down
Dashcam footage showed that the woman's emergency flashers were on when a state trooper hit her car, causing it to flip.
Snopes→ Student Says Kansas Lawmaker Kicked Him in Testicles
A high school student reported that a Kansas House member working as a substitute teacher manhandled him and kicked him in the testicles during class, and the lawmaker told authorities that God told him to do it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White County Sheriff And Beebe Police In Arkansas Did NOT Issue Amber Alert For Purported Kidnapped And Missing 8-Year-Old Girl
Did the White County Sheriff and Beebe Police Department in Arkansas issue an Amber Alert for a kidnapped and missing 8-year-old girl? No, that's not true. A little girl did go missing in the town on May 13, 2021, but she was found "withi