Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died.
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Snopes→ Sacheen Littlefeather, Actor Who Declined Brando Oscar, Dies
Sacheen Littlefeather has died. She was 75.
Snopes→ Did Val Kilmer’s Doc Holliday Say ‘I’m Your Huckle Bearer,’ Not ‘Huckleberry’?
The famous line from "Tombstone" has some people murmuring about the "Mandela Effect."
Snopes→ Was ‘The Little Mermaid’ About Hans Christian Andersen’s Unrequited Love for a Man?
We can at least confirm that Andersen's original tale doesn't have the happy ending that Disney princess stories do.
Snopes→ ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio Dies at Age 59
Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Was NOT Legal to Send Kids By Mail in 1913
Did the U.S. Postal Service allow babies and young children to be stamped and sent through the mail until 1913? No, that's not true: Although there are reports of some children being transported by mail carriers in the early 1900s, the pr
Snopes→ Do the ‘Time Warp’ Again — ‘Rocky Horror’ Show Will Travel
Grab your toilet paper. Bring a flashlight. Don't forget a newspaper — or your fishnets.
Snopes→ Katie Couric Says She’s Been Treated for Breast Cancer
Katie Couric said that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery and radiation treatment this summer to treat the tumor.
Snopes→ Pop Singer Shakira to Face Trial over Tax Fraud in Spain
A Spanish judge approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud.
Snopes→ Rihanna to Headline the Next Super Bowl Halftime Show
Rihanna will take center stage at February's Super Bowl halftime show.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barron Trump Was NOT Kicked Out Of School — False Clickbait Title Does NOT Match Video Content
Was Barron Trump kicked out of school because his tuition had not been paid? No, that's not true: This clickbait title for a video is false. The title's claim is not discussed in the video, which contains a montage of stock photos with a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Children Singing the Unofficial Anthem of the Luftwaffe
Does a video show Ukrainian children singing the unofficial anthem of the Luftwaffe? No, that's not true: They aren't singing a Nazi German air force song. The song is by Bots, a Dutch folk rock group. The claim appeared in a tweet (archi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘I Lost My (Child)’ Cancer Posts Do NOT Deliver Free PS5 Console
Did the death of a child result in a parent's social media offer to give away a Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) game console for free because it painfully reminds them of their loss? No, that's not true: The post is a device used to initiate a s
Snopes→ Hilary Mantel, Author of ‘Wolf Hall’ Tudor Saga, Dies at 70
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report About "Two Nurses Who Were Fired After Being Caught At Work" — This Headline Is Fake
Did CNN report about "Two nurses fired after being caught at work"? No, that's not true: CNN never published a story with this headline. This post is designed to introduce the name of a website to an audience on social media. Similar tact
Snopes→ Did Marilyn Monroe Really Say This?
"If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best," Monroe supposedly said.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Judy Garland Raise Money for the Civil Rights Movement?
Actor Judy Garland’s activism drew renewed attention decades after the fact after her work was highlighted by journalist Bobby Rivers. Rivers posted a photograph of Garland and fellow stars, saying: On This Day In History: Judy Garland — wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Slap Donald Trump’s Hand — It’s A Clip From A Late-Night TV Show
Did Pope Francis slap Donald Trump's hand away when Trump tried to hold his hand? No, that's not true: The pope and Trump did meet at the Vatican on May 24, 2017, but the hand-touching clip is not real. That clip is from "Jimmy Kimmel Liv
Snopes→ R. Kelly Convicted of Child Porn, Enticing Girls for Sex
Prosecutors won convictions on six of the 13 counts against him, with many of the convictions carrying long mandatory sentences.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2011 ‘Captain America’ Movie Did NOT Foretell Coronavirus Pandemic With Hidden Clues
Did the movie, "Captain America: The First Avenger" contain secret clues about the coronavirus years in advance -- proving that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: The Times Square advertisements appearing in the backg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Queen Elizabeth II In Coffin As Post’s Timing, Content Imply
Did a video posted to Facebook in September 2022 show the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II being placed into a coffin? No, that's not true: The video in question was originally posted to social media more than three weeks prior to the
Snopes→ Broadway Theater Renamed in Honor of James Earl Jones
The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.
Snopes→ Iconic French New Wave Director Jean-Luc Godard Dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema and stood for years among world cinema's most vital directors, has died.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michael Sheen Speech on Wales Sees New Light After Monarch’s Death
In the aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 2022, past comments by actor Michael Sheen on the effects of English dominion over his native Wales once again gained traction online. For the second time in two years, social media inf
Snopes→ ‘The Crown’ Pauses Production Because of Queen’s Death
“The Crown,” Netflix's acclaimed series about Queen Elizabeth II and her family, has paused production due to the monarch's death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meghan Markle Did NOT Wear Shirt With The Phrase ‘The Queen Is Dead’
Did Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, wear a The Smiths T-shirt with the phrase "The Queen Is Dead" on it to mock the September 8, 2022 death of Queen Elizabeth II? No, that's not true: This is an altered photo. An example of the orig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Irish Dancers Celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Death By Dancing At Buckingham Palace
Does this video show an Irish dance group celebrating the death of Queen Elizabeth by dancing to "Another One Bites The Dust" outside Buckingham Palace? No, that's not true: The video was posted more than seven months before her death and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Change Website Banner From Red To Black Before Queen Elizabeth’s Death Was Announced
Did the BBC change its home page color from red to black before the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II? No, that's not true: Archived copies of the BBC.com banner show it was black before the Crown's September 8, 2022, announ
Snopes→ Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st Chief Anchor, Dies at 82
Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, has died.
Snopes→ Bruce Springsteen’s Artifacts Coming to Grammy Museum
Bruce Springsteen's handwritten set lists and a favorite guitar are among the marquee items that will make a cross-country trip for a museum exhibit this fall.
Snopes→ World’s Second-Tallest Roller Coaster is Permanently Closing
An amusement park in Ohio announced it would be permanently closing the world’s second-tallest roller coaster.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Cabbage Stew Is NOT Going To Cause A Person To Shed ’20 Pounds In One Week’
Will eating cabbage stew or soup cause a person to lose "20 pounds in one week"? No, that's not entirely true: A medical doctor specializing in weight loss told Lead Stories that a person would mostly lose water weight, but cannot lose fa
Snopes→ Did Harry Styles Spit on Chris Pine?
Everyone is worried, darling.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Clip Of Old ‘American Idol’ Audition Does NOT Show Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Does a viral clip of an old "American Idol" audition show U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene? No, that's not true: The woman in the video "obviously isn't her," a spokesman for Greene told Lead Stories. The woman belting her heart out was i
Snopes→ Jane Fonda Says She Has Cancer, Is Dealing Well with Chemo
"I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” the 84-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Illegal For Anyone Under 21 To Buy Whipped Cream In New York
Is it illegal for anyone under 21 to buy whipped cream in New York? No, that's not true: A 2021 law made it illegal for minors to buy whipped cream chargers, not whipped cream, according to both the text of the law and the law's sponsor.
Snopes→ Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ Battle Returns After Pandemic Hiatus
People from around the world pasted each other with tomatoes as Spain’s famous “Tomatina” street tomato fight took place following a two-year suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ S. Korea May Conduct Survey on BTS Members’ Military Duty
South Korea may conduct a public survey to help determine whether to grant exemptions to mandatory military service to members of the K-pop boyband BTS.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Brian Stelter Was NOT Arrested By U.S. Military
Did the U.S. military arrest Brian Stelter, a former CNN host, on August 27, 2022? No, that's not true: "This story is completely false," a duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories. The Posse Comitatus Act forbids the U.S. military
Snopes→ New Jersey Man Sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl Ring Fraud
A New Jersey man posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family.