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Publication: Snopes
Snopes→ Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor to Be Laid to Rest, at Last
A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor.
Snopes→ Nearly 300 Demand South Korea Probe Their Adoptions Abroad
Louise Kwang felt her entire sense of identity collapse in 2016 when her South Korean agency matter-of-factly acknowledged that her origin story was fiction aimed at ensuring her adoptability.
Snopes→ Casket of Queen Elizabeth II Arrives at Buckingham Palace
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace, making its way through a drizzly London as crowds lined the route for a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell.
Snopes→ Australian Man Killed by Kangaroo in Rare Fatal Attack
A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia.
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→ No, the Queen Did Not Request That Trump Be Banned from Her Funeral
Trump once claimed that he and the queen “got along fantastically well.”
Snopes→ Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest Sues San Francisco
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime filed a lawsuit against the city.
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.
Snopes→ Emmy Moments: A Winner’s Joy — in Song — Lifts Emmy Night
It was the first Emmy (and nomination) for stage and screen veteran Sheryl Lee Ralph, at 66, and she made the most of it.
Snopes→ US Inflation Falls for 2nd Straight Month on Lower Gas Costs
Sharply lower prices for gas and cheaper used cars slowed U.S. inflation in August for a second straight month.
Snopes→ Justice Dept. OK with 1 Trump Pick for Mar-A-Lago Arbiter
The Justice Department said that it was willing to accept one of Donald Trump's picks for an independent arbiter to review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president's Florida home last month.
Snopes→ Ukraine Piles Pressure on Retreating Russian Troops
It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz in the northeast after months of little discernible movement could signal a turning point in the nearly seven-month war.
Snopes→ Does Video Show Snake’s Head in Woman’s Ear?
A video of a snake's head appearing to poke out of a woman's ear may have ended a bit prematurely for us to be able to provide a more conclusive rating.
Snopes→ Does Illinois’ SAFE-T Act Make Some Violent Crimes Non-Detainable Before Trial?
Offenses allegedly made "non-detainable" by the legislation include second-degree murder and drug-induced homicides.
Snopes→ Did Morgan Freeman Say This About Stupidity?
Freeman is frequently (and falsely) credited with morsels of viral internet wisdom.
Snopes→ Was the Queen’s Golden Piano First Owned by Saddam Hussein?
A tweet claimed that Queen Elizabeth II once posed in front of a gold-colored piano in Buckingham Palace that was "stolen" from Iraq.
Snopes→ Trump Team Takes Aim at Records Probe; Calls It ‘Misguided’
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers dismissed as a “storage dispute” Trump’s retention of top-secret documents at his Florida home.
Snopes→ Police Believe 3 Children Drowned by Mother at NYC Beach
Three children were found dead on the beach near Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother.
Snopes→ A Queen and Her Corgis: Elizabeth Loved Breed from Childhood
For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II
Snopes→ US Counts Millionth Organ Transplant While Pushing for More
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs.
Snopes→ Donor Beware: Pause Before You Give to any Cause
According to one report, the public's trust in nonprofits declined from 59% to 56% in 2022.
Snopes→ ‘The Rock’ Did Not Promote ‘Black Adam’ in Tweets About Queen
Two fake tweets went around on social media that made it look like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was promoting his upcoming film "Black Adam" alongside condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ ‘I Cannot Mourn’: Former Colonies Conflicted over the Queen
Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say the Queen ‘Knighted Me in Private’?
A spurious post on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, set tongues wagging in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
Snopes→ Bezos Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Only Experiments Aboard
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure.
Snopes→ Ukraine Pushes Big Counteroffensive As War Marks 200 Days
As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia.
Snopes→ What’s in a Name? King Charles III’s Name Has Loaded History
Britain’s new monarch is named King Charles III — but that was not inevitable.
Snopes→ MLB Adopts Pitch Clock, Shift Limits, Bigger Bases for 2023
Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport.
Snopes→ Found: Alligator, Drugs, Guns, Money. But Where’s the Tiger?
New Mexico wildlife officials said they are still searching for a young tiger they believe is being illegally kept as a pet.
Snopes→ In a Nod to JFK, Biden Pushing ‘Moonshot’ to Fight Cancer
President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of JFK's moonshot speech, highlighting Biden administration efforts aimed at "ending cancer as we know it.”
Snopes→ Art Spiegelman To Receive Honorary National Book Award
The unexpected pleasure of being cited by the National Book Foundation comes months after the jarring saga of his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” being withdrawn by a Tennessee school board.
Snopes→ Judge Tosses Trump’s Russia Probe Suit Against Clinton, FBI
The judge rejected the former president's claims that they and others acted in concert to concoct the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his administration.
Snopes→ Did TV News Chyron Say Prince Charles ‘Automatically Becomes Queen’?
A Kenyan TV station apologized for an embarrassing flub that occurred during a news report on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ Did a Royal Guard Film a TikTok Selfie with Queen Elizabeth II?
Readers asked about a TikTok video that appeared to show a member of the Queen's Guard recording a selfie with Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ From Eisenhower to Biden, Queen Met Every US President but 1
Horseback riding with Ronald Reagan. Yachting with Bill Clinton. Sipping tea with Joe Biden.
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.
Snopes→ Stone Age Skeleton Missing Foot May Show Oldest Amputation
Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — and that the “patient” went on to live for years as an amputee.
Snopes→ Hairy Situation at US Open: 2 Removed for Haircut in Stands
There was quite a hairy situation at the U.S. Open.
Snopes→ Shaken and Stirred: Ukraine War Hits James Bond’s Glassmaker
Daily updates from energy traders drop into their email inboxes, showing the asphyxiating upward climb of prices for the natural gas and electricity that power their energy-devouring business.