A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired.
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Snopes→ Protesting Activists Superglue Themselves in UK Parliament
The environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion said its supporters have superglued themselves to one another in a chain around the chair used by the speaker in the House of Commons chamber.
Snopes→ Wave of Bull Runner Deaths Turns Focus on Spain’s Fiestas
This year's macabre, record-tying toll of eight deaths has politicians and animal rights defenders heaping much criticism on the practice.
Snopes→ Fighting Goes on Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant; IAEA on Site
Britain's Defense Ministry says shelling continued in the district where the Zaporizhzhia power plant sits.
Snopes→ Biden Sounds Newly Strong Alarm: Trumpism Menaces Democracy
President Joe Biden summoned Americans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy.
Snopes→ Why Virtue Signaling Isn’t the Same as Virtue – It Actually Furthers the Partisan Divide
When virtue signaling takes place, it's important to ask who is being signaled to, and to what end?
Snopes→ California Bill To Make Vasectomies Cheaper Goes to Governor
Months after making abortions cheaper for women, California lawmakers have now voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men.
Snopes→ Ex-NYPD Officer Sentenced to Record 10 Years for Jan. 6 Riot
Thomas Webster's prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Snopes→ Does a Tampa School Library Book Teach About Gay Sex?
The Florida Standard reported that Pierce Middle School offered "a book promoting gay sex – including instructions on how to use 'hookup apps.'"
Snopes→ Twitter Readies Edit Feature for Premium Users
Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past.
Snopes→ Republicans Notably Silent, Split As Trump Probe Deepens
The deepening investigation into Trump's handling of sensitive government information has disclosed damaging and unsettling new details.
Snopes→ Axolotls Can Regenerate Their Brains, Helping to Unlock the Mysteries of Brain Evolution
The little salamanders are also pretty adorable.
Snopes→ Did Biden Say AR-15 Bullet Travels 5 Times Faster than Bullet of Any Other Gun?
The president made the remark while laying out his Safer America Plan in Pennsylvania.
Snopes→ Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’
Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices.
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→ The ‘Publix Branch Opening Promotion’ for $8,000 Is a Scam
According to Facebook users who fell victim to the scam, their accounts were compromised and messages promoting the scam were sent to their contacts.
Snopes→ White House to Encourage COVID Boosters, Flu Shot This Fall
The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot.
Snopes→ Peltola Beats Palin, Wins Alaska House Special Election
Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat.
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.
Snopes→ Serena Beats No. 2 Seed Kontaveit at US Open to Reach 3rd Round
If she keeps playing like this, who knows how long this farewell will last?
Snopes→ Obstruction Now a Major Focus in Trump Documents Probe
The FBI investigation into top-secret government information discovered at Mar-a-Lago is zeroing in on the question of whether former President Donald Trump's team criminally obstructed the probe.
Snopes→ 5 Things Immunologists Want You to Know About Omicron-Specific Booster Vaccines
In a matter of days, eligible people will be lining up to receive the shots that are tailored to combat the most recent and contagious COVID subvariants.
Snopes→ UN Nuclear Agency Team Arrives at Ukraine Power Plant
A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant to inspect security conditions.
Snopes→ Snapchat’s Parent Company Cutting 20% of Staff
CEO Evan Spiegel said sales were not keeping up with earlier projections.
Snopes→ Is Starbucks Going Cashless in UK, US, and Canada?
A picture of a sign taken inside a Starbucks store read, "We're Going Cashless." A closer look hinted that there was more to the story.
Snopes→ Box of Reptiles Mailed to the Wrong Address in New York
Several live lizards were wrongly delivered to a residence in a village north of New York City.
Snopes→ Long COVID: How Researchers Are Zeroing in on the Self-Targeted Immune Attacks that May Lurk Behind It
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, much attention focused on reports of harmful inflammation.
Snopes→ Did a High School Football Team Lead the National Anthem After Being Told It Wouldn’t Be Played?
According to a popular article that was shared in 2022, events that occurred in 2019 were inspired by news from 2020. Confused yet?
Snopes→ Ambitious ‘Lord of the Rings’ Prequel Hopes to Slay Dragons
Amazon Prime Video will debut both the first two “The Rings of Power” episodes on Friday.
Snopes→ No. 3 Maria Sakkari Out As Another Top Player Falls At US Open
Sakkari was ousted by Wang Xiyu of China in the second round.
Snopes→ UN Weather Agency Predicts Rare ‘Triple-Dip’ La Nina in 2022
La Nina conditions involve a large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures.
Snopes→ Israeli Archaeologists Dig Up Large Tusk of Ancient Elephant
One archaeologist described the discovery as "very puzzling, very enigmatic."
Snopes→ WHO: New COVID Cases, Deaths Keep Falling Nearly Everywhere
The U.N. health agency said there were 4.5 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a 16% drop from the previous week.
Snopes→ Obstruction Emerges As Key Focus in Trump Documents Probe
The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at Trump’s Florida estate.
Snopes→ US Clears Updated COVID Boosters Targeting Newest Variants
The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives.
Snopes→ Fans of Princess Diana Gather to Mark Her Death 25 Years Ago
Fans of the late Princess Diana placed tributes outside the gates of her Kensington Palace home on Wednesday, marking the 25th anniversary of her death in a Paris car accident.
Snopes→ As Floods Recede In Pakistan, Fears Over Waterborne Diseases Rise
Some doctors said initially they were seeing mostly patients traumatized by the flooding, but are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections and other waterborne ailments.
Snopes→ Researchers Are Collecting Never-Before-Seen Holocaust Photos. Here’s a Look.
Found in attics and archives, the images are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial.
Snopes→ ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Was Not Canceled by HBO
A misleading tweet about the HBO TV show "Euphoria" started a mess that eventually spread to Facebook, TikTok, and beyond.
Snopes→ Judge Tosses Suit That Tried To Deem Books Obscene for Kids
A judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that had sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors, including by booksellers and libraries.