COVID-19 patients can prevent serious illness and fatality by using government and medically approved vaccines.
Snopes→ Is This 3D Cat Really Just a Flat Billboard?
The giant cat is located near one of the world's busiest train stations.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Find 82% Miscarriage Rate Among Pregnant Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Did the New England Journal of Medicine find that women who received the COVID-19 vaccine -- within 30 days of becoming pregnant and up to 20 weeks pregnant -- had a miscarriage rate of 82%? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Cen
Snopes→ Yes, Lauren Boebert Tweeted That ‘Turning Off CNN’ was the ‘Easiest Way’ to Make the Delta Variant Go Away
The Delta variant is a highly-contagious strain of COVID-19.
Snopes→ Four Seasons Total Landscaping Sold Out Concert Tickets
A second concert was added and also sold out.
Snopes→ ‘We Need Help’: Haiti’s Interim Leader Requests US Troops
Hundreds of Haitians gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince pleading for a way out of the country.
Snopes→ Indonesia Short on Oxygen, Seeks Help As Virus Cases Soar
Hospitals are swamped, with growing numbers of the ill dying in isolation at home or while waiting to receive emergency care.
Snopes→ Robert E. Lee Statue Removed in Charlottesville
Work to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee began early Saturday morning.
Snopes→ Videos Show New York Heroes Removing Litter from Clogged Drain on Flooded Block
Videos of a flooded subway station may have overshadowed another moment that showed New Yorkers working together to clear litter from a storm drain.
Snopes→ Cat from Collapsed Champlain Towers Building Found Alive
Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said.
Snopes→ Watch ‘Space Mountain with the Lights On’ at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
"It's more scary with the lights on," read the TikTok comment with the most likes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Railroads In California Were NOT Built By Chinese Slaves
Did Chinese slaves build railroads in California in the 1800s? No, that's not true: It's estimated that 90% of the railroad-building workforce in the west consisted of Chinese labor, but historians have found no evidence they were slaves.
Snopes→ Abandoned McDonald’s Preserved Like an ’80s Time Capsule
The video was posted to TikTok by an urban explorer known as Triangle of Mass. A longer video is expected to soon be posted on YouTube.
Snopes→ Trooper Performs Heimlich After Motorist Chokes on Marijuana
An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver after a man allegedly attempted to swallow a bag of cannabis when he was pulled over for speeding.
Snopes→ Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II Spawned America’s Shark Obsession
The monumental wartime mobilization of millions of people placed more Americans into contact with sharks than at any prior time in history, spreading seeds of intrigue and fear toward the marine predators.
Snopes→ Biden Fires Holdover Head of Social Security Administration
President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said.
FactCheck.org→ Capitol Police Expected to Testify During House Committee’s Probe of Jan. 6 Riot
Quick Take Members of the Capitol Police will be among the first to testify during the House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6 riot, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, who will lead the panel. But social media posts have made the unfounded
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→ Yes, Oreo Is Launching These New Flavors
Is that a topping ... on an Oreo?
Snopes→ No, Lauren Boebert Did Not Tweet ‘I’d Rather See Every Child Killed Than Pass Gun Laws’
The Republican Congresswoman from Colorado is a fervent opponent of gun control — but not that fervent.
Snopes→ Is Hobby Lobby Open to Christian Customers Only?
Hobby Lobby placed an ad in July 2021 that seemingly advocated for a Christian-run government.
Snopes→ Eye-Popping 6,000 False Lashes Seized at New Orleans Airport
Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.
Truth or Fiction?→ OGX DMDM Hydantoin Facebook Post
On July 5 2021, a Facebook account shared a post warning people about OGX brand shampoo and DMDM hydantoin, writing: **UPDATED** If you are not aware, these are some of the OGX shampoos that Johnson & Johnson is being sued over. They have a chemica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Teacher NOT Jailed After Having Sex With Student Who Reported Her Due To Her Performance
Was a Florida teacher jailed after having sex with a student who then reported her because of her poor performance? No, that's not true: While a post making the claim does not give the teacher's name, the screenshot of a purported FOX New
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 32 Governors At The Pentagon
Were 32 governors at the Pentagon, either because they were detained there or because they were meeting with the former head of the CIA and top military officials in late June or early July 2021? No, there's no evidence that's true: Posts
Snopes→ Marilyn Manson Surrenders on Assault Warrant
Rocker Marilyn Manson has surrendered to police in Los Angeles in connection with a 2019 arrest warrant out of New Hampshire where he allegedly assaulted a videographer at a concert.
Snopes→ Did Caitlyn Jenner Propose Moving Homeless People to ‘Big Open Fields’?
Los Angeles County's homeless population, alone, is estimated at more than 60,000.
Snopes→ Bug Experts Seeking New Name for Destructive Gypsy Moths
The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, is getting rid of the common name of that critter and the lesser-known gypsy ant.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Trumpets Falsehood About Delta Variant
SciCheck Digest The delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads more quickly than the original virus and has been classified as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. It is now the dominant variant in the U.S.
Snopes→ Charlottesville To Remove Confederate Monuments Saturday
A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville is set to come down Saturday, the city announced.
Snopes→ Video Shows Kingsnake Swallowing Rattlesnake at San Diego Home
It's not uncommon for a kingsnake to devour a rattlesnake, but it is rare to witness the act happening two steps outside a residential garage.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Delta Variant Of The Novel Coronavirus Is NOT ‘Fake News’
Is the emergence of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 "fake news"? No, that's not true: The variant, which has been identified in at least 96 countries, is diagnosed by doctors and public health experts as the cause of
Snopes→ What Does ‘False Flag’ Mean?
Originally, the term "false flag" referred to a ship "sailing under false colors," or flying the flag of another nation to conceal its true nationality.
Snopes→ Are These ‘Chernobyl-Grown Carrots’ Real?
These carrots weren't grown in Chernobyl ... or Spain.
Snopes→ Does Zaila Avant-garde Hold Basketball-Related Guinness World Records?
After she became the first Black American to win the National Spelling Bee, attention turned to the Louisiana eighth-grader's remarkable resumé.
Full Fact→ US fact checking site did not endorse a Fox News broadcast
A Facebook post includes a video taken from a Fox News broadcast of several Americans discussing health conditions that had developed after having a Covid-19 vaccine. While the original broadcast is real, a logo in the top right of the screen for
Snopes→ More Suspects Arrested in Assassination of Haitian President
In all, 17 suspects have been detained and another eight are being sought.
Snopes→ Was Zaila Avant-garde in a Steph Curry Commercial?
The new Scripps National Spelling Bee champion said that she does "spelling on the side" to her real passion: basketball.
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a lower fatality rate than the wild-type virus
Different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, have emerged throughout 2020 and 2021. Certain kinds of mutations make each variant genetically distinct from the precursor (wild-type) virus and from each other. These genetic differen
Full Fact→ Covid-19 mutated long before mass vaccine roll-outs
A post on Instagram claims that Covid-19 “barely mutated” before the roll out of the vaccines, implying their arrival caused the virus to mutate more often. This is not true. All four of the variants of concern (VOCs) listed by the Wo