Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi was sentenced to three years in jail for falsely accusing fellow singer Ali Zafar of sexual harassment. The claim is false; a court is yet to pass judgment in an ongoing de
Snopes→ Tiger Woods Returns to Florida to Recover from Car Crash
Tiger Woods is back at home in Florida to resume his recovery from career-threatening leg injuries he suffered when his SUV ran off a road and down a hill in the Los Angeles suburbs last month.
AllSides→ Did Democrats Vote Against Notifying ICE When ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Buy Guns?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-illegal-immigrants-guns/ Democrats on the House Judiciary C
Snopes→ 7 Killed in Shootings at 3 Atlanta-Area Massage Parlors
Shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors have left seven people dead, many of them Asian women.
Snopes→ Did Democrats Vote Against Notifying ICE When ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Buy Guns?
In early 2021, social media users enthusiastically shared a hyperpartisan meme that vastly oversimplified a series of votes on a 2-year-old gun control bill.
FactCheck.org→ Senator Johnson Distorts Report on Violence in Defense of His Remarks on BLM, Antifa
Sen. Ron Johnson, as he predicted, got himself in trouble for saying he “never felt threatened” by those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, but he “might have been a little concerned” if they were “tens of thousands of Bl
Snopes→ CBS Says ‘The Talk’ Staying Off Air After Racism Talk
CBS says its daytime show “The Talk” will stay on hiatus for an additional week after a discussion about racism involving co-host Sharon Osbourne went off the rails.
Snopes→ A Dam in Oregon Could Fail in a Large Earthquake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake — which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later — could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Oregon to buckle, resulting “in a potentially catastr
Snopes→ 6 Tips to Help You Detect Fake Science News
If a science article sounds too good to be true or too wacky to be real, or very conveniently supports a contentious cause, then you might want to check its veracity.
Snopes→ Assistant Principal Accused in Homecoming Court Vote Fraud
An assistant principal at an elementary school is accused of accessing the school district's internal system to cast fraudulent votes for her daughter who was elected homecoming queen at her high school.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Imagine Living in This Apartment Complex in Hong Kong’
A March 13 2021 Facebook post reading “imagine living in this apartment complex in Hong Kong” generated a lot of interest (and shares): On Facebook No additional context or comment was included by the original poster; the post was shared t
Snopes→ Did Biden Defend China’s Atrocities Against Uyghurs as ‘Cultural Differences’?
A remark made by U.S. President Joe Biden during a CNN town hall was taken out of context.
Snopes→ Child Border Crossings Surge As DHS Chief Defends Policies
U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number of children traveling alone across the Mexican border on one day than on an average day in the previous month, an official said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hank Aaron, Marvelous Marvin Hagler Were Killed By The COVID-19 Vaccine
Were the deaths of baseball great Hank Aaron and famed boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, there's no publicly available evidence that's true: Hagler's wife said the vaccine "for sure" did not cause the death
AFP Fact Check→ Adult trans athlete did not identify as teenager to play basketball
Social media posts claim a photo shows a 50-year-old man who identifies as a teenager and is playing basketball in a female league, as several US states move to restrict transgender participation in women’s sports. This is false; the person in the ph
Snopes→ Are Warning Signs About Parachuting Cows Real?
This is not the sort of cow dropping people are typically worried about.
Snopes→ Did a Crystal Ball Cause a Wisconsin House Fire?
The fire reportedly caused a quarter of a million dollars in damage.
Snopes→ Utah Campaign Against Porn Marches on with Phone Filter Plan
Conservative lawmakers in Utah have fired another salvo in their longtime campaign against online porn with a new requirement that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state automatically block pornography.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove ‘What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans’ — He Doesn’t Mention Race
Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate
Poynter→ No, that isn’t Slenderman lurking in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Tales of Slenderman might feel as old as time … but was the creepypasta meme old enough to appear in Disney’s classic “Beauty and the Beast?” We found a video on YouTube that supposedly shows Slenderman lurking in the iconic ballroom
Logically→ Patsy Stevenson staged her arrest at the vigil for Sarah Everard.
There are reports and video footage of violence and arrests at the vigil in South London on March 13.
Snopes→ Did Panda Express Subject Employees to ‘Cult-Like’ Self-Improvement Seminar?
A lawsuit made a number of disturbing claims.
Snopes→ Schools Weigh Whether to Seat Students Closer Together
New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart — half of the previous recommended distance — could offer a way to return more of the nation's children to classrooms with limited space.
Truth or Fiction?→ How Homeless People Can Receive Third Stimulus and an ‘EIP’
On March 15 2021, @Hamdia_Ahmed tweeted about homeless people not having access to the first or second stimulus payments — adding that anyone who is experiencing homelessness could receive the third stimulus with something called an “EIP r
Snopes→ 10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick
Patrick’s own writings and early accounts of the saint’s career reveal many interesting details about the life of this patron saint of Ireland.
Snopes→ Baby Bottle Craze Sweeps Gulf Arab States, Sparks Backlash
Cafes across several Gulf Arab states started selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles.
Snopes→ Did Rachel Maddow Say ‘America Will Thrive Under Socialism’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Is Columbia University Planning Graduation Ceremonies Based on Race, Background?
It is common for higher education institutions to organize various events in celebration of the annual milestone.
AFP Fact Check→ Math doesn’t add up in claim every American could get $1 million payment
Social media posts claim the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief act includes enough money to pay every American $1 million, and there would still be funds to spare. This is false; it would cost more than $300 trillion for all of the country’s citizens to
Snopes→ Did Democrats Add Immediate Vaccines for ‘3 Million Illegals’ to Stimulus Bill?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Did Tucker Carlson Say He Can’t Go to Restaurants Without Being Harassed?
The Fox News host reportedly feels comfortable dining in only one restaurant in D.C.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Meghan Markle Could be Running for President in 2024’
A pair of posts in March 2021 illustrated how a narrative can be laundered across several blogs — in this case, one of the many attempts to speculate about Meghan Markle’s possible goals after her departure from an active role in the Britis
Snopes→ Did Gavin Newsom Dine in Napa with Lobbyists During COVID?
A picture from a dinner at the posh French Laundry restaurant showed the California governor mask-less while standing away from the table.
Snopes→ Does AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Cause Blood Clots?
As of this writing, 37 cases of blood clots were reported out of the 17 million people who have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
AllSides→ Amazon Is Pushing Readers Down A “Rabbit Hole” Of Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/amazon-covid-conspiracy-books Conspiracy theorist D
Full Fact→ Clapham protester is not same woman injured in Parsons Green Tube attack
It has been claimed in a post shared hundreds of times on Facebook that a woman who was arrested during the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common in March 2021 is the same woman who was injured during an attack on a London Underground train in Pars
Snopes→ Yaphet Kotto of ‘Live and Let Die,’ ‘Alien,’ Dies at 81
“He’s one of those actors who deserved more than the parts he got,” wrote director Ava Duvernay on Twitter. “But he took those parts and made them wonderful all the same.”
AFP Fact Check→ Neither Tiwa Savage nor the Kuti brothers were among the winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards
Social media posts in Nigeria claim that Tiwa Savage, one of Nigeria’s leading female artists, and Femi and Made Kuti, sons of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, were winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards. This is false; while all three were up for no
Snopes→ Israeli Experts Announce Discovery of More Dead Sea Scrolls
The fragments of parchment bear lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum and have been dated around the first century based on the writing style, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Snopes→ Encrypted Messaging App Signal Blocked in China
Users in China said that they could not get the app to connect without a VPN service. Messages failed to send and calls did not go through.