Authorities seized 92 pounds of heroin valued at more than $870,000 from an 81-year-old woman attempting to smuggle the drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Snopes→ FBI Fires Peter Strzok in Wake of Anti-Trump Text Messages
The FBI had been reviewing his employment.
Snopes→ Missouri Republicans Slam House GOP Primary Winner Who Said ‘Hitler Was Right’
Steve West, who also has a YouTube channel and a website where he has expressed homophobia, Islamophobia and racism, won a primary for a Clay County House seat.
Snopes→ Crocs to Outsource Manufacturing of Clogs, Other Footwear
Crocs is also closing less productive retail stores as leases expire and focusing more on online sales.
Snopes→ Did Uninsured Medal of Honor Recipient ‘Duane Devane’ Die After Being Refused Treatment?
A notorious producer of junk news posted a fake meme about veterans with a reference to a video game character.
Snopes→ Morning Surprise: Boa Constrictor Found Under Car Hood
The Stoughton Police Department says a local resident called their office Saturday morning after finding the snake.
Snopes→ Heat Wave Put Flamingos in the Mood for 1st Time in 15 Years
The birds are long-lived and can breed into old age.
Snopes→ Residents Split in Goose Dispute in Long Island Village
Resident Jonathan Landon sees the geese as a part of the habitat and urges humane treatment of them.
Snopes→ His Name is Idris Elba, But Will He Be First Black Bond?
British actor Idris Elba has stoked speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside.
Snopes→ Minnesota Deputies Rescue Women Stranded on Unicorn Raft
KMSP-TV reports the deputies pulled their squad car over and asked the women for a photo, but noticed the raft was stuck in weeds.
PolitiFact→ Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like?
President Donald Trump is moving ahead on the Space Force. Vice President Mike Pence laid out plans for a sixth military branch during an Aug. 9 speech at the Pentagon. Pence says the administration hopes to have Space Force operational by 2020. "
Snopes→ Toxins Turning Up in Dozens of Public Water Systems
Earlier this year, federal toxicologists decided that even the EPA's 2016 advisory levels for the two phased-out versions of the compound were several times too high for safety.
Snopes→ Omarosa Releases Another Recording, Threatens to Say More
Omarosa suggested there was more to come, saying: "There's a lot of very corrupt things happening in the White House and I am going to blow the whistle on a lot of them."
Snopes→ Omarosa Says She Secretly Taped Her Firing, Plays Audio
Omarosa Manigault Newman said she viewed the conversation as a "threat" and defended her decision to covertly record it and other White House conversations.
Lead Stories→ UPDATE: Now Restored – Christopher Blair’s Satirical Fake News Website America’s Last Line of Defense Blocked For Spamming By Facebook
Another one of Christopher Blair's websites bites the dust. Lead Stories just learned that links to any article on the website "America's Last Line of Defense" are now considered "spam" by Facebook. The website in question was satirical in nat
Snopes→ ‘Unite the Right 2’ Rally Whisked Away Before Scheduled Start Time
White supremacist rally-goers attempting to hold a Charlottesville anniversary event in D.C. were vastly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.
Snopes→ Aretha Franklin is Seriously Ill
The Queen of Soul canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up.
PolitiFact→ Joe Donnelly – The facts behind Joe Donnelly's Senate effectiveness
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | The facts behind Joe Donnelly's Senate effectiveness Joe Donnelly, incumbent senator running for re-election in Indiana, touted his effective lawmaking during a seven-day campaign trip around the state. "4
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Florida Man NOT Arrested For Hanging On Traffic Light And Sh*tting On Cars Passing Underneath
Was a man named Roy Stern arrested after defecating on passing cars while hanging from a traffic light? And was he under the influence of meth and cannabis? No, that's not true at all: the story was made up by a fauxtire site that invents ta
Washington Post→ Both sides of the aisle stretch the truth in the soybean debate
The agricultural commodities market is a complicated balance of supply and demand that politicians seem intent on glossing over.
Lead Stories→ Old News: City Treasurer Starved K-9 Police Dogs Because Feeding Them Would Cost Too Much | Animals
Did a city treasurer named Rodolfo Guerrero Duran of Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico cut the budget for the food of the local police dogs and did this lead to two of them getting very sick and almost starving? Yes, the story is real and it did happe
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Red Lobster NOT To Build New Restaurant on Hamilton’s Westside
Is a Red Lobster restaurant coming to Hamilton's Westside in Ohio? No, that's not true: a prank claiming this was the case was published on a pranking website but it is not true. The fake article didn't even spell the name of the restaurant
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Floyd Shivambu Did NOT Say "When we rename South Africa to Azania, we will require all whites and Indians to reapply for citizenship and adopt African names, else they will be loaded on boats and deported"
Did Floyd Shivambu, second in command of the EFF, say South Africa will be renamed to Azania and when that happens all whites and Indians will have to re-apply for citizenship or they would face deportation? No, that's not true: the story orig
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Hillary Clinton NOT In 6-Car Collission In New Hampshire
Was Hillary Clinton involved in a 6-car collision in New Hampshire? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website run by a man who has run several Hillary Clinton death hoaxes in the past. We suspect this article is just the set up
Snopes→ Was the Father of the Man Accused of Training School Shooters the Keynote Speaker at Obama’s Democratic National Convention?
Hyperpartisan websites published false reports that Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who is the father of New Mexico child abuse suspect Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, was keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention.
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of 8.6-Kilogram Baby?
News reports and photographs abound documenting the birth of children weighing upwards of 17 pounds at delivery.
FactCheck.org→ GDP Growth, Presidential Salary, Women’s Vote
The post GDP Growth, Presidential Salary, Women’s Vote appeared first on FactCheck.org.
Snopes→ Facing Indictment, GOP Rep. Chris Collins Stepping Down
n an about-face, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins is ending his re-election bid days after the Republican was charged with insider trading.
Snopes→ Authorities Probe How ‘Suicidal’ Employee Could Steal Plane
Investigators worked to find out how a "suicidal" airline employee stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound after being chased by military jets that were
Snopes→ Jury Awards $289 Million to Man Who Claims Roundup Weed Killer Caused Terminal Cancer
A San Francisco jury has ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company's popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease.
Snopes→ In Book, Omarosa Says Trump Is a Bigot, Behaved ‘Like a Dog’
Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman claims in a new book that there are tapes of President Donald Trump using racial slurs and that she saw him behaving "like a dog off the leash" at numerous events he attended.
FactCheck.org→ The Cost of ‘Medicare-for-All’
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional District seat, are pointing to a study they say shows “Medicare-for-all” would save Americans money. But the author of the study sa
Snopes→ Newspaper Calls for War of Words Against Trump Media Attacks
A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump's frequent attacks on the news media.
Snopes→ Devastating Toxic Algae Bloom Plagues Florida’s Gulf Coast
A toxic algae bloom has overrun Florida's southern Gulf Coast this summer, devastating sea life and driving people from the water.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show the Cooking Instructions on a Bacon Package?
The instructions on the back label of a bacon package advised consumers to "complain to elected officials" if they "don't know how to cook bacon."
Snopes→ Roger Stone Associate Held in Contempt in Russia Probe
The move also spotlighted a growing focus by Mueller on Stone.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Clete Torris NOT Former Attorney General Of Hawaii, Did NOT Say Anything About Obama’s Birth Certificate
Did former Attorney General Clete Torris of Hawaii say Barack Obama's birth certificate was registered to Barry Soetero of California? No, that's total nonsense made up by a liberal Facebook page set up to troll conservatives and Trump suppor
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pence Did NOT Call Space Force Necessary to Protect U.S. from Gay Aliens
Did U.S. Vice President Mike Pence call the Space Force necessary to protect the U.S. from "gay aliens"? No, that's not true: the story was invented by a satire column appearing in The New Yorker magazine, it is not true. The story originated
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Elections In 3 States NOT Tossed Out For Voter Fraud
Were election results in Minnesota, Wyoming and Delaware thrown out after voter fraud was discovered? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal website satirically masquerading as a right-wing news site in order to get Trump sup
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Whoopi Goldberg NOT Confirmed As New James Bond
Will Whoopi Goldberg be the next to play the iconic Agent 007, aka James Bond? No, that's not true: the "news" was made up by a British satire website in response to renewed rumors that black actor Idris Elba was being considered for the role