The acrimony over Shepard's legacy runs high here.
Snopes→ Facebook Says Hackers Accessed 29M People’s Accounts
Facebook says third-party apps and Facebook apps like WhatsApp and Instagram were unaffected by the breach.
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of Hurricane Michael?
A photograph of an approaching storm is real, but it was taken months before Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida.
Snopes→ What Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thomas Jefferson Say About the Constitution?
An out-of-context, incomplete sentence and an apocryphal quotation do not make for an informative comparison.
Snopes→ Excerpts of Pope Francis’ Letter to Cardinal Wuerl
Pope Francis sent Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl a warm letter in accepting his resignation.
Snopes→ Florida Cancels Mobile Morgues, No Mass Casualties Found
Rescue teams have reached 80 percent of the disaster zone, deploying across a vast area from the Florida coast to the Georgia border to look for survivors.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Medicare Op-Ed
CNN’s Jake Tapper this week looks at some of the numerous false and misleading claims that President Trump made in an op-ed that ran under the president’s name in USA Today: Trump falsely claimed that the Medicare for All Act would “tak
Snopes→ Lawsuit: Man Convicted After Mother Rejected ‘Dirty Cop’
A suit filed in federal court alleges Lamonte McIntyre was targeted after his mother rebuffed a homicide detective's sexual advances.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump’s First Year as President See the Lowest Jobs Growth Since 2011?
A left-wing web site's January 2018 meme was based on data that were accurate at the time, but which have since been revised.
Pro-Choice Activist Breaks World Record With 27th Abortion?
A story about a woman cheerfully embarking on her 27th straight abortion hit social media in October 2018, shocking readers who learned about Elena Travis, the 34-year-old med school student with an unusual hobby (but a heart of gold): The historic operation was performed at the Sacramento Street Health Center and required Elena Travis, 34, […]
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Snopes→ Global Stocks Climb Following Two Days of Sharp Losses
Technology and internet companies were some of the hardest hit.
Snopes→ Naming Rights: Orlando’s New Police Chief is Named Orlando
Orlando's newest police chief is already making a name for himself.
Snopes→ Funeral Held for Slain Bulgarian Journalist Marinova
Viktoria Marinova's body was found near the Danube River in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers October 2018 Update
Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: The jobless rate dropped to the lowest in nearly half a century, and the number of unfilled job openings hit a record high. Economic growth spurted to a 4.2 percent annual rate in the most
Snopes→ Woman with ‘Emotional Support Squirrel’ Removed from Plane
"A lot of people were asking questions. People wanted to know what was going on."
Snopes→ Lindsey Buckingham Sues Fleetwood Mac for Kicking Him Out
In the suit, the Hollywood Reporter says the guitarist and songwriter is seeking his share of the tour because he says he still wants and is able to perform.
Snopes→ Melania Trump Says She Ignores Rumors of Trump’s Infidelity
First lady Melania Trump says she thinks she’s among the most bullied people in the world and there are people in the White House she and President Donald Trump can’t trust.
Snopes→ Crew Member Dies After Fall on Set of Mister Rogers Movie
The 61-year-old Pittsburgh man died at a hospital.
Snopes→ Pope Accepts Washington Cardinal’s Resignation Amid Scandal
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock.
Snopes→ American Pastor Back in Court for Spying and Terror Trial
The evangelical pastor is accused of terror-related charges and espionage, facing up to 35 years in jail if convicted.
Snopes→ Princess Eugenie Weds Her Beau at Windsor Castle
The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, attended the wedding, along with other senior royals.
Snopes→ Florida: Too Soon for Homeowners to Return to Disaster Zone
Row after row of beachfront homes were so obliterated by Michael's surging seas and howling winds that only slabs of concrete in the sand remain.
Snopes→ Georgia Girl, 11, Dies as Michael Hurls Debris Through Roof
Sarah Radney died during Hurricane Michael.
Snopes→ Washington Post: Turkey Has Proof Saudi Writer Was Killed
A senior Turkish official says Turkey and Saudi Arabia will form a "joint working group" to look into the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Washington Post→ The Trump administration’s questionable data on family separations
A report from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general shows the public got inaccurate numbers this summer.
Hoax-Slayer→ FAKE-NEWS: Circulating Story Falsely Claims Pro-Choice Activist Has Had 27 Abortions
According to a report that is being shared via social media, a 34-year-old pro-choice activist in California has officially broken a world record after receiving her 27th abortion. The post FAKE-NEWS: Circulating Story Falsely Claims Pro-Choice Activis
Hoax-Slayer→ Fake News Report Claims Loggers Have Cut Down World’s Oldest Tree
Circulating 'news' report claims that illegal loggers have mistakenly cut down the world's oldest tree in the Amazon Rainforest. The post Fake News Report Claims Loggers Have Cut Down World’s Oldest Tree appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Did a ‘Pro-Choice Activist’ Set a World Record by Getting Her 27th Abortion?
A long-running junk news site used a legitimate stock photo for another one of its "satirical" stories.
Snopes→ U.S. Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in 1 Year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service.
Snopes→ Does This Video Show the ‘Left-Wing Mob’ Committing Acts of Violence?
A compilation of acts by a violent American "left-wing mob" uses a mixture of genuine, unrelated, and foreign footage.
Snopes→ Is Senator Susan Collins’ Husband a ‘Lobbyist for Russian Interests’?
Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more unrelated things.
Snopes→ Were Gay Concentration Camp Prisoners ‘Put Back in Prison’ After World War II?
An online comedy series highlighted the fact that the end of the war did not mean the end of persecution for many gay German men.
Is Arkansas Law Enforcement Photographing Inmates in ‘Nike’ Gear?
The Union County, Arkansas sheriff’s department has responded to widespread outrage in October 2018 about its policy of photographing inmates in shirts bearing the Nike slogan: The Sheriff in Union County, Arkansas is putting Nike t-shirts on people they arrest and making them wear them during mugshots. Source says it is to mock Nike and […]
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