Phocian Fitts, 23, was arrested in a fatal hit-and-run after telling a local news station that "accidents happen."
Snopes→ Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain Found Dead in France at 61
CNN confirmed the death, saying in a statement that Bourdain was found unresponsive morning by friend and chef Eric Ripert in the French city of Strasbourg.
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that an Obama administration effort on Iran was ‘totally illegal’
The president is calling for a probe of a proposed transaction that the Senate investigated — and did not find to be illegal.
Washington Post→ Trump’s claim that an Obama administration effort on Iran was ‘totally illegal’
“The Obama Administration is now accused of trying to give Iran secret access to the financial system of the United States. This is totally illegal. Perhaps we could get the 13 Angry Democrats to divert some of their energy to this “mat
Hoax-Slayer→ Giant Table and Chairs Horse Shelter Photograph
Message featuring a photograph of horses sheltering under a giant table and chairs claims that the horse owner built the massive furniture after he was denied council permission to build a more traditional horse shelter. The post Giant Table and Chair
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Tell Justin Trudeau That Canada Burned Down the White House in 1812?
Three news outlets confirmed that the United States president made the comment to Canada's prime minister during a phone call about trade.
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Alton Towers 5 Free Tickets’ Facebook Survey Scam
According to a post that is currently circulating rapidly on Facebook, you can click to get 5 free tickets for the popular UK theme park Alton Towers. Supposedly, the tickets are being given away as a means of celebrating the theme park's 39th annivers
Snopes→ Is ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Getting Rebooted?
Yet another spurious rumor about an old show returning to the small screen appeared on Facebook in June 2018.
Snopes→ Wandering Caterpillars Make for Slippery Road In Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation posted an alert for two days that the insects were making things slippery along Route 15.
Snopes→ South Dakota Sheriff Loses Re-Election, Fires Winning Deputy
Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow fired deputy sheriff Mark Maggs after Maggs defeated him by a vote of 878-331.
Snopes→ Man Beats Huge Odds: 2 My Million Lottery Wins in 18 Months
Le Parisien newspaper says mathematicians it queried calculated the double win at 1 chance in 16 trillion.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings
After President Donald Trump disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles from a White House celebration of their Super Bowl victory on Twitter, safety Malcolm Jenkins responded with another written message. Trump complained that "only a small number of pla
Washington Post→ Be wary of the latest death toll from Hurricane Maria
Snopes→ Did Paul Krugman Say the Internet’s Effect on the World Economy Would Be ‘No Greater Than the Fax Machine’s’?
In a 1998 article about the pitfalls of making predictions about technological progress, the Nobel Prize-winning economist questioned the future role of the Internet.
PolitiFact→ President Trump's lawyers – Was initial Trump statement on Trump Tower meeting accurate, as lawyers' memo said?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Was initial Trump statement on Trump Tower meeting accurate, as lawyers' memo said? The New York Times made a splash when it published a document prepared by President Donald Trump’s legal team to specia
Snopes→ North Carolina Restaurant Employee Arrested for Reportedly Tainting Cheese with Rat Poison
Ricky Lee Adami was charged with distributing food containing noxious or deleterious material.
Truth or Fiction?→ Pope Francis Orders White Women to Have Children with Muslim Migrants-Fiction!
Pope Francis Orders White Women to Have Children with Muslim Migrants-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Pope Francis supposedly encouraged white women to “breed” with Muslim migrants to counter declining birthrates. The Truth: The claim that Pope
Snopes→ Did a Georgia Lawmaker Tweet a Photograph of Nazis on D-Day?
Rep. Drew Ferguson posted — then deleted — the image from his Twitter account.
Snopes→ Poster Featuring Kindergarten ‘Lockdown Song’ Circulates on Twitter, Facebook
A Massachusetts parent's photograph of a kindergarten "lockdown song" went viral on Twitter and Facebook.
Snopes→ Did a Tennessee Hardware Store Put Up a ‘No Gays Allowed’ Sign?
The store that put up the sign in 2015 was back in the news several years later when it celebrated a Supreme Court decision in favor of a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
Snopes→ Pizza Delivery Man Apprehended by Border Agents at Brooklyn Military Base
Pablo Villavicencio arrived at Fort Hamilton to deliver pizza, and wound up in an unspecified detainment center.
Snopes→ Severed Rattlesnake Head Bites Texas Man
A Texas man discovered in the most unpleasant way possible that a decapitated rattlesnake can still bite.
Snopes→ Did Roseanne Adopt an African Child After a Racism Kerfuffle?
A fake news sites capitalized on controversy involving the comedian, claiming she adopted a black child from Africa to prove she wasn't racist.
FactCheck.org→ No ‘Treason’ or ‘Bust’ for Obama
Q: Have the “feds bust[ed] Barack Obama” on felony charges? A: No. That claim is based on the false assertion that the former president committed treason in his last few months in office. FULL ANSWER A story making the rounds online ha
Washington Post→ Did Trump’s aluminum tariffs spark a $1.5 billion plant in Kentucky?
White House aide Peter Navarro keeps suggesting the Kentucky plant stemmed from Trump's policies. Is that the case?
Washington Post→ Did Trump’s aluminium tariffs spark a $1.5 billion plant in Kentucky?
“Just last Friday, we had a plant, a groundbreaking in Ashland, Kentucky, the heart of poverty in America in Appalachia. $1.5 billion aluminum rolling mill because of the president’s tax and tariff policy.” –White House aide Pet
Snopes→ First Lady Returns to Public Eye After ‘Little Rough Patch’
The first lady showed herself in publicy for the first time in nearly a month, seated alongside her husband for a briefing on the federal government's preparedness for the hurricane season.
Snopes→ Did Barack Obama Pardon More Than 330 Criminals During His Final Week in Office?
A popular meme confused pardons with commutations and spread an erroneous rumor about the former president.
Snopes→ Gaza Preschoolers Perform Mock Execution of Israeli Soldier?
An alarming video appears to be authentic, but critics say it is being used to cast Palestinians in a negative light.
Snopes→ Does a Viral Photograph of Kidney Stones Show the Effect of Sodas and Energy Drinks?
Although the image appears to be real, experts say that blaming soft drinks or energy drinks alone for the formation of kidney stones is dishonest.
Truth or Fiction?→ Illinois Resident Patty Nye Blasts Senator Dick Durbin for Calling Seniors “Greediest Generation”-Fiction!
Illinois Resident Patty Nye Blasts Senator Dick Durbin for Calling Seniors “Greediest Generation”-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Illinois resident blasted U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, for calling seniors the “greed
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Dinesh D'Souza and Rosie O'Donnell FEC violations different
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Dinesh D'Souza and Rosie O'Donnell FEC violations different Backlash to President Donald Trump’s pardon of Dinesh D’Souza caused complaints of a double standard among conservatives. In an interview with t
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Snopes→ Trump Commutes Term of Kardashian-Championed Drug Offender
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in a recent visit to the White House.
Snopes→ Does the President Have an ‘Absolute Right’ to Self-Pardon?
Neither the Constitution nor hundreds of years of Supreme Court rulings have directly answered the legality of this question.
Snopes→ Is Story Land Closing?
A viral Facebook post falsely claimed that the New Hampshire amusement park Story Land was permanently closing its doors.
Internet Archive→ President Signs VA Mission Act : CSPAN3 : June 6, 2018 12:28pm-12:46pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump signs the VA Mission Act, which extends the Veterans Affairs' Choice Program for one year while the department consolidates its seven community care programs into one. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.T
FactCheck.org→ Americas PAC
Political leanings: Republican/Conservative Spending target: Undisclosed Americas PAC has traditionally specialized in making independent expenditures attempting to convince black and Hispanic voters to support Republican candidates, but the PAC says i
PolitiFact→ What you need to know about the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy
President Donald Trump has said Democrats need to be pressured to end a "horrible law" that separates children from their parents at U.S. borders. But Democrats including Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley counter that Trump is the one to blame for a &
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Is U.S. wine barred from Canadian supermarkets?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Is U.S. wine barred from Canadian supermarkets? As tensions rose between two longtime allies over trade, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., took aim at Canadian wine. McCarthy’s interview with