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A screenwriter's anecdote about a pitch meeting in 1994 prompted outrage and disbelief in November 2019.
Featured on Snopes today: A Twitter user spotted something in Trump's drawer, Chris Wallace is not on Twitter despite fake screenshots, and tales of Facebook quizzes leading to identity theft.
A statement from the famed theme park indicated it has a dress policy to avoid confusion.
House Democrats and Manhattan's top prosecutor told the Supreme Court that President Donald Trump's arguments to shield his tax returns and financial records are weak, and not deserving of the justices' intervention.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Authorities said the teen had shown no signs of violence and didn’t appear to be linked to any ideology or terrorist group.
Takeaways from Day 5 of the impeachment inquiry before the House intelligence committee.
A viral thread makes a series of factually suspect conclusions based off a blurry photo of three boxes of European Sudafed.
Officials say ground penetrating radar has found what appear to be 145 caskets near a Florida high school.
President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled.
You may be surprised to find out just how many sixth cousins the average person has.
A search is on for a red panda that broke out of a zoo in the Rhone region of southeastern France.
House impeachment investigators are hearing from Fiona Hill, a no-nonsense former White House national security adviser who was alarmed by what she saw unfolding around her.
California authorities have arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of using a remote-controlled car to transport $106,000 worth of methamphetamine across the border.
Massachusetts lawmakers passed a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes.
A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues.
Two U.S. service members who were killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan have been identified.
A sculptor known for trying to redress history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women for New York’s Central Park, where the only females so honored until now have been fictional characters.
Five American journalists sued the U.S. government, alleging border authorities violated their First Amendment rights by inspecting their cameras and notebooks and questioning them extensively about their coverage of last year’s migrant caravan.
Featured on Snopes today: Why the Ukraine whistleblower's identity remains confidential, Rep. Adam Schiff targeted by smear campaign, and what Amazon actually paid in taxes last year.
Another example of an attack on a politician based on a misleading 'middle finger' photograph.
Coupon scams are pervasive on social media.
Republicans clashed with U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff over their questioning of former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.
Nobody would ever lie in an ad for a diet product, right?
At issue are so-called Milankovich cycles, which describe three periodic variations in the way the Earth rotates around the sun.
Another example of an attack on a politician based on a misleading 'middle finger' photograph.
Social media posts and memes badly misrepresented the facts surrounding the November 2019 resolution of a high-profile lawsuit against the president.
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that threatened Donald Trump's presidency with impeachment.
Changing gender norms do not mean that demonic forces are afoot.
A "Secret Sister" gift exchange scheme spread via social media promises windfalls it can't deliver.
