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Updated President Trump reportedly joked that Vice President Pence, whose views are notably anti-LGBTQ, wants to “hang” gay people.
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Man Walks in to Haunted House with Chainsaw, Murders 7 People?
Updated Reports of a tragic attack inside an East LA haunted house attraction are fake news.
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Harvey Weinstein Gives Names of Hollywood and Washington, D.C. Pedophiles to FBI?
21 October 2017 Reports that the embattled film producer turned over "names of elite pedophiles" in Hollywood and Washington, D.C. are fake news.
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Was an Attack on United States Soldiers in Niger a Debacle ‘Worse than Benghazi’?
21 October 2017 Given the paucity of information available two weeks after an ambush by militants on U.S. troops in Niger in October 2017, comparisons to Benghazi are perhaps a bit premature.
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Weird Insect Intrigues Facebook Users
21 October 2017 Facebook users offered reactions ranging from puzzlement to terror upon encountering a video that appeared to show a strange moth-like insect.
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Did Myeshia Johnson Accuse Rep. Frederica Wilson of Using Her Husband ‘As a Political Platform’?
21 October 2017 An alleged Facebook post from the widow about a controversial condolence call was "published" at least an hour before President Donald Trump phoned her.
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Did the FBI ‘Wipe’ the Phones of Las Vegas Massacre Eyewitnesses?
21 October 2017 A widespread story claiming the Federal Bureau of Investigation had erased Las Vegas witnesses' cell phones was drawn solely from an unsourced Facebook post.
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Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to ‘Radical Islamic Terror’?
20 October 2017 An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly misleading summary of official UK statistics.
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Was a Black Hockey Player Fired For Raising His Fist During the National Anthem?
20 October 2017 Disreputable web sites regurgitated a "satirical" story about J.T. Brown's silent protest against extrajudicial killings by police.
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Is Manuka Honey ‘Better Than All Known Antibiotics?’
20 October 2017 Manuka honey has well-documented antibacterial properties, but the research is too preliminary to declare superiority over all antibiotics.
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White Supremacist Rally Attendees Arrested After Shooting at Protesters
20 October 2017 Witnesses told police that one of the three men shouted "Heil Hitler" before opening fire.
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‘Boy Shot by Stepfather’ Appeal
Updated Old hoax holds that a every time a particular message is shared, a company will donate money towards the medical care of a 14-year-old boy shot by his stepfather.
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Immigrants Arrested for Starting California Wildfires?
20 October 2017 A series of articles try fervently to blame immigrants and Muslims for the devastating fires -- falsely, misleadingly, and without evidence.
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Robbers Throwing Eggs at Car Windshields?
Updated Facebook alerts about robbers' flinging eggs at cars to impair drivers' vision and force them to stop are greatly exaggerated.
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Was a Half-Human, Half-Lion Hybrid Creature Found in Indonesia?
20 October 2017 Images purportedly depicting a creepy chimera-like creature actually show a silicone doll.
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Was a Transgender Woman Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a Young Girl in a Bathroom?
20 October 2017 A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allowing transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their identity.
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Creepy Clowns Plan Halloween Night Purge, Cops Warn ‘Stay Inside’?
20 October 2017 No, the Department of Homeland Security hasn't advised that a Halloween curfew be implemented over a purported creepy clown Halloween purge.
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Four Times More People Are Stabbed to Death Than Killed with Rifles of Any Kind?
19 October 2017 A story about gun crimes that uses statistics from the FBI's annual national crime report is flawed.
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School Apologizes for Photograph Appearing to Show Black Slave Girl on Leashes
19 October 2017 The photograph showed two white children who were holding what appeared to be leashes attached to a young African-American girl.
