Did ALDI Offer Homeless People Free Food on Christmas Eve in 2018?
11 December 2018 - Social media users avidly shared a meme that was well-meaning but light on details.
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Did JFK Say ‘There’s a Plot in This Country to Enslave Every Man, Woman, and Child’?
10 December 2018 - Conspiracy theorists claim President Kennedy issued the warning seven days before he was assassinated.
Is Indianapolis’ Area Code a Tribute to the Survivors of a Naval Tragedy?
6 December 2018 - A local legend connects the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis to telephone service.
Did Donald Trump Acknowledge the Threat of Climate Change to His Irish Golf Course?
10 December 2018 - The 45th president has been adamant and consistent in describing global warming and climate change as a "hoax."
Did Illinois Lawmakers Propose a ‘Departing Taxpayer Fee’?
10 December 2018 - Let's hope this is an idea that doesn't catch on.
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Are Federal Employees Barred from Discussing Impeachment and “The Resistance”?
7 December 2018 - The office charged with keeping the federal government’s career employees nonpartisan issued guidance that has been criticized as overly broad and potentially unconstitutional.
Did Texas Hunters Accidentally Shoot Each Other and Blame Undocumented Immigrants?
5 December 2018 - A comedy of errors led to the shooting of a hunting guide and his client, with the mishap being blamed on "intruders."
Did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Announce She Will Be Retiring in January 2019?
29 November 2018 - "Santa Monica Observer plays fast and loose with the facts." In spades.
Did Louis Farrakhan Lead a ‘Death to America’ Chant in Iran?
29 November 2018 - Farrakhan was accused of leading the chant while speaking to students at Tehran University.
About That ‘Starving Migrant Refugee Checks Her iPhone’ Meme
28 November 2018 - An image meant to demean a woman's weight is not only cruel but taken out of context.
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Gunman Opens Fire in Brazil Cathedral, Kills At Least 4
11 December 2018 - A man reportedly entered the front of the church and began shooting from two handguns.
Jury Recommends Life in Prison for Man Who Rammed Crowd
11 December 2018 - He was convicted of killing a woman and injuring dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
German SWAT Team Accidentally Barges in on 88-Year-Old Woman
11 December 2018 - They had mistaken her apartment for that of a biker gang member.
US Returns 3 Disputed Bells Taken from Philippines in 1901
11 December 2018 - Americans took the church bells as spoils of war that Filipinos would demand for decades to be handed back.
Trump Says Military to Build Border Wall if Democrats Refuse
11 December 2018 - Trump wants the next funding package to include at least $5 billion for a border wall, an idea Democrats have flatly rejected.
