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Did Trump Administration Refuse Puerto Rico’s Request to Allow Food Stamps to be Used for Hot Meals? The Department of Agriculture agreed to waive the usual "hot food" ban for food stamps...

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Did ‘Melbourne Antifa’ Claim Responsibility for the Vegas Massacre? A page falsely posing as part of the anti-fascist movement put up a post claiming...

False

Did a Second Gunman Shoot From the Fourth Floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel? Conspiracy theorists spread false information that a second person targeted a country music concert crowd...

False

Did a U.S. Veteran Influence Kaepernick’s ‘Take a Knee’ Protest of Police Brutality? Green Beret and NFL player Nate Boyer confirmed he convinced the quarterback to "take a...

True

Did Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin ‘Rip’ Alejandro Villanueva For Not Protesting During the National Anthem? Some web sites published erroneous claims that the coach criticized the U.S. Army veteran for...

False

Is It Illegal in Florida to Power Your Home With Solar After a Storm Because of Lobbying? For safety reasons, solar panels generally go offline after a crisis downs the power grid...

False

Was Hillary Clinton Caught on Tape Laughing About Irma’s ‘Wiping Out All of Those Florida Hillbillies?‘ A disreputable web site fabricated a story about the Democratic presidential nominee and MSNBC host...

False

Is California Governor Jerry Brown Allowing HIV-Positive People to Donate Blood? Web sites misstate what would happen under a bill that was signed into law on...

False

Kroger Grocery Stores Offer Free Fruit to Kids? Some Kroger grocery stores are offering children under 12 years of age a free piece...

Mostly True

‘Jeepers Creepers 3’ Director Victor Salva Was Convicted of Child Molestation? "Jeepers Creepers 3" director Victor Salva was convicted in 1988 of molesting a 12-year-old.

True

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Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments? Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to...

True

Are Police in Sweden No Longer Investigating Rapes Since Migrants Arrived? Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage cited the conspiracy web site InfoWars in a tweet claiming...

Mostly False