What Was the Actual Death Toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico?
28 August 2018Puerto Rico officials originally set the hurricane's death toll at 64, but a more recent assessment of the data yielded an estimate closer to 3,000.
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South African Filmmaker Killed by Giraffe
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Conspiracy Theorists Arrested for Harassing Sutherland Springs Church Have Been Released
7 March 2018Robert Ussery and Jodi Mann have been stalking mass shooting victims and survivors for months.
Conspiracy Theories About Mass and School Shootings, Explained
21 February 2018Why do the same sets of shooting conspiracy theories and tropes appear every time there is a horrific mass shooting — and where do they come from?
Parkland High School Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories
15 February 2018A number of unverified claims about the Parkland school shooting spread on social media in its immediate wake.
Did Politicians Tweeting ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Receive Millions of Dollars from the NRA?
15 February 2018After a mass shooting at a Florida school, comedy writer Bess Kalb made a powerful point about campaign donations with a series of tweets.
Train Carrying Republican Lawmakers Collides With Garbage Truck
31 January 2018Injuries and at least one fatality are reported, but no passengers on the West Virginia-bound train were severely hurt.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
28 December 2017Despite sixty years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in Russia's Ural Mountains in 1959, the "Dyatlov Pass incident" is still an unsolved mystery.
Pearl Harbor Rumors Which Will Live in Infamy
7 December 2017A list of fact checks related to the 7 December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that launched the United States into World War II.
Multiple People Killed in Northern California Mass Shooting
14 November 2017Authorities in Rancho Tehama said the gunman was allegedly involved in "a domestic violence incident" before the attack.
Former Blue Jays, Phillies Pitcher Roy Halladay Dies in Plane Crash
7 November 2017The baseball player's private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida on 7 November 2017.
Men Hailed as Heroes for Chasing Texas Church Shooter
Two locals chased Devin Kelley as he tried to flee the scene of the Sutherland Springs church shooting.
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Did Donald Trump Say Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels Reminded Him of Daughter Ivanka?
16 July 2019Both women have alleged in interviews that the president compared them to Ivanka Trump.
Conspiracy Theorists Seem Perplexed by a Photo of Obama and Clooney. Here’s What It Shows
9 July 2019An innocuous photo of President Obama vacationing with actor George Clooney stirred up questions within the conspiracy community.
Is Trump Withdrawing Deportation Protections for Families of Active Troops?
8 July 2019The Trump administration is said to be “reviewing” a program that allows officials to grant protections against deportation to the undocumented family members of deployed U.S. soldiers.
Police Reportedly Asked to Leave Arizona Starbucks Because Customer Felt Unsafe
6 July 2019"To be looked at as feeling unsafe when you have law enforcement around you is somewhat perplexing ..."
Were Betsy Ross Flags Flown at Obama’s Inauguration?
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