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Did a City in Texas Require Harvey Aid Recipients to Promise Not to Boycott Israel?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct 24, 2017 The mayor of Dickinson, Texas, says a new state law requires that the city ask aid recipients no ...
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Did the Red Cross Steal Donations in Texas, Empowered by an Obama-Era Executive Order?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 21, 2017 A viral Facebook video contains false and unproven claims about the humanitarian organization's ...
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Were Houston Residents Warned to Use Gas Masks During Mosquito Spraying?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 21, 2017 A warning video about the use of the insecticide naled in parts of Texas gets some facts wrong a ...
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Did Ben Carson Tell Hurricane Victims 'Homelessness Is A Gift From Heaven'?

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Arturo Garcia
Sep 19, 2017 An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of ...
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Floridians Can Obtain Food Stamp Benefits If Their Power Went Out During Hurricane Irma?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 15, 2017 A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a gra ...
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Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?

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Arturo Garcia
Sep 15, 2017 Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to help hom ...
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Did Floodwaters in Southeast Texas Test Positive for Several Diseases After Harvey?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 13, 2017 There is no evidence to support a viral Facebook warning about certain cities, but the public sh ...
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Did the Red Cross Serve This Meal to Hurricane Victims?

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Dan Evon
Sep 13, 2017 A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...
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Red Cross Instructed to Throw Away Donated Supplies in Texas?

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Dan MacGuill Brooke Binkowski
Sep 13, 2017 A viral video from Houston, Texas makes claims about the Red Cross' treatment of food and other ...
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Did Jennifer Lawrence Say Hurricanes Are 'Nature's Wrath' Against Trump?

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Bethania Palma
Sep 11, 2017 Right-wing web sites misrepresented Lawrence's assertion that climate change is caused by human ...
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Did Physicist Michio Kaku Say HAARP Caused Irma and Harvey?

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Kim LaCapria
Sep 11, 2017 A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about Hur ...
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Did a 2005 Movie Feature Hurricanes Named Harvey and Irma?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 8, 2017 An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts w ...
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Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 5, 2017 A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.
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Did President Trump Save Two Cats After Hurricane Harvey?

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Dan Evon
Sep 5, 2017 Is President Trump enough of a feline lover to go wading out into floodwaters to rescue a pair o ...
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Did a Texas Mosque Refuse to Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors?

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Arturo Garcia
Sep 4, 2017 A "satire" site fabricated a story about a local mosque closing its doors to "infidels" seeking ...
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Osteen's Lakewood Church Checking Member's Tithe Records?

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David Mikkelson
Sep 3, 2017 Reports that the beleaguered pastor of the Houston megachurch provided shelter from the city's f ...
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Racist Twitter Trolls Pose as Houston Looters

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David Emery
Sep 1, 2017 Amidst devastating flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, fake Twitter accounts were used to ...
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ARCADIA, CA/USA - APRIL 16, 2016: American Red Cross Disaster Services vehicle and logo.

Is the Red Cross Charging Victims of Hurricane Harvey for Disaster Relief Services?

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Alex Kasprak
Sep 1, 2017 Rumors that the Red Cross is charging victims of Hurricane Harvey conflate past controversies wi ...
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"High Water" sign in front of water coming over a road in Kemah during Hurricane Harvey

Does a Video Show Two Men Looting a Cash Register During Tropical Storm Harvey?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 1, 2017 A now-viral video of unknown origin shows two men standing in water taking cash from a register.
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Did CNN Stage a Hurricane Harvey Rescue Video?

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Dan Evon
Sep 1, 2017 Conspiracy theorists accused the news network of faking a dramatic live rescue video during Hurr ...
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Amazon was not giving away pallets of lost packages for $1 on Facebook.

Is Amazon Giving Away Pallets of Lost Packages on Facebook?
A Facebook hoax claimed that to regain friends in your news feed and get rid of ads, copy and paste some text into a post to upgrade the system, then say hello new and old friends.

Facebook Hoax Promises Way 'To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads'