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Arturo Garcia

Arturo Garcia worked at Snopes between October 2016 and February 2019. Based out of California, Garcia worked in both print and television news before writing for online news outlets. With an AA in journalism from Southwestern College and a BA in Communications from San Diego State University, Arturo produced work published at The Raw Story, Racialicious, Alternet, and The Guardian prior to joining Snopes.com. Garcia is an avid Doctor Who fan eagerly awaiting delivery of his new TARDIS.

Did Chicago Police Use a 'Bait Truck' to Generate Arrests?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 9, 2018

Three people, including a 36-year-old deaf man allegedly looking for food, were arrested as part ...

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Indiana Man Charged After 8-Year-Old Son Dies from Inadvertently Eating Meth

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 6, 2018

Police say Curtis Collman pulled a gun on a friend instead of contacting help for the boy.

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Supreme Court Orders New Hearing for Kansas Woman Ordered Not to Pray

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 3, 2018

The high court said that it was "impossible to analyze" Mary Anne Sause's claim that police rest ...

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Did Barack Obama Mock President Trump's 'IDs for Groceries' Speech on Twitter?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 3, 2018

A seeming tweet circulated online was designed to mimic the former president's social media account.

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Does Public Law 92-313 Allow Americans to Claim 'Federal Rent Checks'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 3, 2018

An author's online financial pitch is based upon existing information, but experts caution that ...

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Did a Child Suffer Chemical Burns from a Skechers Light-Up Shoe?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 24, 2018 (Updated: July 25, 2018)

Sherry Foster said that although her son will recover, he is now afraid to wear shoes.

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Questions Linger More Than a Decade After Private LaVena Johnson's Death

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 18, 2018

While supporters of her family believe that Johnson was "mysteriously murdered," a military inve ...

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Is NASA Training a 17-Year-Old Girl to Be an Astronaut?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 16, 2018

Alyssa Carson's passion for space has fueled her desire to take part in a mission to Mars as an ...

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Did HR 6054 Make It Illegal to Join 'Antifa'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 16, 2018

The Unmasking Antifa Act, introduced to Congress in June 2018, would create additional penalties ...

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Did the Trump Administration Say Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 15, 2018

A legal argument offered in a discrimination case by the Justice Department in 2017 disclaimed T ...

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Are Federal HIV Treatment Funds Being Used for Immigrant Internment?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 13, 2018

The department of Health and Human Services confirmed the request to redirect the "unused" funding.

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Was a New Jersey Couple Killed in an Explosion 'Set to Testify' Against Hillary Clinton?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 10, 2018

Conspiracy-peddling web sites seized on a fatal explosion as a means to push more dubious stories.

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Tennessee Woman Says State Voter Web Site Wrongly Said She Was Not U.S. Citizen

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 9, 2018 (Updated: July 12, 2018)

A Tennessee resident told us that around 10 people, all naturalized citizens like her, reported ...

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Did Pastor Joel Osteen Launch a 'Sheep's Clothing' Apparel Line?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 7, 2018

A satirical website's post about the American televangelist was re-disseminated online in meme form.

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Can a Person Live Off of a Diet of Potatoes and Butter?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

July 5, 2018

People could "survive" eating a very limited diet, health experts told us, but they wouldn't get ...

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Are Tennis Balls Toxic to Dogs?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

June 28, 2018 (Updated: July 6, 2018)

Medical experts said that they had never heard of dogs suffering "chemical burns" from chewing o ...

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Is L.L. Bean Refusing to Hire Registered Gun Owners?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

June 25, 2018

A "satirical" blog used a fake meme to gin up outrage by attempting to link the company to Miche ...

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Have Undocumented Immigrants Killed 63,000 American Citizens Since 9/11?

Written by: Arturo Garcia Bethania Palma

June 22, 2018

The figure would mean undocumented immigrants, who account for roughly 3 percent of the populati ...

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Journalists, Activists Criticize Social Media Sites Amid Conflicts Over Content

Written by: Arturo Garcia

June 21, 2018 (Updated: June 22, 2018)

A news media trade group accused Facebook specifically of furthering a "dangerous narrative" reg ...

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Immigrant Advocates: Trump Executive Order Would 'Replace One Crisis For Another'

Written by: Arturo Garcia

June 20, 2018

Activists say that the president should get no credit for his order requiring undocumented famil ...

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