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Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 14, 2016
A 2013 video shows a cargo plane crashing in Afghanistan.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 9, 2016
During a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, President Obama said that Americans have t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 7, 2016
A chemical isolated from an obscure Australian berry has shown potential as a tumor-killing agen ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 5, 2016
A viral article inaccurately reported that Medicaid spending cuts in Texas affecting disabled ch ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 2, 2016
According to social media claims, Sen. Elizabeth Warren made the request from a non-partisan gov ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 2, 2016
Supposedly flat broke and suicidal at 65, KFC's Colonel Sanders parlayed his Kentucky-fried chic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
Articles published in late 2016 speculated that soon-to-be President Trump could abuse an FCC al ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 30, 2016
Sen. Tim Kaine's initial tweet about the Ohio State University attack was based on erroneous ear ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 30, 2016
As disputes and protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline continued, rumors appeared that the pip ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 29, 2016
A 2016 Social Security Administration rule would extend gun background check reporting to some S ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
Both opponents and proponents say that stalling the pipeline until 1 January 2017 could make its ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
A viral petition about the proposed sale of groundwater to Nestlé in Michigan lacked some context.
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 25, 2016
The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education inspired an Internet meme detailing her ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 23, 2016
President Obama's expanded rule on overtime has been placed on hold, but by a judge, not incomin ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 21, 2016
Some jellyfish do meet the definition of biologic immortality, but lobsters do not make the cut.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 21, 2016
While one of Trump's potential cabinet picks unwittingly revealed his harsh immigration proposal ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 17, 2016
Kevin Allred, who teaches women's and gender studies at Rutgers, said his First Amendment rights ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 11, 2016
After Mike Pence was elected vice president, a number of articles reported that he once asserte ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 10, 2016
Popular post-election image holds that Republicans last controlled the White House and Congress ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 10, 2016
A proposed change to Title X family planning regulations preventing states from defunding Planne ...
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