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snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 01:00 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 01:00 pmICE plans to purchase eye-scanning tech to ID unauthorized immigrants
ICE released plans in August 2025 to buy a license for iris-scanning, biometric technology that can identify individuals from 10 to 15 inches away.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 11:00 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 11:00 amBreaking down claim early Cinderella versions called her 'Cinder-sl**'
A single translation well after the Victorian-era ended included the insult, but it wasn't exactly an accurate translation of the original insult.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 10:00 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 10:00 amSeriously, Ron Howard didn't write 'I'm a liberal' letter
Internet users shared a letter beginning, "I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 01:30 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-15 01:30 amBill Gates-backed company created lab-made butter
"You butter believe it," said the tagline from Gates' blog post about the concoction.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 11:56 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 11:56 pmAnalyzing image claiming to show Nazi ship art in Trump BLS pick E.J. Antoni's office
The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with Antoni in 2023 and 2024.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:52 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:52 pmTrump's pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics called Social Security a 'Ponzi scheme'
Trump nominated E.J. Antoni two weeks after firing Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of rigging job report numbers to make him "look bad."
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:23 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:23 pmExamining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low
Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 09:32 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 09:32 pmNo, Social Security payments were not renamed 'Federal Benefit Payments'
Rumors of such a name change have circulated on the internet since at least 2012.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 09:10 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 09:10 pmClearing up the facts on video that said Trump ordered the clearance of homeless people nationwide
The alleged video news report was shared widely on social media.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 08:51 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 08:51 pmColorado man mauled after attempting to join Wyoming wolf pack?
Brian Sanders — aka "Lupus Moonhowl" — was said to be crawling on all fours in full faux-fur attire, with a Bluetooth speaker playing recorded howls.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 08:38 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 08:38 pmWhat we know about claim ICE detained New Zealand mom and son
Sarah Shaw's lawyer, Minda Thorward, said ICE detained them because of an "administrative error."
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 07:37 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 07:37 pmNew Texas law will make it easier to suspend homeless students
Texas lawmakers overturned a law that banned the suspension of homeless students except in extreme cases.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 01:00 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 01:00 pmPosts claim 2 men shared a heart, wife and cause of death. Here's the full story
A heart transplant recipient married his heart donor's wife and then committed suicide in the same way his donor had.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 11:00 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 11:00 amUnpacking claim Utah lawmaker suggested change in age of consent law as relative faced child rape ch
State Senate President J. Stuart Adams suggested to another lawmaker he should look into the law, according to a report from The Salt Lake Tribune.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:00 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 10:00 amAOC's brother wasn't arrested and charged with trafficking fentanyl, honestly
The rumor has persisted online for months but originated on a satirical website.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 01:30 am
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-14 01:30 am'Frankenstein' rabbits with horns or tentacles on faces are real — but there's nothing to fear
Rumors spread online that rabbits infected with a virus that creates a tentacle-like growth on their faces were "invading" the U.S.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:57 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:57 pmMurderer named Ronald McDonald killed 12 children in 1892?
Online users discussed and shared a video about a story set in 1892, telling a tale of a man named Ronald McDonald and 12 missing children.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:33 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:33 pmWhat we know about report Ghislaine Maxwell was cleared to leave prison on work release
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had moved to a minimum security prison.
Snopes.com (snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:21 pm
snopes_feed) wrote2025-08-13 11:21 pmGay dating apps aren't threatening to reveal Republican politicians' alleged accounts
Online users shared a made-up story after news broke the U.S. Supreme Court was formally asked to overturn its landmark same-sex marriage decision.