Did Foot Locker donate "200 million dollars to BLM"? No, there is no evidence the company made a donation to Black Lives Matter. The athletic gear company made an announcement in 2020 that it was "committing $200 million over the next five years towards enhancing the lives of our team members and our customers in the Black Community through Economic…

Does the fact that flu cases plummeted during the pandemic raise questions about infection statistics? No, that's not true: A post suggesting it should relies on misleading stats. It makes an apples-to-oranges comparison by considering laboratory-confirmed cases from "Week 10" of the as-yet-incomplete 2020-2021 flu season alongside the estimate of total cases from the entire 2019-2020 season. Regardless, it is…

Did Hillary Clinton face a military tribunal on April 8, 2021? No, that's not true. "The story is fabricated," the Defense Department press operations duty officer told Lead Stories via email on April 12, 2021. Lead Stories previously debunked the claim that Hillary Clinton was arrested by Navy SEALs in March 2021, with a U.S. Navy spokesperson on the record…

Is this weed-killing recipe that uses vinegar, Epsom salt and Dawn Dish Soap a safe and proven home remedy to kill weeds? No, that's not true: While this recipe might cause sprayed plants to shrivel and turn brown, it is not proven to work killing the weed's root, it could harm other plants, and there are other safety issues regarding…

Did Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene scrub her Twitter account of support of Rep. Matt Gaetz? No, that's not true: Greene's Twitter is still full of tweets supporting Gaetz. The claim originated in a Facebook post (deleted as of April 13, 2021) where it was published by The National Strategic Stockpile of Memes and Satire on April 5 2021. It read:…

Is the Red Cross not accepting plasma donations from people who have had COVID-19 vaccine? No, that is misleading. There is a difference between the two blood products and Red Cross is still accepting whole blood, platelets and plasma from individuals who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, Jessica Merrill, Red Cross director of communications, told Lead Stories. However, the agency…

Were law enforcement officers investigating serial killings in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in mid-April, 2021? No, that's not true: The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were investigating a dead body found in a national park. The claim appeared as a Facebook post (archived here) on April 12, 2021. It stated: There is literally a serious killer…

Did Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota say police shouldn't exist after learning some officers are Jewish? No, that's not true: the claim is from a self-proclaimed satire website about law enforcement. The claim has reappeared on social media from a post (archived here) originally published on Facebook on March 18, 2019. It was a screenshot of a headline and photo of…

Was George Floyd's younger brother arrested and charged in a deadly road-rage attack? No, that's not true: Although they share the same surname, there's no evidence the road-rage suspect, 29-year-old Dejywan Floyd, is the brother of George Floyd, the 46-year-old man who died May 25, 2020 as a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground, his knee on Floyd's…

Did President Joe Biden beg for the forgiveness of George Floyd's son by kneeling in front of him? No, that's not true: Biden, while campaigning in Michigan, knelt in front of a boy who is not Floyd's son. The claim, which has previously appeared as a tweet suggesting that the child in the picture was Floyd's daughter, reappeared as a…