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  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Calling East Palestine Train Derailment an 'Environmental Terror Attack'

    Fact Check

    Did a video shared widely in May 2025 authentically show President Donald Trump describing the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio as "the largest environmental terror attack in world history" and "an inside job"? No, that's not true: Trump never made such remarks. The clip in question contained fake audio and edited mouth movements, both likely the products of…

    • May 16, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Calling East Palestine Train Derailment an 'Environmental Terror Attack' Never Said It
  • A Pope's Death Fosters Conspiracy Theories... Again

    Analysis

    My first memory of the passing of a pope is a traumatic one: someone murdered him. Or at least, that's what everyone around me seemed to believe. I was just 13, but I had a sense that something was amiss: Albino Luciani had been Pope John Paul I for only 33 days, and he was relatively young, in his…

    • Apr 25, 2025
    • by: Raffaella Menichini
    A Pope's Death Fosters Conspiracy Theories... Again Every Time
  • Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next

    Breaking

    By Raffaella Menichini, Lead Stories Deputy International Teams Manager (Rome) and Lead Stories staff A nine-day mourning period has begun with the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, according to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office. The cause of death, declared by the Vatican's Directorate of Health…

    • Apr 21, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Pope Francis Has Died At Age 88 After A Stroke, Coma And 'Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse' -- What Happens Next
  • Fact Check: Laila Ali Did NOT Die While Giving Birth In A Canadian Hospital -- It's A Click Bait Death Hoax

    Fact Check

    Did Laila Ali lose her life while giving birth in a Canadian hospital in March 2025? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the 47-year-old former world boxing champ and daughter of boxing great Muhammad Ali was pregnant in March 2025 or that she died while birthing a child. Ali posted a video on March 30, 2025, to…

    • Mar 30, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Laila Ali Did NOT Die While Giving Birth In A Canadian Hospital -- It's A Click Bait Death Hoax Click Bait
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Discuss Fictional 'Tesla Medbeds' on Fox News -- Interview is Fake

    Fact Check

    Did President Donald Trump speak to Fox News about a "Tesla medbed," calling it an "incredible piece of technology"? No, that's not true: Medbeds -- a term for a device that can carry out miraculous healing and age reversal and defy mortality -- do not exist. Footage which appeared to show Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany interviewing Trump on the…

    • Mar 20, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Discuss Fictional 'Tesla Medbeds' on Fox News -- Interview is Fake Fake Interview
  • Fact Check: FAKE Alerts About 'XAVIER, ALVARO' On The Run After Stabbings In The United States Use Mugshot Of A UK Jail Inmate

    Fact Check

    Do posts alerting different communities in the U.S. that "Xavier, Alvaro" is on the run after "stabbing both my neighbors to death" describe a real manhunt and real crimes? No, that's not true: The posts mislead, using a mugshot of a man with a different name who had already been jailed on another continent two months before the "alert" started…

    • Mar 18, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FAKE Alerts About 'XAVIER, ALVARO'  On The Run After Stabbings In The United States Use Mugshot Of A UK Jail Inmate Bait & Switch
  • Fact Check: Viral Posts About 'Amy Sharp' And Baby 'Courtney Chatfield' Are Part Of Social Media Scam

    Fact Check

    Is there a legitimate warning circulating about a girl named "Amy Sharp" allegedly on the run and charged with the murder of a baby named "Courtney Chatfield"? No, that's not true: Despite what viral social media posts say, the girl is not on the run in various locations and she was not charged with murder. The posts are part of…

    • Mar 14, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Viral Posts About 'Amy Sharp' And Baby 'Courtney Chatfield' Are Part Of Social Media Scam Bait & Switch
  • Fact Check: FAKE Post Claims Man Is 'Going Around Knocking On Doors' After Stabbing 'Neighbors' -- Bait & Switch

    Fact Check

    Have authorities in various towns and counties in the U.S. issued a warning of a 29-year-old man named "Andre Cortez Harris" who was "on the run" after stabbing "neighbors to death," as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: This post, and others like it, are part of a known deception to trick people into sharing content. In…

    • Mar 4, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: FAKE Post Claims Man Is 'Going Around Knocking On Doors' After Stabbing 'Neighbors' -- Bait & Switch Bait & Switch
  • Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Michelle Trachtenberg 'Died Suddenly' Because Of COVID-19 Vaccination

    Fact Check

    Did actress Michelle Trachtenberg "Die Suddenly" at the age of 39 because of the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: Social media posts spreading the speculation offered no supporting evidence. As of February 26, 2025, no investigating officers or credible media organization reported any connection between vaccination and Trachtenberg's death. "Died Suddenly," the name on an X account posting the…

    • Feb 27, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Michelle Trachtenberg 'Died Suddenly' Because Of COVID-19 Vaccination Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Claims Gene Hackman And Wife Took Their Own Lives -- What We Know So Far

    Fact Check

    Hollywood star Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in their New Mexico home on February 26, 2025, and people are alleging that it was an "double suicide." Here is what we know: Oscar-winner Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were all found in different locations in their home and had apparently been dead for some time.…

    • Feb 27, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Claims Gene Hackman And Wife Took Their Own Lives -- What We Know So Far Death Details
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