TUESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 23 March 2021 Is Biden Spending $86 Million for Hotels To House Migrant Families? On March 22, 2021, readers inquired about a claim involving the housing of immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. We reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to receive independent confirmation on the claims. Snopes' Jordan Liles has more. Read More How Legal Bills Drain Snopes' Fact-Checking Resources Read about how maintaining financial independence while tackling legal bills will require a dedicated effort. Any and all support from our readership is deeply appreciated. Read More Fact Checks Were AR-15s Used in These Mass Shootings? A viral meme asserted that AR-15 style weapons have frequently been used to commit deadly acts of violence. ✅  Mostly True   Did Costco Discontinue Kirkland Signature Shampoo and Conditioner? Loyal Costco customers took notice when the company's Kirkland Signature shampoo and conditioner products appeared to become unavailable in late 2020. ❌  False   Does a Viral Meme Accurately Describe Police Treatment of White, Black Suspects? Discrepancies in the way police treat suspects of different races were the subject of a widely shared meme, in March 2021, after the arrest of Robert Aaron Long. ✅  Mostly True   Did Norton Send Renewal Offers for Devices Infected With Viruses? Watch out for this fake email renewal scam that was created to look as if it was official correspondence from Norton Internet Security. ❌  Scam   Is Greenland Called Greenland Because It’s a Green Land? Erik the Red's 10th century marketing ploy is still fooling some people. ❌  Mostly False   Did Atlanta Shooting Suspect Purchase Gun Same Day as Massacre? A viral tweet claimed that the shooting suspect in the Atlanta spa killings purchased a gun on the same day eight people were killed. ✅  True   Is Trump Planning To Launch His Own Social Media Site? We've reached out to the former president's media relations team to discuss the claim. ✅   True View Latest Fact Checks Do You Depend On Our Fact Checks? We depend on your support. Help us make continue to maintain and improve Snopes with a contribution. $5 $10 $20.21 $50 $100 Other News Gun in Colorado Grocery Store Shooting Bought 6 Days Earlier The suspect in the Boulder supermarket shootings bought the assault rifle six days before the shooting where 10 people were killed, including a police officer, according to an arrest affidavit. Read More   Report: Extremist Groups Thrive on Facebook Despite Bans Facebook acknowledged that its policy enforcement “isn't perfect,” but said the report distorts its work against violent extremism and misinformation. Read More   US: AstraZeneca May Have Used Outdated Info in Vaccine Trial Just hours after AstraZeneca reported encouraging results, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued an unusual statement. Read More   Police: 10 People Killed at Colorado Supermarket A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people, including a police officer, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said. Read More   Police Respond to Active Shooter at Colorado Supermarket Police officers also have escorted a shirtless man with blood running down his leg out of the store in handcuffs. Read More   Colorado Baker Sued for Refusing Gender Transition Cake A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple went on trial in yet another lawsuit, this one involving a birthday cake for a transgender woman. Read More   Jamie Foxx to Play Mike Tyson in Boxer’s Take on His Life Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Foxx also are among the producers. Read More   Photos of Migrant Detention Highlight Biden’s Border Secrecy President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images showing immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions. Read More   Autopsy Report: Bobby Brown’s Son Died from Drugs, Alcohol Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, died from the combined effects of alcohol, cocaine and the opioid fentanyl, an autopsy report said. Read More   Mysterious New System at Border Keeps Migrants Guessing The criteria to be allowed into the U.S. are a closely held secret. Read More   Elgin Baylor, Silky-Smooth Lakers Hall of Famer, Dies at 86 Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star, has died of natural causes. Read More

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