​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 17 March 2021 Was Atlanta Spa Shooting Suspect a 'Registered Democrat'? In the hours after multiple fatal shootings in the Atlanta area, some people spread information online claiming that the suspected gunman was a “registered Democrat” and active with “antifa.” Snopes reporter Bethania Palma has more. Read More Fact Checks Did Candace Owens Tweet That Her Husband Cheated on Her With Her Brother? The viral screenshot was circulated again in 2021 during an online argument with rapper Cardi B. ❌  False   Did a Prague Newspaper Call U.S. a ‘Confederacy of Fools’ for Electing Joe Biden? A Czech newspaper editorial purportedly claimed the U.S. was endangered by the people who elected Joe Biden as president. ❌  False   Did Democrats Vote Against Notifying ICE When ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Buy Guns? In early 2021, social media users enthusiastically shared a hyperpartisan meme that vastly oversimplified a series of votes on a 2-year-old gun control bill. ✅❌  Mixture   Did Biden Defend China’s Atrocities Against Uyghurs as ‘Cultural Differences’? A remark made by U.S. President Joe Biden during a CNN town hall was taken out of context. ❌  False   Did a Crystal Ball Cause a Wisconsin House Fire? The fire reportedly caused a quarter of a million dollars in damage. ✅  True   Did Panda Express Subject Employees to ‘Cult-Like’ Self-Improvement Seminar? A lawsuit made a number of disturbing claims. ❔  Unproven View Latest Fact Checks Thanks to You, We're Growing We have big plans for 2021 that will enhance and enrich Snopes for you, our community. Help us make continue to maintain and improve Snopes with a contribution today. $5 $10 $20.21 $50 $100 Other News 10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick Patrick’s own writings and early accounts of the saint’s career reveal many interesting details about the life of this patron saint of Ireland. Read More   Expanded Testing Part of Biden Administration School Plans Pushing forward with its plan to reopen schools, the Biden administration is also convening a summit for educators to share “best practices” for returning kids to the classroom. Read More   Correction: Trump-Georgia Story The Associated Press issued a correction to its story about a Jan. 2021 phone call between then-President Trump and a Georgia elections investigator. Read More   James Levine, Who Ruled over Met Opera, Dead at Age 77 Levine made his Met debut in 1971 and became one of the signature artists in the company’s century-plus history, until he was fired in 2018 due to sexual misconduct dating to the 1960s. Read More   White Supremacist Propaganda Surged in 2020, Report Says According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League, there were nearly double the instances of hateful physical media in 2020 as there was in 2019. Read More   Look Out, Labs: French Bulldogs Now 2nd Most Popular US Dog After riding a rocket ship to popularity over the last quarter-century, Frenchies came in second only to Labrador retrievers. Read More   Tiger Woods Returns to Florida to Recover from Car Crash Tiger Woods is back at home in Florida to resume his recovery from career-threatening leg injuries he suffered when his SUV ran off a road and down a hill in the Los Angeles suburbs last month. Read More   Georgia Massage Parlor Shootings Leave 8 Dead; Man Captured Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent. Read More   CBS Says ‘The Talk’ Staying Off Air After Racism Talk CBS says its daytime show “The Talk” will stay on hiatus for an additional week after a discussion about racism involving co-host Sharon Osbourne went off the rails. Read More   A Dam in Oregon Could Fail in a Large Earthquake The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake — which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later — could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Oregon to buckle, resulting “in a potentially catastrophic flood.” Read More   Assistant Principal Accused in Homecoming Court Vote Fraud An assistant principal at an elementary school is accused of accessing the school district's internal system to cast fraudulent votes for her daughter who was elected homecoming queen at her high school. Read More   Child Border Crossings Surge As DHS Chief Defends Policies U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number of children traveling alone across the Mexican border on one day than on an average day in the previous month, an official said. Read More   Schools Weigh Whether to Seat Students Closer Together New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart — half of the previous recommended distance — could offer a way to return more of the nation's children to classrooms with limited space. Read More

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