MONDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 5 April 2021 Was Raiders’ Bruce Campbell Involved in a Walmart Fight? ​ On April 5, 2021, former NFL player Bruce Campbell was trending on Twitter as social media users shared a video that supposedly showed him losing a fight at a Walmart. Snopes reporter Dan Evon has more. Read More Fact Checks Was an Asian American Woman Attacked on NYC Street but No One Helped Her? The Internet likened a March 2021 assault near Times Square to the notorious death of Kitty Genovese 57 years earlier. ❌  False   Does This Image Show ‘Moist’ Coronavirus? And why do people hate the word itself? ✅  True   Costco Salmon Burgers Being Recalled Over Fears They ‘May Contain Small Pieces of Metal’ Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact their healthcare provider. ✅  True   Is the Swiss Army Finally Going To Issue Women’s Underwear to Female Recruits? The current system issues men’s underwear to all recruits. ✅  True   New York City Buildings Lit Up for Easter Three buildings in New York used their window lights to create crosses for Easter in 1956. ✅  True   Did Pete Buttigieg Stage a Bike Ride After Riding in SUV? The transportation secretary has been described as a “bike enthusiast.” ❌  False   Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship? A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the formerly stuck Suez Canal ship. ❌  False   Do Swedes Really Put Bananas on Pizza? This is not an April Fools' post. ✅  True   Did Smugglers Abandon Two Young Children at the US-Mexico Border? An image shared on Facebook purportedly showed two children after they had been dropped over a fence and abandoned in the desert. ✅  True   Is the Brendan Fraser ‘I Like the Steak’ Autograph Real? Actor Brendan Fraser is known for his roles in "The Mummy," "Encino Man," and "George of the Jungle." ❌  False   Did April the Giraffe Die? April rose to viral fame after her pregnancy and birth were livestreamed in 2017. ✅  True   Did Melania Trump Celebrate Her 56th Birthday in 2021? A routine review of content labeled satire. 🎭  Labeled Satire   Did a Car Plow Into Taco Bell Employees in Waldorf, MD? The driver in a video appeared to ram a crowd of people, some of whom were identified as Taco Bell employees. ✅  True View Latest Fact Checks Can You Help Us? While Snopes is a free resource, it's far from free to produce. Please consider supporting our small team with a contribution today. $5 $10 $20.21 $50 $100 Other News High Court Sides with Google in Copyright Fight with Oracle To create Android, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that’s part of Oracle’s Java platform. Read More   Supreme Court Dismisses Case over Trump and Twitter Critics The case concerned the @realdonaldtrump account with more than 88 million followers and Trump's argument that it is his personal property. Read More   Utah Dads to Be Required to Pay Half of Pregnancy Costs Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, recently signed the proposal, which received widespread support in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Read More   Florida Works to Avoid ‘Catastrophic’ Pond Collapse “What we are looking at now is trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Read More   Patchwork: Braves Cover All-Star Logo on Jerseys The All-Star Game patch that appeared on the right sleeve of the Braves' jerseys during opening day was sewn over against Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. Read More   Tom Brady Rookie Football Card Fetches $2.25M at Auction Quarterback Tom Brady is proving he’s the GOAT not just on the football field but also in the collectibles market: A rookie football card just sold for $2.25 million. Read More   Unique 4/3/21 Date Draws Lines for Vegas Wedding Licenses Soon-to-be newlyweds lined up out the door of the marriage license office in Las Vegas ahead of a unique date to tie the knot: 4/3/21. Read More   Facebook Data on More Than 500M Accounts Found Online The information appears to be several years old, but it is another example of the vast amount of information collected by Facebook and other social media sites. Read More   Rapper DMX on Life Support After Heart Attack, Lawyer Says DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support at White Plains Hospital. Read More   UK: Benefits Outweigh Risks for AstraZeneca Despite 7 Deaths The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it wasn’t clear if the shots are causing the clots and that "rigorous review" is ongoing. Read More   AP Source: Suspect in Capitol Attack Suffered Delusions Police shot the suspect, 25-year-old Noah Green, who died at a hospital. Read More   Amazon Apologizes to Congressman for Bogus ‘Peeing’ Tweet Amazon also admitted that some delivery drivers might have had to urinate in bottles and it vowed to improve their working conditions. Read More   Historic Houston Movie Theater Closes Due to Pandemic After nearly 82 years in business, the River Oaks Theatre turned off its projectors last month. Read More   Chauvin’s Trial Leaves Many Black Viewers Emotionally Taxed The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has provoked strong emotions among many Black men and women. 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Read More   MMA Fighter Has Finger Severed in Match; Doctors Reattach It A mixed martial arts fighter had his finger severed during a match in Philadelphia, but doctors were eventually able to reattach it. Read More   EXPLAINER: What Does Georgia’s New GOP Election Law Do? The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his presidential loss to Joe Biden. Read More   California to Allow Indoor Gatherings As Virus Cases Plummet The decision is a sharp turnaround from the slow pace California has taken on lifting restrictions, and comes as the governor urges people to continue being vigilant about wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. Read More   Photo Shows Sealed Super Mario Bros. Game Sold for $660,000 Its selling price far exceeded the $114,000 that another unopened copy that was produced in 1987 fetched in a Heritage auction last summer. Read More

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