Snopes.com - A post-school shooting backpack ban, that Pete Buttigieg breastfeeding device rumor, Saudi Arabia's theme park, and a potentially embarrassing spelling error

​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 20 October 2021 Tonight: A post-school shooting backpack ban, that Pete Buttigieg breastfeeding device rumor, Saudi Arabia's theme park, and a potentially embarrassing spelling error ​ Were Backpacks Banned After a School Shooting? This month, a series of videos went viral on TikTok that supposedly showed students carrying their books in a variety of unusual items, such as grocery carts, microwaves, snow sleds, laundry baskets, and wagons, after their school banned backpacks in the wake of a school shooting. Dan Evon reports. Read More URGENT: Save Our Snopes Dear Debunker readers, Four years ago, we launched a GoFundMe campaign to fight off legal threats, SLAPP lawsuits, and a takeover attempt by hostile shareholders. Many of you stood up and helped, and we cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. We thought we’d have good news to share with you by now, but that is unfortunately not the case. Although every major court ruling has been in our favor so far, the point of these lawsuits has been — always — to bleed Snopes dry. Now, on the verge of trial, the years of constant legal battles have your favorite fact-checkers in need of rescue. That’s why we launched one more campaign to Save Our Snopes. Will you help us? Contribute Fact Checks and Original Reporting Does a Pic Show Pete Buttigieg Wearing a Breastfeeding Device? Buttigieg has been feeding his twin babies with a bottle during paternity leave. Read Story. Saudi Arabia Is Launching a Theme Park on an Oil Rig The offshore site will have hotels, extreme sports, live shows, and restaurants. Read Story. Did AP Use the Spelling ‘Missippi’ in a Headline About Literacy? To learn more, we traveled back to the year 2005. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News White House Details Plans to Vaccinate 28M Children Age 5-11 Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school. Read More Nikolas Cruz Pleads Guilty to 2018 Parkland School Massacre Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead. Read More NZ Police Answer 4-Year-Old’s Call, Confirm Toys Are Cool An emergency call made by a 4-year-old New Zealand boy asking for police to come over and check out his toys prompted a real-life callout. Read More

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