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​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Nov. 3, 2021 Tonight: A briefcase 'Matrix glitch,' California's 'liberal trucking laws,' and the disappearing pope video ​ Briefcase Changes Color from Red to Green on TV, Explained A video of a briefcase appearing to change colors on television baffled some viewers in 2020. A TikTok user reposted it yesterday, leading to more than 1 million views in just 24 hours. Jordan Liles 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 No Evidence Port Slowdown Due to ‘Liberal’ California Laws A confluence of issues have created congestion at the busiest port in the U.S. Read Story. Pope Francis Disappears on Live TV, Explained A video showed the pope go poof. Here's what happened. Read Story. Is an ‘Evil Santa’ on YouTube Kids? A YouTube spokesperson said they had "not received evidence of there being videos on YouTube Kids showing or promoting the content described in the post."​ Read Story. Maricopa County Audit Did Not Find 712,152 New Trump Votes A viral Facebook meme about votes in Arizona did not contain accurate numbers.​ Read Story. Vid Shows Cops Waiting for Costco Thieves to Emerge from Fire Exit The incident originally occurred in Seattle, Washington, on March 15, 2018.​ Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Feds Seek Tougher Sentences for Veterans Who Stormed Capitol During his six minutes inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Leonard Gruppo joined a slew of other military veterans as a mob of pro-Trump rioters carried out an unparalleled assault on the bastion of American democracy. Read More Facebook to Shut Down Face-Recognition System, Delete Data Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others. Read More Death Toll Rises to 23 in Nigerian Building Site Collapse The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 23 with two more bodies recovered. Read More

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