Today: An orca in a flooded city street, the police and Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Obama Foundation

This Is Not a Real Pic of an Orca in a Flooded City Street

As if a Category 4 hurricane making landfall weren’t terrifying enough, it has become an internet tradition for social media users to share fabricated pictures of sharks, alligators, and killer whales prowling the flooded streets of storm-stricken cities.

David Emery reports.

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Did Police Return Jeffrey Dahmer’s Victim to Him, Whom He Then Murdered?

The real-life Milwaukee serial killer was the subject of a Netflix show in fall 2022. Read Story.

Does the Average Woman Swallow 6 Pounds of Lipstick During Her Lifetime?

While it’s a neat-sounding statistic, common sense rules it out. Read Story.

Did Obama Foundation Store Classified Documents at Empty Furniture Warehouse?

Presidential papers have been stored in unexpected spaces before. Read Story.

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Rohingya Seek Reparations from Facebook for Role in Massacre

For years, Facebook, now called Meta Platforms Inc., pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people.