Snopes Debunker - Our Q&A with PEN America and rumors about Queen Elizabeth II, UFOs, and more

​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Sept. 14, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser Today: Our Q&A with PEN America and rumors about Queen Elizabeth II, UFOs, and more ​ Q&A: PEN America’s Take On Bills Targeting Classroom Talk About Race, LGBTQ Issues A wave of proposals would put new restrictions on teachers and schools. To help put the policy trend into perspective, we spoke to a representative of the literary freedom organization. Bethania Palma has more. Read Now Fact Checks and Original Reporting Are There UFOs Over Kyiv? Ukrainian astronomers are studying the skies. Read Story. Did Queen Elizabeth Say This About the Need To ‘Kick Some Ass’? The Queen could be said to have kicked some proverbial ass during the Second World War, but did she make this comment. Read Story. No, the Queen Did Not Request That Trump Be Banned from Her Funeral Trump once claimed that he and the queen “got along fantastically well.” Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Woman with Toy Gun Grabs Trapped Savings from Beirut Bank A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a Beirut bank branch, taking $13,000 from her trapped savings. Read More Iowa Teen Who Killed Rapist Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $150K Pieper Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. Read More GOP’s Graham Unveils Nationwide Abortion Ban After 15 Weeks Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate. Read More

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