Snopes Debunker - Rumors about Robin Williams, hotel luggage, and a "toxic" lithium extraction field

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Sept. 3, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser Hot This Week: Rumors about Robin Williams, hotel luggage, and a "toxic" lithium extraction field ​ Did Robin Williams’ Contracts Help the Homeless? In the wake of comedian Robin Williams’ death by suicide in August 2014, an item about Williams’ supposedly requiring in his work contracts that “the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them to work” quickly spread far and wide online: Team Snopes has more. Read Now Fact Checks and Original Reporting Does Viral Photo Show a ‘Toxic’ Lithium Extraction Field? The Chilean Andes hold more than half of the world’s lithium, a metal primarily used in the production of electric car batteries. Read Story. Is Putting Hotel Luggage in the Bathtub Upon Arrival a Good Idea? Online advertisements promised what appeared to be a handy travel tip. Read Story. John Deere Addresses Viral Post About Electric Tractors A politically charged Facebook post told the story of a Midwest farmer who was supposedly asked by John Deere to switch to electric tractors. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Judge Appears Willing to Unveil Some of Mar-A-Lago Affidavit U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart gave prosecutors a week to submit a copy of the affidavit with proposed redactions. Read More Federal Study: New Climate Law to Slice Carbon Pollution 40% That saving is equivalent to about the annual greenhouse gas emissions of every home in the United States. Read More What’s in Big Biden Bill? Health, Climate Goals Become Law Approved by the divided Congress, the bill brings the biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. Read More

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