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Transgender Parenting Groups Report Eight Suicides After 2016 Election
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 9, 2016
Facebook rumors claimed that as many as eight transgender children committed or attempted suicid ...
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Machine Voting Pens Switching Votes from Clinton to Trump?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 22, 2016
A first-person account of a voting pen glitch allocating Clinton votes to Trump went viral but s ...
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Hillary Clinton Called U.S. Service Members 'Dirty and Gross'?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 13, 2016
Facebook user Allison Hermanson shared an unflattering anecdote about Hillary Clinton, but some ...
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Canned Pumpkin Isn't Actually Pumpkin?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 26, 2016
Just ahead of the fall holidays, a viral social media rumor suggested the pumpkin in pumpkin pie ...
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Maggots Found in Similac Formula Powder?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2016
Similac is investigating a Facebook user's claim she found live maggots in her infant's formula.
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Michigan Farmers Forced to Destroy Edible Cherries to Prop Up Imports?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
A viral Facebook post about surplus U.S. cherry crops destroyed to "make room for imports" appea ...
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Kraigen Grooms Receives Suspended Sentence in Child Sex Assault Case
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 14, 2016
Kraigen Grooms, whose image went viral during a child sex assault investigation, was controversi ...
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Accessories Brand Claims They Sent Ivanka Trump a Rude 'Thank You' Note
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 18, 2016
Accessories brand Lady Grey leveraged the power of election news to publicize a critical thank y ...
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VIDEO: Family Dollar Store Manager Ejects a Woman in a Niqab
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 3, 2016
A Family Dollar customer captured a controversial moment when a Gary, Indiana, store manager eje ...
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K-Nein
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug. 1, 2016
Military K-9 handler Eric Bonner's post about a brush with Hillary Clinton went viral on Facebook.
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Pokemon Go Program Clears Shelter of Dogs Awaiting Adoption
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
July 21, 2016
The details of a shelter's Pokemon Go dogwalking program were exaggerated for a heartstring-tugg ...
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Rochester/Silver Lake Park Abduction Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
July 11, 2016
Police in Rochester, Minnesota, say no reports were received of attempted kidnappings during a f ...
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Kiroli Park Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 28, 2016
A woman's claim that three Muslim men menacingly approached her family at Kiroli Park in West Mo ...
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Great Wolf Lodge Infested with Bedbugs?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 28, 2016
An exterminator and health inspector determined that "bedbugs" depicted in a viral Facebook post ...
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President Obama is Giving $1,000 per Month to Food Stamp Recipients
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2016
A baseless Facebook rumor held that President Obama was giving food stamp recipients an extra $1 ...
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Worms Supposedly Found in Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 21, 2016
A man claimed to have found a pantry moth in his Little Debbie snack cakes, but he has so far re ...
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Fresno and Tulare Serial Killer Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 15, 2016
Police say that viral warnings about a serial killer in Fresno and Tulare counties are not credible.
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'Terrifying Warning' About Ice Cream Trucks and Chloroform
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 10, 2016
A viral social media post claimed that young girls were being drugged with chloroform by ice cre ...
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QuikTrip Safe Place
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Kim LaCapria
May 25, 2016
A viral Facebook post regarding QuikTrip's partnership with the Safe Place initiative contains s ...
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Facebook Panic Follows Kroger Kidnap Claim
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 17, 2016
A woman's claim that she and her daughter were targeted by kidnappers at Kroger was swiftly debu ...
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