Fact-Checking

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A message in chalk decorates a sidewalk after an encampment protesting the Israel-Hamas war was taken down at Brown University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Student protesters are calling for divestment from Israel. Here’s what that means.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks prior to remarks from republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Did South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem break the law by shooting her dog? What legal experts say
Former Fox News and NBC host Megyn Kelly, shown here in 2016. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Fact-checking Megyn Kelly’s claim that a Utah Middle school allows students to be ‘terrorized’ by ‘furries’
Student protesters gather in protest inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. Protesters of the war in Gaza who are encamped at Columbia University have defied a deadline to disband with chants, clapping and drumming. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Amid Columbia protests, Speaker Mike Johnson is wrong that hybrid class plan tells Jewish students to stay home
President Joe Biden is greeted after walking into a Sheetz after stopping enroute to Pittsburgh International Airport, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon))
No, President Biden was not ignored by people at a Pittsburgh-area gas station
A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Deepfake video falsely pitches dietary supplement “created with Pfizer” as diabetes remedy