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FalseA judge sentenced "Pawn Stars" television personality Rick Harrison to life in prison.SnopesApr 29, 2025Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump officially warned former U.S. President Barack Obama to stay out of America's foreign affairs or else face charges for violating the Hatch Act.SnopesApr 29, 2025FalseNBA player Stephen Curry's mother, Sonya, was "humiliated" at a Ferrari dealership, prompting the basketball professional to launch an anti-discrimination campaign against luxury retailers.SnopesApr 29, 2025Can’t tellU.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the FBI's arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on immigration-related charges with the statement, "I expect the legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation... From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour."SnopesApr 29, 2025TrueIn 2019, Virginia Giuffre, who accused New York financier Jeffrey Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, of sexually abusing her as a teen, posted: "In no way, shape or form am I suicidal."SnopesApr 29, 2025FalseA dog belonging to Pope Francis refused to leave the pope's side after he died in April 2025.SnopesApr 29, 2025FalseA photograph authentically shows a younger Pope Francis riding the subway in 1998.SnopesApr 28, 2025FalseAn authentic NASA photograph shows the surface of the sun.SnopesApr 28, 2025TrueA photo authentically shows the founder of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, Emanuel Bronner.SnopesApr 28, 2025Can’t tellA screenshot authentically shows a "Fox News Sunday" TV chyron quoting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying, "It's probably a crime to accuse the president of committing a crime after he breaks the law."SnopesApr 28, 2025TruePrisoners in Brazil can reduce their sentences by four days for each book they read and write a review on.SnopesApr 28, 2025TruePope Francis once said in an interview: “I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.”SnopesApr 27, 2025TruePhotographs authentically show the skull of a mammoth discovered in a farm field in 2015.SnopesApr 27, 2025FalseA recently declassified CIA document confirms that after Soviet troops shot down a UFO in 1987, the aliens turned 23 soldiers into stone.SnopesApr 27, 2025TrueU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used a private jet to travel between Bakersfield and Sacramento, California, during their "Fighting Oligarchy tour."SnopesApr 26, 2025Can’t tellBefore his death on April 21, 2025, Pope Francis made a lengthy statement beginning with, "The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches."SnopesApr 26, 2025FalseU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 23, 2025, permitting teachers to use physical force to discipline students.SnopesApr 26, 2025FalseTech billionaire Elon Musk provided a "huge donation" to fund robotic legs for injured police dogs.SnopesApr 26, 2025TrueFBI Director Kash Patel, or a person managing his X account, posted, deleted and later reposted an announcement about the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan.SnopesApr 26, 2025FalseFormer NFL quarterback Peyton Manning calmed a crying baby on a long flight, then slipped the child's father a kind note of encouragement.SnopesApr 25, 2025TrueA photo shared online authentically depicts a statue of a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese in South Dakota.SnopesApr 25, 2025FalseAn image circulating online in April 2025 authentically showed a screenshot from a Fox News interview with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that displayed a chyron reading: "Leavitt: 'Avoid woke things like math, and you'll love the tariffs.'"SnopesApr 25, 2025MixedA post from U.S. President Donald Trump showing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's hand tattoos was unedited and proves he was affiliated with the Salvadoran gang MS-13.SnopesApr 25, 2025Can’t tellDemocrats chugged artificial food dyes to protest against policies announced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.SnopesApr 25, 2025