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Search results for "Betty Broderick, convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife in bed, dies at 78"

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Fact-checks (23701)

Science Vibe stated on April 12, 2018 in on an alternative news site:
"Dying 78 year old CIA agent admits to killing Marilyn Monroe."
By Mica Soellner• April 12, 2018
X posts stated on April 11, 2024 in a post on X:
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
By Madison Czopek• April 12, 2024
Viral image stated on October 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
An appellate court found Kamala Harris and police “took part in framing and prosecuting a man” for a murder he didn’t commit, paying a key witness $60,000 in relocation benefits for testifying against him.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 9, 2020
James Dobson stated on November 21, 2015 in a TV ad:
Says Ted Cruz’s wife Heidi "will be the very first pro-life first lady."  
By Alan Gathright• March 11, 2016
Nancy Grace stated on March 24, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America":
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
By Katie Sanders• March 31, 2014
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post:
The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2023
Bloggers stated on March 02, 2017 in a headline:
"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."
By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2017
BlueNC stated on August 14, 2018 in a blog:
A proposed constitutional amendment "will pave the way for making abortion illegal under North Carolina’s constitution."
By Paul Specht• August 14, 2018
Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 22, 2021
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet:
There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
By Jon Greenberg• May 26, 2020
Randolph Bracy stated on April 04, 2017 in in a New York Times op-ed:
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
By Amy Sherman• April 17, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Man cuts off wife’s head after DNA test proved none of 6 kids are his own.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."
By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Richard Belzer died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 22, 2023
Facebook posts stated on December 29, 2019 in a social media post:
"Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection."
By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Deaths of four alternative medicine doctors show they are being targeted for their ideas.
By Jeff Cercone• July 11, 2023
Dean Cannon stated on January 19, 2011 in comments to reporters.:
"The number of inmates since 2000 on death row dying of natural causes has now surpassed the number of inmates executed."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2011
Bloggers stated on March 20, 2020 in an article:
“Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
By Bill McCarthy• March 24, 2020
Rick Scott stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.
By Joshua Gillin• June 26, 2014
Alan Grayson stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
By Aaron Sharockman• September 28, 2010

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Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations

By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2022

Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020

Fact-checking Alan Grayson's 'Taliban Dan Webster' ad

By Aaron Sharockman• September 28, 2010

Fact-checking claims about Breonna Taylor’s death

By Noah Y. Kim, Miriam Valverde• September 25, 2020

Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries

By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023

Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked

By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017

WATCH: Betty White did not get a COVID-19 booster right before her death

By Josie Hollingsworth• January 7, 2022

How likely are you to be struck by lightning?

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2011

Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell

By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2020

‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case

By Jeff Cercone• May 10, 2023

The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained

By Bill McCarthy• April 20, 2021

Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons?

By Loreben Tuquero• April 28, 2026

Obama's Rezko connection

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By Anthony Cave• October 11, 2016

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By Tim Murphy• September 30, 2014

Timeline: Rob Porter, domestic abuse and the White House

By Jon Greenberg• February 14, 2018

Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists

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What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong

By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2021