Monday, October 16th, 2017

Time	Event
12:41a	Hustler Magazine Publisher Offers Up to $10 Million for Dirt on Trump http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/15/hustler-magazine-publisher-offers-10-million-dirt-trump/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106961 Larry Flynt asks for any "smoking gun" that is fit to publish and drives President Trump from office. (Comment on this)
1:41a	Creepy Clown Arrested After Haunted House Massacre, 18 People Dead? http://www.snopes.com/creepy-clown-haunted-house-massacre/ http://www.snopes.com/wordpress/?p=61089 Reports about a creepy clown massacre involving a haunted house attraction are fake news. (Comment on this)
4:13a	Woman Loses Home in California Wildfires After Surviving Vegas Massacre http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/15/woman-loses-home-california-wildfires-surviving-vegas-massacre/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106975 Michella Flores was at the Las Vegas concert during the mass shooting; the next week, she and her parents lost their California home to wildfires. (Comment on this)
12:29p	Women ID as Assault, Harassment Victims with Me Too Tweets http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/women-id-assault-harassment-victims-tweets/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106983 The hashtag, started by actress Alyssa Milano, drew an immediate  and overwhelming  response. (Comment on this)
12:36p	The Latest: Reports: Portugal Fires Death Toll Rises to 31 http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/portugal-fires-death-toll-rises-31/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106986 Portuguese media are reporting that the death toll in the country's spate of deadly wildfires has risen to 31, with several others missing. (Comment on this)
12:42p	Take a Knee Comes to Germany Through Hertha Solidarity http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/take-knee-comes-germany-hertha-solidarity/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106990 Hertha Berlin nodded to social struggles in the United States by kneeling before its Bundesliga home game on 14 October 2017. (Comment on this)
12:48p	The Latest: Coroner: Stanford to Study Body of Vegas Shooter http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/latest-coroner-stanford-study-body-vegas-shooter/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106993 The coroner in Las Vegas says the body of the man who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern history was sent to Stanford University for study. (Comment on this)
12:54p	As Crews Gain Ground, California Fire Victims Return Home http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/crews-gain-ground-california-fire-victims-return-home/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=106996 While the danger from the deadliest, most destructive cluster of blazes in California history was not over, the smoky skies started to clear in some places. (Comment on this)
6:13p	Little Girl Desperately Clings to Screen Door During Hurricane Ophelia? http://www.snopes.com/little-girl-opens-door-hurricane-ophelia/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107003 A video showing a little girl hanging on to a door on a windy day is real, but it was not captured during the hurricane or in Ireland. (Comment on this)
6:37p	Was a Woman Killed by a Frozen Shaft of Urine? http://www.snopes.com/was-a-woman-killed-frozen-urine/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107027 An image purportedly showing a woman who was pierced by a urine icicle originated on a 1990s-era British television show. (Comment on this)
6:59p	Did Divers Just Uncover the Lost City of Heracleion? http://www.snopes.com/lost-city-of-thonis-heracleion-repurposed-clickbait/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107001 Divers did uncover the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, but the discovery was not new in 2017  contrary to the claims of clickbait articles. (Comment on this)
7:40p	Did Sprinklers Save a House From a Massive Wildfire? http://www.snopes.com/did-sprinklers-save-house-from-massive-wildfire/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107050 A photograph showing a home with a green lawn surrounded by charred land is real, but the back story accompanying it is incomplete. (Comment on this)
7:44p	NASA Confirms Existence of Earths Second Moon? http://www.snopes.com/nasa-confirms-existence-of-earths-second-moon/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107084 While a discovery from 2016 did reveal the presence of a small asteroid trapped in Earths orbit, this object cannot be classified as a moon. (Comment on this)
10:18p	Are Hurricane Maria Survivors Getting Skittle Meals From The Government? http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/hurricane-maria-skittle-meals/ http://www.snopes.com/?p=107024 Volunteer veterans, journalists, and others claim that FEMA is providing "meals" that are little more than unhealthy snacks to hurricane victims, but a FEMA spokesperson says images circulating online misrepresent what the agency is doing to help Puerto Ricans. (Comment on this)

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