Among some of the tweets posted by Wood, who has an abbreviation of the QAnon slogan “where he go one we go all” in his Twitter bio, included an unsubstantiated claim that Roberts had a phonecall last year with Justice Stephen Breyer suggesting that he would “make sure” Trump lost the election. Wood also repeated suggestions that Roberts has links to Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in August 2019....

The Claim Amid these discussions, a purported Italian plan for COVID passes related to vaccination status has sparked conversation online. Some social media users, who have questioned the impact on liberties, have said Italy will require a “green pass” or “COVID passport” for all workers. They have suggested such passes will be necessary in order for people to work in the nation. One Twitter post, with more than 2,000 likes, branded this “an alarming incursion on civil liberties....

The MSHD later apologized, said there had been a “miscommunication,” and scrapped the offending section of its telephone hotline script it believed to be behind the confusion. The original tweet highlighting the issue has gone viral on Twitter, where it has more than 40,000 likes and about 6,600 retweets. The Claim On March 23, Elizabeth Wayne, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, tweeted: “So I was talking to my Dad....

The Facts As Joe Biden spoke about his late son, Beau Biden, and his military work, Trump interrupted to ask Biden if he was referring to his son Hunter and said, “Hunter got thrown out of the military. He was thrown out, dishonorably discharged, cocaine use.” Biden responded with, “None of that is true.” In 2014, Hunter Biden was discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve after a drug test came back positive for cocaine....

Despite other leaders sharing transport at the instruction of Buckingham Palace, Biden was allowed to use his presidential motorcade instead. When Biden’s motorcade was brought to a near-standstill in London traffic, videos emerged mocking the American president in a familiar fashion. The Claim A video posted on Twitter on September 19, 2022, by @RealMacReport appears to have recorded crowds chanting “let’s go Brandon” as Biden was driven to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London....

In Georgia, new House Bill 531 passed through the state House of Representatives on Monday. It would enforce new voting restrictions and has sparked controversy while it awaits a state Senate vote. The Claim Social media users have expressed outrage over a certain rule in Georgia’s new election reform bill. Attorney Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, tweeted Tuesday that: “Georgia’s bill would make it a crime to give free food or water to voters standing in line for hours and hours,” in a post that received more than 1,000 likes and 600 retweets....

His amendment was voted down after Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) criticized Cruz for trying to “rile people up over something that is not true.” The Claim Cruz claimed on Twitter that illegal immigrants would be eligible for the $1,400 stimulus checks included in the American Rescue Plan. On March 6, Cruz tweeted, “When the checks go out, millions of illegal immigrants WILL GET $1400 checks.” He wrote that many people considered illegal immigrants are those who have overstayed their visas, and therefore have Social Security numbers....

Speaking on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers said that he is “in the crosshairs of the woke mob” and that “before my final nail gets put in my cancel culture casket,” he wanted to clear up some of the “blatant lies out there.” He said that he did not lie during his Aug. 27 press conference, when he said he was “immunized,” but he said there was a “witch hunt” that was going on to shame people who had not been vaccinated....

Richardson claimed “enormous progress” in New Mexico education, when in fact the state’s eighth-grade reading scores have slipped and remain among the worst in the U.S. Richardson exaggerated the extent to which his state’s teacher salaries increased. Richardson said one-third of U.S. health care spending goes to “administration and bureaucracy,” but Medicare officials put the figure at 7.4 percent. Dodd criticized “the Chinese government” for slave labor, when in fact it just sentenced a slaver to death....

Studies on cognitive development have shown that experiencing such intense pain at such a young age can cause changes in brain chemistry which can result in increased anxiety, attention problems, and hyperactivity. (Nope, anesthesia is rarely used.) According to some studies, anger, shame and even PTSD can be long-term consequences of circumcision. On one hand, decreasing the chance of getting cancer, HIV, and other STDs even by a little can be reason enough for some parents to choose to cut....

Igors Labuts and Dragos Sfrijan have each been banned for 12 months after the Athlone Town pair were found guilty of breaching three FAI rules. Both played in the 3-1 league defeat at Longford Town on April 29 - Sfrijan netting for Athlone - but an investigation was subsequently launched, with the FAI releasing details of the duo’s punishment on Thursday. “On May 3, an investigation was launched following a UEFA Betting Fraud Detection System report demonstrated ‘clear and overwhelming betting evidence that the course or result of’ Athlone Town’s game against Longford Town in the SSE Airtricity League First Division on April 29 ‘was unduly influenced with a view to gaining corrupt betting profits’,” a statement read....

Japanese were similarly appalled by the idea that a teacher would apparently seek to rape a girl no older than his students. But what’s really shocking is how commonplace sex-related crimes among the nation’s teachers have become. In December Japan’s Education Ministry revealed that in the last school year, 141 public-school teachers were punished for obscene behavior–nearly twice as many as two years earlier. Just in the last month, a high-school teacher in Kagoshima prefecture was arrested for “sexual contact” with a 16-year-old student, a Saitama teacher was charged with paying a 13-year-old girl $380 for sex, a Tokyo middle-school teacher was sentenced to a year in jail for groping a high-school student on a train and the Osaka education board fired a teacher who had planted a video camera in a girls’ bathroom....

Let’s start things off in Atlantic City where former WPT Legends of Poker Champion Will “The Thrill” Failla (GPI No. 139) won a remarkable 7th poker title at Borgata in Atlantic City, winning the Borgata Spring Open Championship for his first six-figure score in almost two years. This is “The Thrill’s” 17th career victory on the live tournament circuit. After earning a single result at the WSOP in Las Vegas, it certainly was redemption time for Failla:...

The Falcons said the injury plagued Baker sustained a torn patellar tendon in a 32-7 loss to the Houston Texans on Saturday night. MORE: Falcons-Texans highlights | Fantasy QB preview | Falcons get down First-round pick Jake Matthews could move from right to left tackle to replace Baker, but the injury is a huge blow to Atlanta’s efforts to bolster a line that was one of the league’s worst a year ago....

Dukureh, an actress, author and playwright, made her big screen debut just a month ago in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic ELVIS. She portrayed Big Mama Thornton, an R&B singer and songwriter, and the first person to record Leiber and Stoller’s “Hound Dog” in 1952. In the movie, she performs “Hound Dog.” The real Elvis Presley would go on to record the song four years later and it turned into one of his biggest hits....

Per a team release, the fourth-year player — officially listed as inactive for Sunday’s game — worked to get game-ready following his procedure, though the Eagles’ medical staff was unable to get him in game-playing shape. MORE: Eagles vs. Buccaneers live score, updates, highlights from NFL wild-card playoff game “On Tuesday night, Josh Sweat was admitted to the hospital. He underwent an emergency procedure due to the severity of the matter....

For weeks there has been speculation that the Eagles were attemptiong to trade Jackson, the team's most productive receiver. Jackson, a three-time Pro Bowler, is coming off one the the best seasons of his career with 82 catches for 1,332 yards and nine touchdowns. In light of the NJ.com revelations, the rumblings over recent weeks make more sense. Jackson's attitude was regularly criticized, and he missed multiple meetings. Beyond that, though, sources told NJ....

A unidentified agent for an Eagles player told NJ.com that Kelly has already lost the support of his players. MORE: Fired, retired, resigned FBS coaches | IYER: Don’t blame the Eagles for quitting on Kelly “Chip Kelly has lost the team,” he said. “Between the losses and his bulls— methods that aren’t working, I can tell you that the players have tuned him out.” This sort of echoes what ESPN’s Adam Schefter said in a radio interview Tuesday....

It’s been a year of surprises for the Eagles. First-year head coach Nick Sirianni has pushed a lot of right buttons in 2021, getting the most out of sophomore QB Jalen Hurts, as Philly emerged from the NFC East as a wild-card holder. Regardless of how Philly plays during super wild-card weekend and the rest of the 2022 NFL playoffs for that matter, the Eagles are set for a massive, formative offseason that could determine the direction of the organization for the next five-plus years....

The Steelers acquired the Eagles cornerback in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, the team announced Saturday. MORE: Top 10 Steelers | Mychal Kendricks looks like Drake | Greg Hardy helps send banner over Eagles camp The pass defender, who was reportedly unhappy with not starting, is the latest victim of Chip Kelly’s trade wrath after the Eagles coach sent LeSean McCoy to the Bills and Nick Foles to the Rams in March....