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The hurricane season in the Northern Atlantic Ocean generally starts on June 1. This could be a momentous opening because last year's season was the costliest on record. Primarily due to three storms (Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria), the estimated damage total in 2017 exceeded $282 billion. Now more recent information also suggests that the toll in human lives exacted by Hurricane Maria might have been vastly more than initially reported.
Puerto Rico officials set the death toll from September 2017's Hurricane Maria at 64, but a recent Harvard study based on a survey of Puerto Rican households estimates the number of dead at closer to 5,000.
Rumor Rundown
New water conservation legislation does not penalize individual California residents for showering and doing laundry on the same day. (Mostly False)
Viral stories falsely suggest that a NIH fact sheet was "quietly" amended to state that cannabis kills cancer cells. (False)
A startling quote from pro football player Tom Brady asserting that the NBA finals were rigged and that basketball referees were taking bribes made the rounds in recent days. The quote actually originated on a sports satire page, so you might need to tell your bookie something else. (False)
In keeping with Donald Trump's campaign promise to forgo his presidential salary, the White House announced in May 2018 that Trump would be donating $100,000 to Veterans Affairs. (True)
A photograph of a car crash scene is real, but a false backstory was evidently manufactured to dissuade people from texting while driving. (Miscaptioned)
In June 2018, a year-old story about Ivanka Trump's fashion line being rebranded under the label "Adrienne Vittadini" to expose her products to unwitting buyers circulated as new news. (Mostly False)
In the News
Restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings says its Twitter account was hacked, and crude comments were briefly posted there before being deleted.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that printing "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency doesn't amount to a religious endorsement and therefore doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.
Viacom says the subject matter of the film 'Heathers' is not suitable for the current environment of channels they are attempting to establish as youth-oriented.
Former 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark died just more than one year after revealing he had ALS
"Keep making good choices," late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon told graduating Parkland students. "I'm not saying that because you need to learn it; I'm saying it because you've already taught it to all of us."
Bill Clinton says his critics are "omitting facts" to lump him in with other men accused of sexual assault and harassment.
Bayer has acquired Monsanto and said that, according to the terms of the U.S. approval, they can integrate the brand as soon as divestments to Germany's BASF demanded by regulators have been completed.
Supreme Court justices, in a limited ruling, have decided in favor of a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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