Plus: Unpacking claim Israeli strikes 'evaporated' Palestinians in Gaza
FRIDAY EDITION | SNOPES DEBUNKER | | Investigating claims school photo company Lifetouch is in Epstein files | Social media users have expressed alarm over a rumored connection between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Lifetouch, America's largest school photography company. | The claims spread online after the Department of Justice released more than 3 million files related to the federal investigation into Epstein late last month. Reporter Rae Deng unpacked what we know about the rumors — including how there's no evidence the company conspired with or even corresponded with Epstein. | | | | What we know about fatal shooting of Lucy Harrison after 'big argument' with dad about Trump | Harrison died after her father's gun went off in his hands. A Texas grand jury declined to indict him in connection with the shooting in 2025. | | | | Support Snopes With Our Monthly Membership | Snopes has been busy fact-checking political claims, including investigating claims that school photo company Lifetouch is in the Epstein files, which we featured at the top of this newsletter. We need your help to keep doing this work. By building our membership, we will be able to continue cutting straight to the facts on any subject our readers are interested in. We appreciate any support you can give. | | | | Epstein ordered sulfuric acid on same day FBI opened probe. Files show mundane reason | Some social media users suggested the acid was to make bodies disappear. | | | | Have reservations about rumored photo of Obama eating with Epstein | The photograph was taken in 2016 and actually shows the former president with late chef Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam. | | | | Did Vance forget 1 of his kids flying back from Winter Olympics? | The claim originated on a social media page that calls its output satire. | | | Staff pick | | Unpacking claim Israeli strikes 'evaporated' Palestinians in Gaza | Internet users have shared an Al Jazeera investigation that claimed Israeli forces used weapons in strikes on the Gaza Strip that made thousands of Palestinians "evaporate." | The investigation claimed Israeli forces used "internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons" to cause graphic deaths. Reporter Laerke Christensen inspected the investigation and broke down the details. | | |
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