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False: Mayor Eric Adams is banning meat in New York City. New York’s mayor isn’t snatching away your street hot dog or pastrami on rye, despite a tall tale that spread online this week. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Missing Context: Image of UFO on back of truck dates to at least 2018, shows haulage company promotion An image that dates back to at least 2018 of a UFO prop transported on a flat-bed truck in Ukraine is being linked online to an unexplained flash of light over Kyiv, but the truck’s owner, Kyiv-based haulage company Express-T, told Reuters that it uses the miniature spaceship as  (Source: Reuters)

Miscaptioned: A video authentically shows a dog being rescued by a dolphin. Advertisment: About this rating An April 14, 2023, atweet with a video of a dolphin transporting a small dog to a sailboat, described as "dolphin saves a dog that fell into the sea from the boat," received nearly 800,000 views at the time of this reporting: If the soundtrack and  (Source: Snopes)

False: PCR tests place magnetic particles in patients Fact check: Magnetic particles part of processing PCR tests, not found on swabsShow Caption Hide Caption Where did COVID-19 come from? Just the FAQs, USA TODAYThe claim: PCR tests place magnetic particles in patientsAn April 2 Facebook video claims to be revealing the "truth about PCR tests.”"They have placed a magnetic beacon, so not only will people be biologically changed, but they will be tagged," a woman in the video says about PCR tests. Swabs contain no magnetic or metal particlesThe polymerase chain reaction test – or PCR test – has been a critical tool for identifying infections of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. “There are no magnetic particles in the swabs that are used to collect the samples,” she said in an email to USA TODAY. The claim of magnetic particles in PCR testing swabs echoes years of misinformation about COVID-19 testing and treatment. (Source: USA Today)