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Checking the Facts: There was no demonic opening ceremony at CERN's restart | Fact check

A viral video shows a 2016 performance at the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, not CERN. The organization does not have an opening ceremony. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Mon Jun 3 2024

 
17. CERN particle accelerator     • Weight:  4.0 million pounds     • Current location:  Geneva, Switzerland     • Age:  10 years old     The Large Hadron Collider, which was fired up about 10 years ago, is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. The collider is part of the CERN accelerator complex in Geneva, Switzerland, where scientists study the basic elements   of matter.

A viral video shows a 2016 performance at the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, not CERN. The organization does not have an opening ceremony.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on former U.S. President Donald Trump's guilty verdict in his hush-money trial before speaking on the Middle East at the White House on May 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden said Trump had a fair trial and an impartial jury found him guilty on all 34 counts and added it is dangerous for anyone to say the trial was rigged. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776154646 ORIG FILE ID:   2155455853
 

Trump's state verdict can't be pardoned by Biden | Fact check

A president only has the constitutional power to pardon a federal offense. Trump's verdict in the 34-count indictment is at the New York state level.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 31: Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after addressing members of the media following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. A New York jury found Trump guilty Thursday of all 34 charges of covering up a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her story of their alleged affair from being published during the 2016 presidential election. Trump is the first   former U.S. president to be convicted of crimes. ORG XMIT: 776154185 ORIG FILE ID: 2155447733
 

Post overreaches by claiming Trump can't vote in 2024 | Fact check

Trump's conviction on felony charges in New York does not necessarily make him ineligible to vote in 2024, legal experts said.

Former US President Donald Trump attends a press conference the day after he was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in Manhattan, New York, on May 31, 2024.
 

Trump conviction: Here's what's true and not | Fact check roundup

We break down what Trump and social media users got wrong about his sentence, ability to vote, jury instructions and a widespread reaction video.

A satellite image shows the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Egypt in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, on May 29, 2024.
 

Photo shows tunnel in northern Gaza, not one leading to Egypt | Fact check

Israeli photographer Noam Galai took the photo in January and said it shows a tunnel in northern Gaza used in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 31: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. A New York jury found Trump guilty Thursday of all 34 charges of covering up a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her story of their alleged affair from being published during the 2016 presidential election. Trump is the first former U.S.   president to be convicted of crimes. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
 

Supposed Trump conviction celebration video is a meme | Fact check

The original video dates back to 2016 and shows a bar crowd in England cheering as the country scored a last-minute goal against Wales in Euro 2016.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: The U.S. Capitol building is seen past a cloud of steam rising from a vent on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate is convening for a rare Sunday session to vote on a supplementary spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan without addressing border security after Republicans in the House abandoned an agreement that they initially agreed to. (Photo by Samuel   Corum/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776104902 ORIG FILE ID: 1995705993
 

Former advisor to Fauci not arrested for dodging FOIA | Fact check

While Morens is at the center of a congressional investigation for avoiding public records laws, he has not been arrested or charged with treason.

Former president Donald Trump's looks on after the announcement of the verdict of his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, outside Trump Tower, in New York City on May 30, 2024
 

Trump falsely claims he faces up to 187 years in prison | Fact check

Each of Trump's 34 convictions has a maximum of four years imprisonment individually, but New York caps Class E felony sentences at 20 years.

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press on May 30 after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at a Manhattan criminal court.
 

Fox News reported Trump's conviction, contrary to viral claim | Fact check

Fox News reported on the former president's conviction across several platforms. The screenshot of the broadcast about Taco Bell dates back to 2020.

Former US President Donald Trump at New York State Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan, New York on May 30, 2024.
 

Police took Trump into custody after conviction? No, that's AI | Fact check

Trump wasn't taken into custody and remains free pending sentencing July 11. Experts said artificial intelligence was used to create the image.

 

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