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PolitiFactCrime & justice

Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.

Publisher’s rating: False

Related reporting describes Rittenhouse as having been driven from Illinois to Kenosha by his mother before joining a group of armed people during the unrest. It says he was 17 at the time and that the shootings occurred on August 25, 2020. This supports the claim’s basic setting and the reported maternal drive, but the excerpt does not say that his mother dropped him off in the middle of a riot or that she brought or handed him a rifle. The same report says Rittenhouse claimed self-defense, alleging that two people he shot tried to grab his AR-15-style rifle. It also describes him as fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third. Those details address what happened during the encounter; they do not establish what his mother knew, intended, or did when driving him. The available related reporting therefore supports some elements of the claim while leaving its more specific account of the drop-off and weapon unsubstantiated in this excerpt.

maharat-newsCrime & justice

هل بيع مغارة بقاعصفرين يشكّل مخالفة قانونيّة؟

Publisher’s rating: صحيح

The review examines an advertisement by the “Al-Masri” real-estate company offering a cave in Bqaa Sefrine, Dinniyeh, for sale. It assesses whether such a sale is lawful under Lebanon’s law on the protection of heritage and antiquities, rather than treating the advertisement alone as proof that a sale was completed. The company told the review it was only offering the land; landowner Nazih Zoud said the aim was to find a way to invest in the cave.