Vice President Mike Pence may want to check a middle-school history textbook for this one.

The U.S. carried out an airstrike Friday morning that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and one of the country's top leaders. After President Trump gave his first remarks acknowledging the strike, Pence tweeted out a thread outlining Soleimani's "worst atrocities," including one that wasn't exactly accurate.

Pence's most questionable tweet outlined Soleimani's alleged role in the 9/11 attacks. Soleimani, Pence said, "assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States."

The most obviously incorrect bit of information here is the number of hijackers: There were 19, and "8-10" of them "traveled into or out of Iran between October 2000 and February 2001," per the 9/11 commission report. And while the report does conclude "there is strong evidence Iran facilitated the transit of al Qaeda members into and out of Afghanistan before 9/11," Charlotte Clymer of the Human Rights Campaign says Soleimani probably wouldn't have been involved in that.

A New Yorker article from 2013 also points out that the U.S. actually worked with Soleimani "to help the United States destroy their mutual enemy, the Taliban." That lasted until former President George W. Bush declared Iran part of his "Axis of Evil" in the Middle East. Kathryn Krawczyk

If it's happening in their neighborhood, the journalism students at North High School in Minneapolis are on top of it.

The 21 students cover everything from their school's sports teams to community cultural events, with many of their articles making it onto the pages of a local newspaper, the North News. They also go on field trips to newsrooms and journalism conferences. "Anytime we go to an event, our students really shine," one of their teachers, Samuel Wilbur, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "They stand up and ask truthful, hard-hitting questions that others aren't asking."

The students don't shy away from writing about tough issues, putting a spotlight on underreported stories like lead poisoning in the community. The editor of North News, Kenzie O'Keefe, teaches the class with Wilbur, and every year hires students to join the paper as paid interns. Not every student who takes the class goes on to become a journalist, but O'Keefe said they are still learning how to be leaders and becoming more aware of what is happening in their community.

"My dream is that a student would come up through our program, go to college, have a ton of life experience, and want to come back and lead this paper," she said. Catherine Garcia

The coronavirus pandemic is creating such a demand for certain products that Amazon will hire 100,000 people to work in its U.S. warehouses, the company announced Monday.

Amazon said that because so many people are staying home and doing more shopping online, some household essentials are out of stock and deliveries are taking longer than usual, The Washington Post reports. To get packages out faster, Amazon is hiring additional temporary workers for its U.S. warehouses, Dave Clark, senior vice president of worldwide operations, wrote in a blog post on Monday.

Clark said Amazon is especially interested in hiring individuals who have been furloughed. "We want those people to know we welcome them on our teams until things return to normal and their employer is able to bring them back," he said. Amazon will also raise its pay rate through April by $2 an hour in the United States. Catherine Garcia

The San Francisco Bay Area isn't quite going on total lockdown, but they'll be close to it as the region looks to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

A directive went out Monday to 6.7 million people in six counties — San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda — to "shelter in place" until at least April 7. That means people can only step outside their homes for essential purposes such as shopping for necessary supplies and groceries, accessing health care, providing aid to family members, or working in an essential service. People will be able to go outside for walks or exercise as long as they keep six feet of distance between themselves and others.

It's not yet clear how the policy will be enforced, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, although the order calls for sheriffs and chiefs of police to "ensure compliance." Read more at the San Francisco Chronicle. Tim O'Donnell

President Trump is starting to sound worried about the coronavirus.

During a White House press briefing on the pandemic, the president — who has faced criticism over what many believe to be his casual response to COVID-19 — said "this is a very bad one" because of its "sort of record-setting type contagion," and he's even discussed the severity of it with one of his sons.

He also sounded more pessimistic about the economy than usual, acknowledging that "it may be" heading toward a recession.

Trump also addressed a few other key questions during the briefing — such as why the House coronavirus bill exempts companies with 500 employees or more from the paid sick leave requirement, to which he replied the Senate may address changing that when they vote on the bill.

He also said he expects restrictions on daily life, like the government's recommendation people limit gatherings to no more than 10 people, to be the "new normal" until July or August or even later, but Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stepped in to provide a little clarity that those specific guidelines will be reviewed after a 15 day trial. The July or August timeframe, he said, applies to the effects the virus may have on Americans more generally. Tim O'Donnell

As movie theaters close around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, at least one studio will let you watch its newest releases at home months early.

NBCUniversal announced Monday it will make Universal Pictures films that are playing in theaters right now, including The Invisible Man and The Hunt, available to rent at home for $19.99 beginning this Friday, per The Hollywood Reporter. The rental period will last 48 hours. This is a game-changer for theatrical moviegoing, as major studio films typically play in theaters exclusively for about three months before being made available for home viewing. The Hunt hit theaters just three days ago.

But movie theaters in major cities are closing as health officials caution against large gatherings to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, and the box office just suffered its worst weekend in about 20 years. Studios have delayed films like A Quiet Place Part II and Mulan, and Universal itself previously pushed the newest Fast & Furious sequel to 2021.

Universal's new policy will also apply to at least one upcoming movie: Trolls World Tour, which is set to be made available digitally on the same day it's released in theaters — at least, the theaters that are still open. The policy isn't expected to apply to all of Universal's upcoming movies, the Reporter says.

"We hope and believe that people will still go to the movies in theaters where available, but we understand that for people in different areas of the world that is increasingly becoming less possible," NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said.

Analysts had wondered whether some studios might break the theatrical window amid this crisis, but some feared such a move could be the nail in the coffin for theatrical moviegoing, which has already experienced declining attendance amid the rise of streaming. Writer Sonny Bunch tweeted Monday, "If movie theaters were in trouble before this, they're just about finished now." Brendan Morrow

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is trying to follow the lead of Louisiana and Georgia and postpone his state's presidential primary, which is scheduled for tomorrow, until June as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The problem is, he technically doesn't have the authority to issue such an order — In Ohio, it's the legislative branch rather than executive branch that has to act to make the call.

So, in the meantime, DeWine is recommending people refrain from voting in-person, though absentee ballots will be counted. Then, to make sure in-person voting can eventually happen, DeWine is filing a lawsuit, which means a judge will have make the final decision about whether there will be another round of voting in June, or if tomorrow's results are final regardless of the turnout. Tim O'Donnell