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Why So Many People Miss Out on Lung Cancer Screening
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Is USPS stationing ‘armed guards’ at post offices ahead of 2026 midterms? There’s no proof
In a statement, the Postal Inspection Service said armed and unarmed security officers present at its facilities were unrelated to the elections.
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Post claiming to share Social Security ‘history lesson’ gets it mostly wrong. Here’s how
The post claimed that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt made numerous promises about the program when he first signed it into law.
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Hitler Was Once Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?
One social media user making the claim in October 2024 said: "They don't teach you that in public school."
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Map Accurately Compares Size of Texas to Europe?
The Lone Star State is the second largest in the U.S., behind only Alaska.
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Despite Rumors, Land O’Lakes Butter Isn’t Bringing Back Previous Logo
A claim shared across social media alleged the dairy brand would be returning to its old logo featuring an image of an Indigenous woman.
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Musk Was Once an Undocumented Immigrant in US?
With discussions resurfacing around Musk's immigration journey, Snopes reexamined claims regarding the entrepreneur's pathway to U.S. citizenship.
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Fake Photo Shows Harris in McDonald’s Uniform
The image turned up on social media amid a political kerfuffle over Vice President Kamala Harris' claim that she once worked at McDonald's.
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Mystic Predicted ‘End Times’ Will Begin in 2025?
According to claims, a conflict in Europe will spark the end of civilization as we know it.
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Why So Many People Miss Out on Lung Cancer Screening
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Is USPS stationing ‘armed guards’ at post offices ahead of 2026 midterms? There’s no proof
In a statement, the Postal Inspection Service said armed and unarmed security officers present at its facilities were unrelated to the elections.
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Post claiming to share Social Security ‘history lesson’ gets it mostly wrong. Here’s how
The post claimed that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt made numerous promises about the program when he first signed it into law.
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Trump threatens ‘serious consequences’ in furious election rant: ‘The Democrats cheated!’
President Donald Trump erupted Wednesday over an alleged Democratic election scheme in Alaska, accusing his political opponents of fraud and demanding that two candidates be removed from the state’s Senate ballot.“It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited,…
