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Why So Many People Miss Out on Lung Cancer Screening
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Lung cancer screening can save lives by...
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When Hope Meets Hype: Making Wise Choices About Cancer Treatment
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A recent New York Times Magazine article stopped me...
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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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Did Yale Scientists Find COVID-19 Spike Proteins in Vaccinated People? What We Know About Rumor
Speculation about the alleged findings of a study on long COVID and post-vaccination syndrome spread widely among vaccine skeptics.
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Yes, Trump shared video of ‘Trump Gaza’ — including sunbathing scene with Netanyahu
The AI-generated video was posted on the president's Truth Social profile.
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What we know about claims 70 Christians were beheaded in Democratic Republic of Congo
MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.
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Yes, AI-generated video of Trump kissing Musk’s feet played on TV monitors in HUD headquarters
This incident occurred on Feb. 24, 2025. HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett said "Appropriate action will be taken for all involved."
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No evidence forgotten Black inventor pioneered drone tech
The posts promoting the claim feature imagery generated by artificial intelligence and offer no legitimate sources.
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Yes, the White House posted an image of Trump captioned ‘Long live the king’
An AI-generated image depicted Trump wearing a crown and the slogan "Long live the king" on a Time magazine cover.
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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,…
