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What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group?

Politicians have tied a New Orleans terror attack to immigration, although the suspect was U.S.-born. Sen. Jim Banks discussed it in connection with a human smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group.

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Real 19th Century Cure for Headaches? Doctors Wouldn’t Approve

Social media posts claimed the unpleasant-looking procedure was called "vibration therapy."

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Threads posts – No, California wildfires weren’t deliberately set to build ‘smart cities’ for UN’s 2030 Agenda

Post suggests California wildfires “are a deliberate criminal land grab in preparation for Agenda 2030 and smart cities.”

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Facebook posts – Did Beyoncé claim Michael Jackson is alive and living in Diddy’s mansion? No, that claim is baseless

“Beyoncé alleges Diddy has been secretly hiding Michael Jackson, who faked his death.”

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Meta is ending its partnership with U.S. fact-checking organizations, such as ours, but we’d like to reassure our readers: FactCheck.org isn’t going anywhere. Our...

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Threads posts – Claim Denmark offered to buy U.S. and give free health care originated as satire

After Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, “Denmark clapped back saying they’d buy the USA, give us free healthcare, and actually make America great again.”

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