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Yes, Study Reportedly Found Human DNA in Hot Dogs — But There’s More to the Story

Conducted by a private genomics company, the analysis found 2% of tested hot dogs contained traces of human DNA.

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Facebook posts – Video doesn’t show a man saving a bunny from the 2025 California wildfires. It’s from 2017.

Video shows a man saving a bunny during the 2025 Los Angeles fires.

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What We Know About ‘True’ Events That Inspired ‘Squid Game’ on Netflix

An online rumor claims the show was based on a true story of hostages held in a South Korean bunker in 1986.

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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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National News

Supreme Court hands Republicans in Texas major win

The United States Supreme Court reversed a block on Texas redistricting efforts, ending litigation against new maps that could give Republicans additional House seats.

The high court cited Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens in its order, but did not elaborate on its thinking. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a dissent from the decision.

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