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Disproving claim Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman was Jewish

A 23-year-old, who killed an 8- and 10-year-old in a Catholic church, became the focus of many rumors.

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Here’s what we know about alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Detainees reportedly called a TV station claiming that guards beat detainees and released tear gas while a fire alarm blared and a helicopter circled.

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Liz Cheney falsely linked to letter urging Democrats to fight Trump’s ‘authoritarian machine’

"I don't want to hear another polite flor speech," the letter says. "I want strategy."

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Chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer came from mustard gas?

Yale pharmacologists in the 1940s realized mustard gas attacked white blood cells, which could have therapeutic properties in lymphatic cancers.

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North Carolina man once robbed bank for $1 in attempt to get healthcare in prison

James Richard Verone, who was unemployed, was arrested in June 2011 after a desperate plan to receive medical attention.

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12 images we’ve fact-checked about climate change

Maps or images allegedly showing rising sea levels or increasing temps often circulate online. Some are real, others are not.

Buffalo

light snow

12.2 ° F

14 °

10.1 °

89 %

2.1mph

100 %

Mon

16 °

Tue

16 °

Wed

17 °

Thu

13 °

Fri

11 °

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