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Trump fell, as shown by this image?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 11, 2025

Meta's social media platform Threads reported on its "trending now" list on Aug. 11, 2025, that ...

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Stephen Colbert adopted girl who lost parents in Texas floods?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Aug. 11, 2025

The claim circulated days after a separate false claim that the late-night host adopted a pair o ...

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Will 'pink salt trick' help you lose weight? Dietitian explains

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 11, 2025

Salt contributes to water retention and therefore weight gain, a clinical dietitian said.

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King Charles III expelled Queen Camilla from Buckingham Palace after catching her cheating?

Written by: Cindy Shan

Aug. 11, 2025

Fabricated stories claiming the queen was caught cheating with a royal staff member gained tract ...

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Did vacuum salesman Silas Reid kill 107 women in 11 minutes in 1942?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 11, 2025

According to one story, officials released Reid after he spent 15 years in an asylum.

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Suspicious minds should question story about Elvis and Danny Sullivan

Written by: Joey Esposito

Aug. 10, 2025

An online rumor claimed that meeting the rock 'n' roll singer gave the boy six more months to live.

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Debunking rumor Paul McCartney visited Phil Collins in hospital

Written by: Cindy Shan

Aug. 10, 2025

In the widely shared images, the former Beatle appeared to play guitar right-handed despite bein ...

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Don't buy rumor Obamas sold Martha's Vineyard house to former Epstein client Les Wexner

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 8, 2025

Wexner reportedly bought a house the Obamas used to rent, but the former presidential couple sti ...

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Did Trump propose a 6-month school year?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 8, 2025

Such a measure, if ever proposed, would reduce the average 180-day U.S. school year to somewhere ...

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Did Adam Lambert donate nearly $13M to homeless shelter initiative?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 8, 2025

According to online posts, the singer-songwriter donated the large sum of money after receiving ...

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This Democratic US House district in Texas is real, but it was drawn by Republicans

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 8, 2025

Texas is one of 26 states in which the state legislature draws federal house districts.

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A woman with long, curly brown hair poses in front of a banner at the Chicago International Film Festival. She is wearing a sleeveless, olive green satin dress with thin straps and is holding a black clutch bag. The background features repeated logos of the festival, which include a stylized face peeking through film strips and the text "The Chicago International Film Festival."

'Walking Dead' actor Kelley Mack's death fuels COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theory

Written by: Megan Loe

Aug. 7, 2025

Mack died at age 33 after a months-long battle with a type of cancer called diffuse midline glioma.

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Queen Camilla thrown out of Buckingham Palace after King Charles III caught her cheating?

Written by: Cindy Shan

Aug. 7, 2025

Getty Images showed the king and the queen together in public days before the rumor spread.

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Debunking rumor new Trump law automatically marries unwed couples after 5 years

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Aug. 7, 2025

There's simply no federal law effective Aug. 1, 2025, making couples automatically married afte ...

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In this photo illustration, the caption, "FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF PFIZER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT 2030 AGENDA," is emblazoned above an image of a Zoom call with a white man wearing glasses sitting in front of a swan portrait. The backdrop is a blue repeated pattern of the. United Nations logo, a globe encircled by a wreath.

Watch out for claim United Nations' 2030 Agenda eliminates car ownership and commercial flights

Written by: Rae Deng

Aug. 6, 2025

False claims about the contents of the UN's Agenda 2030 originated from anti-vaccine conspiracy ...

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Did Paul McCartney visit Phil Collins in hospital and play 'Hey Jude'?

Written by: Cindy Shan

Aug. 6, 2025

Facebook pages claimed the former Beatle serenaded his fellow musician with an acoustic performa ...

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Don't fall for claim Brittney Griner was suspended from WNBA for being male

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Aug. 6, 2025

The claim followed on the heels of another false claim that the WNBA would implement "sex testin ...

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Vance image in GOP post celebrating his birthday not doctored to make him look slimmer

Written by: Cindy Shan

Aug. 6, 2025

Social media users claimed the Republican Party digitally altered Vance's appearance in a post c ...

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A graphic shows a headline that reads: "Black trucker vanishes mid-route — family says GPS 'just went dark'." The background features a split image: on the left is a portrait of a Black man with a beard wearing a denim shirt, and on the right is a white semi-truck on a highway. In the center is a small circular logo with a raised fist and the words "The Culture's Ours 2.0."

Story about missing truck driver Eric Darnell falls apart under scrutiny

Written by: Megan Loe

Aug. 5, 2025

Social media posts claimed Darnell, 38, from Birmingham, Alabama, mysteriously vanished and his ...

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A Black woman is picture next to a white woman and man.

France's first couple didn't 'drop' lawsuit against Candace Owens

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 5, 2025

The claim stemmed from a misunderstanding of the word "drop" in a headline.

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