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Grace Abels

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    Turkey safe to eat despite bird flu

    This year, Thanksgiving turkeys might need a prayer, not a pardon, as bird flu cases rise. But you don’t need to fret about Thanksgiving dinner. As long as you cook your turkey to 165°F, you will be safe.
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    Fact-checking claims about Michigan shooter’s politics

    The suspect in a Sept. 28 Michigan church shooting was photographed wearing a pro-Trump shirt, and had a Trump campaign sign in his yard. But investigators are still looking into his motive, and as of Sept. 30, there was no news that politics played a role.
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    Fact-checking Trump’s claims on Tylenol, autism and vaccines

    President Donald Trump, standing alongside U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned pregnant women to avoid Tylenol or else risk giving their babies autism. Scientific evidence does not back him.
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    Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What...

    Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder, died from a gunshot wound Sept. 10 at a Utah college campus event. As the news unfolded, social media users immediately speculated without evidence about the shooter's motivations and identity.
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    A birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein: What we know and what Trump s...

    A Congressional committee released a letter Sept. 8 allegedly written in 2003 by President Donald Trump for deceased sex offender Jeffery Epstein’s 50th birthday. It bears a signature administration officials deny belongs to the president. Here’s what we know.
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    What is fentanyl? The facts and myths on the synthetic opioid drivi...

    The facts around fentanyl are not always well understood. How much can be deadly? Can touching it be fatal? We share facts and clear up some myths.
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    Is it toxic? Another look at scary ingredient warning videos

    Yes, the canned beans and the shampoo you bought last week might share a hard-to-pronounce ingredient. But that doesn’t mean the beans are bad for you. Before you let a social media influencer scare you off of certain “scary” foods, read this.
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    U.S. Olympic Committee changes trans athlete policy in response to ...

    The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is requiring its sport-specific national governing bodies to bar trans women athletes from women’s teams to be in compliance with Trump’s executive order.
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    Trump administration tries to enforce trans athletes ban, with mixe...

    The Education Department has tried enforcing Trump’s executive order banning transgender girls from participating in girls sports, with mixed results. Some states and universities have complied and others have resisted, resulting in a legal battle.
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    Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to sp...

    Following the floods in Texas, online accounts tried to to take advantage of the moment by sharing dramatic videos of previous unrelated floods. Here is how fact-checkers spot the fake videos.
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    Did VA change its rules for Democrats and unmarried vets?

    The Guardian newspaper reported that new VA rules would allow doctors to refuse treatment to Democrats and unmarried veterans. After the Trump admin pushed back, The Guardian updated part of its story. Here’s what we know.