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Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force

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Hurricane Melissa came ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, and it will continue on to hit eastern Cuba as a major hurricane, expected early Wednesday.

 

Tennessee governor backs Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard to Memphis

Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | September 12, 2025

 

Laufey’s new album, ‘A Matter of Time,’ explores anger, love and more

Icelandic Chinese artist Laufey has achieved her yearbook dreams of moving to the U.S., signing a record deal, and winning a Grammy.

 

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became the surprise hit of the summer

Netflix’s animated musical film “KPop Demon Hunters” has become the surprise hit of the summer. Fans, culture critics and filmmakers theorize there are a few reasons the movie is connecting.

 

Why shoppers at Asian supermarkets are worried about Trump’s tariff

Loyal customers of Asian supermarkets and other grocery stores that specialize in selling imported food are wondering what will happen to prices given the extra-high tariffs President Donald Trump put on goods from dozens of countries.

 

Music Review: Waxahatchee’s alt-country soars, finds joy in simple things on ‘Tigers Blood’

The indie artist Waxahatchee, known for her gut-wrenching alt-country, demonstrates mastery of her craft on her sixth studio album, “Tigers Blood.”

 

Satirical post about bank foreclosing on Mar-a-Lago spreads as real

False. The claim comes from a post by a parody account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

 

Voluntary removal of popular cold-and-cough medications from store shelves fuels conspiracy theories

False. Not all cold medications are being removed from all store shelves. Some over-the-counter cold and cough medicines that contain phenylephrine as a single ingredient are being voluntarily removed at CVS stores after an FDA advisory committee found the ingredient to be ineffective.

 

Biden did not fall down airplane stairs while disembarking from a flight in Poland

False. The person shown taking a spill while coming down the steps of the aircraft at Chopin Airport in Warsaw is not Biden.

 

A short film from Lebanon is being misrepresented to accuse Palestinians of staging injuries

False. The video is behind-the-scenes footage from a short film made in Lebanon. The director of the film shared a post debunking the false claims around the clip.

 

A gas leak at a Kentucky polling place fuels false claims of election fraud

False. A spokesperson from Louisville Gas & Electric confirmed there was a legitimate report of a gas leak at a polling place in Jefferson County on Tuesday morning.

 

No, Dior didn’t replace Bella Hadid with an Israeli model over her comments on the Israel-Hamas war

Social media users are sharing a baseless claim that Dior has ditched supermodel Bella Hadid due to recent comments on the latest Israel-Hamas war, and replaced her in a new campaign with Israeli model May Tager.

 

Airstrike scene from a video game is being misrepresented as real footage from the Israel-Hamas war

False. The imagery is computer generated and was taken from the trailer for a video game called Squad.

 

A 2021 video shows Putin celebrating a WWII anniversary, not promising to aid Palestinians

False. The video is from 2021 and shows Putin speaking at Russia’s Victory Day military parade. He doesn’t make any references to the Middle East conflict in the speech, but rather talks about the defeat of Nazism.

 

British newspaper headline about a cease-fire is old and not related to the latest Israel-Hamas war

False. The front page is from 2006, and refers to a monthslong war between Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group at the time. The U.N.

 

Video from 2013 protest in Cairo misrepresented to falsely claim Palestinians are staging deaths

False. The video is from 2013 and shows students protesting at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

 

Videos do not show a ‘crisis actor’ pretending to be a victim in Gaza. They show two different men

False. Two different people appear in the videos. In addition, the video of an injured man in a hospital bed dates to August.

 

Old video shows US Army arriving in Romania, not Marines landing in Israel

False. The video is from 2022 and shows soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division arriving in Romania.

 

How a baseless claim about Putin’s health spread from an unreliable Telegram account to TV news

An unverified claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin had suffered a heart attack is being amplified by news outlets and social media around the globe this week.

 

Video of Kim Jong Un doesn’t reference the Israel-Hamas war. The clip is old and mistranslated

False. The video is from 2020 and the version currently circulating online features incorrect English captions.

 

A video from 2012 is being misrepresented as an attack on the Israel Embassy in Bahrain

False. The video was filmed in 2012. It shows protesters attacking a police station in Sitra, Bahrain.

 

Video showing Las Vegas’ Sphere projecting the Israeli flag is altered

Altered video. The entertainment venue confirmed that a video was edited to add the flag.

 

A widely circulating video of Lara Trump singing was manipulated to sound wildly off-key

Altered video. The clip’s audio was edited to make it appear as if Trump was singing very off-key. The original footage published on the news network’s YouTube channel shows Trump’s actual vocals, and the user who posted the manipulated version on social media subsequently acknowledged he had change

 

Video doesn’t show Rep. Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN, contrary to online claims

False. Footage of Ocasio-Cortez’s interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning shows she never cried during the appearance.

 

Claim that NFL coaches banned ‘anthem kneeling’ is from a satire website

False. Social media users are sharing a screenshot of a headline from a satire website. An NFL spokesperson confirmed no such vote has taken place.

 

Differing infant mortality rates in Japan and the US are not connected to vaccine policies

False. Both countries have similar and very high childhood vaccination rates, despite their differing policies.

 

Fabricated video spreads false report that a member of Ukraine’s UN delegation got into a bar fight

False. USA Today did not make the video, a spokesperson for the news outlet said, and both the bar and the New York City Police Department confirmed that no such incident occurred.

 

Posts mislead on Mayo Clinic’s hydroxychloroquine webpage

False. A page about hydroxychloroquine on the hospital system’s website included outdated guidance that the malaria drug “may also be used to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) in certain hospitalized patients.”

 

An 18-year-old MMA fighter’s death was unrelated to the COVID vaccine

False. Lee’s sister said that the 18-year-old took her own life.

 

Claims that Stephen King’s book sales have plummeted originated as satire

False. The claim originated on a satire website. There are no credible indications that King’s book sales have seen a significant drop.

 

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