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What to know about EU's ban on gel nail polish chemical


While many gel nail polishes use a chemical called TPO now banned in Europe, manufacturers are already selling TPO-free versions of their polishes.


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Is Mountain Dew banned in Texas?


A newly passed law in 2025 required food manufacturers to put warning labels on products with certain ingredients. It did not ban those products.


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Stephen Colbert signed $13.5M Netflix deal for new series?


According to the rumor, CBS' "Late Show" host allegedly pledged to donate a significant portion of the deal to music education and youth programs.


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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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7 rumors about Canada's Carney we've unpacked


Mark Carney won the 2025 Canadian election against Conservative leader Paul Poilièvre. This made him a target of several rumors, many false.


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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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