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asianamericans.einnews.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu |Sofia Ahmed |Ciara O'Rourke |Louis Jacobson
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short Amazon pledged $10 million, Google said it would give $15 million, Uber said it would donate $3 million and Meta, along with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, committed $4 million toward Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. Apple and Microsoft said they would make donations, but didn’t specify how much.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
The image seems symbolic: A burned Oscar statuette lies in scorched rubble, its base charred and its golden shine faded. The Los Angeles wildfires are affecting Hollywood’s elite and ordinary Southern California residents alike, and the image seemed to tell part of that story. "Robert Redford Oscar after the fire," one X user said.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Los incendios en Los Ángeles han matado al menos 24 personas y destruido miles de casas. En imágenes compartidas en internet, una sola casa con techo rojo se mantiene de pie en medio de escombros de las casas quemadas. "Casa de una familia cristiana se quedó intacta en los incendios de California", dice una publicación del 13 de enero en Facebook. Otras publicaciones incluyen imágenes de la casa en diferentes ángulos y a un hombre usando un tapa bocas.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short The photos show a house that survived August 2023 wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii. Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes. In images shared online, a single red-roofed house stands unscathed amid the rubble of burned homes.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short This video is altered. A search of CNN, Google and the Nexis news archive yielded no reports of any such incident and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s lip movements are not synchronized with the video’s narration. The video of a burning car comes from coverage of a February accident in Brick Township, New Jersey.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short Searches for credible news reports or government announcements about a 2024 stimulus check yielded no results. The IRS website says the government offered three stimulus checks in 2020 and 2021. It includes no information about a 2024 stimulus payment.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
After a teenager opened fire on a Madison, Wisconsin, Christian school classroom Dec. 16, some social media users spread the unsubstantiated claim that the shooter was transgender. "We need less pharmaceuticals and more institutional insane asylums," a Dec. 16 Instagram post said, sharing an image of Natalie Rupnow, 15, who police identified as the shooter, alongside another picture of what looked like a young man in a tie.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info If Your Time is short The news originated as satire. A Google search for reports about FIFA banning pride flags found no credible news reports and only resulted in fact-checks. The United States will host the expanded men's 2025 FIFA Club World Cup next summer, with the final match scheduled to take place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
politifact.com | Sofia Ahmed
Is it illegal to have pride flags in Texas classrooms? Contrary to social media users’ claims, no law has banned pride flags in the Lone Star State. "Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime," a Dec. 10 Threads post with a picture of a person in front of a pride flag and a photo of a crowd at what appears to be a pride rally said. But the headline originated as satire. The same headline with one of the photographs in the Threads post was shared Sept.
