🕵 AI or real?

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Let me tell you this: the girls of Girl Scout Troop 22107 came ready for our meeting today!

Full of ideas, excitement, confidence, and poise – I know these Girl Scouts are bound to do spectacular things, and I thank them for all they do for our community.

VIDEO: 🇯🇵 🍂 Autumnal colours draw crowds near Japan's Mount Fuji

People have been flocking to the town of Fujikawaguchiko so see the famed volcano, Japan's highest peak, surrounded by autumn leaves

🇺🇸 Nearly a dozen houses have collapsed into the ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks since September -- but why?

Experts say both reckless shoreline construction and sea level rise are to blame. Read more: u.afp.com/OuterBanksNC

US forces have struck boats in the Caribbean but this video purporting to show the US naval fleet heading to Venezuela is AI-generated. Read more: u.afp.com/AINavalFleet

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

This is a beautiful new locker room at St Pius in Kansas City. They are a private religious school that accepts taxpayer vouchers for partial tuition.

Anyway, the kids at the public school down the road from me learn to run track when they go to track meets — they don’t have a track of their own.

It's not a pipe dream if you vote. But you have to be registered.

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🇲🇲 VIDEO: Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown

An AFP investigation shows scam centres in Myanmar, blamed for swindling billions from victims across the globe, are expanding just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
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🇨🇩 VIDEO: River boat users pay heavy price for DR Congo's dearth of roads

The cemetery in Mbandaka, a river port city in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is the final resting place of many victims of the country's repeated river boat accidents.

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🏆 AFP reporter Samad Uthman took home the top award for "Fact Check of the Year" by a professional fact-checker at the #AfricaFactsSummit2025, which brought together journalists and information integry experts from across the continent.
Read the winning story here: u.afp.com/AIfactcheck

🚨⚖️📚 Heather Cox Richardson & Joanne Freeman warn democracy faces echoes of the 1850s: political violence normalized, tech amplifying extremism, “civil war” as a lazy buzzword. They urge resisting disinfo by pausing before reacting and lifting up democratic norms. T-28:17