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"You failed me," the alleged Truth Social post read. "There's consequences since you are an enemy of the greatest president to ever live."

People are speculating about a ballot measure in Washington that could force girls in school sports to genital inspections. We laid out the facts.

The image shows Dylan, 85, wearing a black hoodie and shaking hands with the pope.

The footage supposedly shows a man who died after positioning his head inside a mechanical triceratops's mouth to take a photo.

But there's more to the story, as senior reporter Jordan Liles explains.