A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The […] The post New background-check tool lets online daters vet matches for scams, criminal records, and secret spouses appeared first on American Almanac .
A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The site pulls from publicly available records, address histories, bankruptcy filings, and other data points, and packages them with color-coded red and green flags and what the company calls "compatibility readouts." The pitch is simple: find out whether the person on the other end of a dating app is who they claim to be before you ever meet them in person. CEO Amber Higgins told the New York Post …Open
A Texas mother’s website mapping the money behind ICE contractors drew a secret Homeland Security alert labeling it a possible tool for “anarchist extremists”, a move critics say undermines free speech and transparency. When Laura Berlin, a nonprofit communications professional and mother of two, began mapping companies and politicians connected to Immigration and Customs Enforcement […] The post Homeland Security labels mom’s ICE contractor website a ‘threat’ as public scrutiny rises appeared first on American Almanac .
A Texas mother’s website mapping the money behind ICE contractors drew a secret Homeland Security alert labeling it a possible tool for “anarchist extremists”, a move critics say undermines free speech and transparency. When Laura Berlin, a nonprofit communications professional and mother of two, began mapping companies and politicians connected to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in April 2025, she likely did not expect her website to become the subject of a secret Homeland Security intelligence bulletin. But as Berlin’s interactive Google Map, hosted on boycottcitizens.org, gained traction among activists and protest groups, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly flagged her project as information that could…Open
The department said the request was part of a larger effort to ensure that states were properly maintaining their voter rolls and removing ineligible voters.
Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud.
The Justice Department said it was not releasing some information the state requested because federal court orders ban disclosing “victim-identifying information carte blanche."
During his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci had access to medical information about people with cancer, Ebola and HIV.
A newly unearthed 1995 letter shows Courtney Love's attorney asked Seattle police to hand over every record from the Kurt Cobain death investigation, and leave nothing behind at the department. The letter, dated October 20, 1995, roughly a year and a half after the Nirvana frontman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the […] The post Courtney Love's lawyer demanded Seattle police surrender entire Kurt Cobain case file with no copies kept appeared first on American Almanac .
A newly unearthed 1995 letter shows Courtney Love's attorney asked Seattle police to hand over every record from the Kurt Cobain death investigation, and leave nothing behind at the department. The letter, dated October 20, 1995, roughly a year and a half after the Nirvana frontman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the greenhouse of their Seattle mansion, was written by attorney Bryan Coluccio and addressed to then-Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper. It asked for the complete investigation file, including undeveloped rolls of 35mm film, Polaroid photos, copies of personal letters written by Cobain, and financial and other private information. The demand was specific: no records or copies were to remain with the department.…Open
Freerange Stock/Ian Livesey By Paul O’Brien The importance of Fauci’s non-testimony this week cannot be overestimated. By revealing nothing, he revealed everything.