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At least 10 states explicitly let jackpot winners claim Powerball or Mega Millions prizes anonymously — most consistently named are Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jers...
The available documents show that a Department of Homeland Security product listing identifies a as security products associated with DHS programs, which suggests those weapon types are among the fire...
Researchers and journalists document multiple practical workarounds to Discord’s age-gating—VPNs, in‑game photo tricks and third‑party code—while experts warn that such bypasses expose platforms to le...
Multiple credible news outlets report that Renee Nicole Good and her wife lived in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Minneapolis, having spent a brief interim period in Canada after the 2024 pre...
Several recent state bills sought to change ages tied to sexual consent, marriage, medical consent, or criminal prosecution — mostly to raise ages (e.g., Oklahoma’s HB1003 to raise statutory‑rape thre...
Public records searches and multiple fact-checks show there are no criminal arrest records for Renee Nicole Good herself and no public court files substantiating the viral claims that she or her partn...
Reporting in the provided sources shows active legislative movement in 2024–2025 on related topics (child marriage, raising or changing ages tied to consent and medical decisions) but does not supply ...
As of late 2025, the least restrictive jurisdictions are those that have codified abortion protections and layered policies that "enhance access" — notably the District of Columbia and a group of stat...
Nine states still tax at least some Social Security benefits as of the 2025 tax year, though the rules differ widely by state and income; West Virginia is completing a legislated phase‑out so it will ...
Processing times for REAL ID credentials vary widely by state: some states report mail turnaround of about 10–15 days (Missouri) or roughly two weeks (California), while others faced backlogs of 70+ d...
The viral claim that Renee Nicole Good had an extensive criminal record — including child abuse and other violent charges — is false: multiple fact-checkers and news outlets found the widely shared sc...
Available reporting and trackers show hundreds of individual lawsuits have been filed against the Biden administration by states, businesses, advocacy groups and officials — but there is no single, au...
States set Medicaid and CHIP income cutoffs as percentages of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) that vary by program and household size; many adults in expansion states qualify up to roughly 138% of FPL...
Recent reporting and legislative records in the provided sources show a stronger trend toward raising, not lowering, state ages of consent or tightening rules around minors (for example, Oklahoma move...
There is no evidence in available reporting that conservatives as a unified movement are trying to lower the U.S. age of consent for sex; recent reporting and fact-checks show rumors of federal moves ...
A plurality of U.S. states have some form of “stop-and-identify” statute that allows police who have reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity to require a stopped person to identify them...
A minority of U.S. states let lottery winners avoid public naming outright; multiple outlets list roughly 9–11 “fully anonymous” states (commonly cited: Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missou...
Since 2010, sources compiled in the analyses disagree on the exact roll call but converge that , with lists ranging from about ten to as many as sixteen states depending on definitions and later court...
States vary widely in what counts as an law: some have created independent redistricting commissions to remove partisan control, others have state court rulings or statutes limiting partisan maps, and...
Critics and watchdogs say the Biden administration both strengthened some civil liberties and took or defended actions others view as undermining them; complaints focus on surveillance law defense, pa...