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Proof: California couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T19:22:08Z","headline":"California couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cbsnews","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arcadia-california-couple-surrogacy-arrested/","v":1}

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SHA-256

d939201ae09532c5277ec34e6aa7744c359bdb18703c86fc5233e4ac607e4986

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970221, mined 2026-10-06 19:49 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 19:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 19:29 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d939201ae095.json prints d939201ae09532c5277ec34e6aa7744c359bdb18703c86fc5233e4ac607e4986. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d939201ae095.json and headline-d939201ae095.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d939201ae095.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.