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Proof: Months-long Reflecting Pool vandalism case takes dramatic turn in court

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T23:42:18Z","headline":"Months-long Reflecting Pool vandalism case takes dramatic turn in court","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"foxnews","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-permanently-dismisses-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-vandalism-case-against-former-olympian","v":1}

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9ca051faa12bb7f9173a537895023bbf68c93c131deb7f5ac9e180cbe444ef34

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969508, mined 2026-10-02 00:31 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 23:47 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 23:48 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9ca051faa12b.json prints 9ca051faa12bb7f9173a537895023bbf68c93c131deb7f5ac9e180cbe444ef34. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9ca051faa12b.json and headline-9ca051faa12b.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-9ca051faa12b.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.

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