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Proof: Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T03:11:30Z","headline":"Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"usatoday","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/05/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-for-fort-hood-shooter/92113486007/","v":1}

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SHA-256

4874af1a5518d967d0f458f949c540a4f9a86a25811a963e3b1409b2e64238c1

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970125, mined 2026-10-06 03:39 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 03:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 03:14 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4874af1a5518.json prints 4874af1a5518d967d0f458f949c540a4f9a86a25811a963e3b1409b2e64238c1. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-4874af1a5518.json and headline-4874af1a5518.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-4874af1a5518.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, 1 min after it was first seen.