Second-class passenger Archibald Alec Leach was among more than 2,000 people who arrived at Ellis Island on July 28, 1920, aboard the S.S. Olympic. The 16-year-old Englishman listed his occupation as “artist” and his U.S. destination as the Globe Theatre in New York. He told immigration authorities that he intended to remain in the United …
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The US Government Wants to Make It Easier for You to Click the ‘Unsubscribe’ Button
From an article by Fatima Hussein published in the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services. A broad new government initiative, dubbed “Time Is Money,” includes …
Genetic Genealogy Helps Identify Killer in 1985 Murder of University of Texas at Arlington Student: Cold Case Breakthrough
Forty years after the brutal murder of UTA student Terri McAdams, investigators credit advanced technology and investigative genetic genealogy – which combines crime scene DNA with genealogical research – for the breakthrough that identified her killer. “We finally get to provide answers that the department wanted to provide for nearly 40 years,” Arlington Police Chief …