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8 Government Databases That Contain Your Personal Info Right Now

At this very moment, numerous branches of the U.S. government are quietly holding onto detailed pieces of your life. From your birthday and Social Security number to your travel habits and financial transactions, it’s all stored somewhere in a government-run database.

Everybody Loves Your Money

10 Government Services That Are Vanishing Without Warning

Across the U.S., vital government services, some of which have existed for decades, are quietly being scaled back, outsourced, or eliminated altogether. What’s more alarming...

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9 Personal Documents That Aren’t Legally Yours After You Die

After a person passes away, their family often faces the difficult task of sorting through a lifetime of belongings, including a mountain of paperwork. Many people assume that all of a person’s documents and records become the property of their estate or next of kin. However, the law sees things…

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DMV Officials Issued Driver's Licenses for Cash. Why Will REAL ID Be Any Different?

Bureaucratic requirements impose burdens only on people not inclined to break the law.

Reason

8 Times Government Agencies Sold Your Data Without Telling You

You’d expect companies to profit off your personal data. It’s practically the price of using the internet. But when the government, the very institution meant...

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10 States Where Seniors Are Quietly Being Forced Off the Road

You’d think there’d be a clear-cut age to hang up your keys, but across America, seniors are facing what some call being quietly forced off the road by default. It doesn’t happen overnight, but sudden renewal rules, surprise vision tests, or mandatory in-person exams can end independence without much notice.…

Clever Dude

‘The craziest thing that has ever happened to me’: Woman finds house cleaner on Facebook. Then her identity gets stolen

Kelsey Byron (@kelclight), a TikTok influencer from Tennessee, had her identity stolen by a cleaning lady in 2023. In a video with over 85,000 views, she explained how the “craziest thing that has ever happened” to her in her life actually happened.

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New Big 3 Season Has Wild Start With Former NBA Players Crashing Out Everywhere

Big3’s latest season saw coaches and players trying to fight in front of Ice Cube in Week 1.

Sports Illustrated

9 State Programs That Track You Without Consent

From cell towers pinging silently in the background to AI-driven facial recognition systems installed in public spaces, government tracking in the digital age has quietly become the norm. Most people go about their day assuming a basic level of privacy, unaware of the extent to which state-run programs are collecting,…

Clever Dude

12 Agencies You Must Contact After Your Spouse Passes—Before It Costs You

Did you know that you have to notify agencies when your spouse passes away? Among the list of a thousand things to do, you have to reach out to various institutions to inform them of their death. Failing to do so can result in lost benefits, identity theft, or potentially…

Clever Dude

7 Reasons Your Parents Want You To Put Their Homes and Cars In Your Name

When your parents ask you to put their homes and cars in your name, it can feel like a big responsibility—and maybe even a little suspicious. Is it just about convenience, or is there something more going on? This topic matters because transferring assets like homes and cars can have…

The Free Financial Advisor

9 States Where Vehicle Inspections Are Getting More Invasive

Did you know that not every state requires you to have your car inspected on a regular basis? Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina, and South Dakota don’t make residents get vehicle inspections. However, in states where inspections are necessary, the “powers that be” seem to be overstepping more…

Clever Dude

10 Organizations You Should Contact Immediately After Your Spouse Dies

Losing your spouse is one of the most emotionally devastating experiences in life. Amid the grief, you’re often faced with a long and unfamiliar to-do...

Saving Advice

Five States Where AAA Can Renew Your Driver's License — No DMV Visit Needed

A trip to the DMV can be a painful experience. Skip the line and visit your AAA office to get your REAL ID (select states only).

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REAL ID Alternatives to Fly Domestically

Alternative forms of ID to use at airports if you didn't get a REAL ID in time for the May 7 deadline.

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Top 5 Online Simulators to Ace Your New Jersey Driving Test in 2025

To pass the New Jersey driving test, you need to do more than read the rules of the road; you also need to practice with simulators comparable to the actual exam. Online simulators can serve as tremendous tools to help you prepare by providing realistic scenarios to practice. Below are the…

The Guardian - US

California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks

Move that opens door for companies to test self-driving technology on trucks over 10,001lb likely to face pushback

RideApart

New York Doesn't Have Any Motorcycle Riding Schools Right Now, and It's Stupid Why

I'm reminded of Jon Stewart's talk with Ezra Klein about how difficult the government made it to obtain Inflation Reduction Act funds for infrastructure projects. How it required townships to jump through 14 different hoops just to get to the point where they could conceivably begin getting those funds. And…

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Did a State DMV Backlog Result In The Deaths of 7 Motorcycle Riders? It Didn't Help

Sometimes real life is so much stranger than a writers room could design. If you recall the story of a truck driver in Massachusetts who was acquitted of the deaths of seven riders whom he hit with his truck in 2019, then you probably wouldn't find it shocking to see…

The Independent UK

Oregon DMV finds cases of people being registered to vote despite not showing proof of citizenship

Oregon's DMV says it has found new cases of people being registered to vote despite not showing proof of U.S. citizenship

inkl

Your License Plate: More Than Just Numbers and Letters on the Bumper

Alright, listen up. We see them every single day. On every car, from that beat-up old pickup to a gleaming supercar. License plates. Seems mundane, right? But for someone like me, totally immersed in the car world, it's not just a piece of metal. It's a car's unique passport, its…

Sports Illustrated

Jay Bilas Offers Final Rational Take on Complaining About NCAA Tournament Selections

The ESPN analyst had the perfect DMV comparison.

Motor1

A New Low: People Are Scalping DMV Appointments

For things like concerts and sporting events, scalping is inevitable. But in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida, some people are taking the concept of scalping to new lows.

InsideEVs

Tesla Gets Ride-Hailing Permit In California, But It’s Not What You Think

Tesla was granted a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to run a transportation service in the state. This is the first step in Tesla’s quest to offer driverless taxi rides in California, but there is still a long way to go until that happens.

Kiplinger

Time to Stop Driving? When Older Drivers Need to Hang up the Car Keys

Does your older parent or spouse need to stop driving? It's one of the hardest transitions in aging, and there's no simple fix.

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