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Independent investigative news from The AEGIS Alliance. This archive covers government accountability, corporate transparency, digital sovereignty, and civil liberties—evidence-based reporting that mainstream outlets often skip.
NASA Beams a Laser Message to Earth From 140 Million Miles on the Psyche Spacecraft
april 30, 2024
NASA Beams a Laser Message to Earth From 140 Million Miles on the Psyche Spacecraft
NASA's Psyche spacecraft used DSOC to send a laser message 140 million miles to Earth. The demo later set a distance record near 307 million miles and wrapped in 2025.
NYC Grandpa, 77, Run Over and Killed by His Own Rolling Subaru in a Brooklyn Parking Dispute
april 30, 2024
NYC Grandpa, 77, Run Over and Killed by His Own Rolling Subaru in a Brooklyn Parking Dispute
Iosif Lontsman, 77, died in Sheepshead Bay after his Subaru, left in drive, rolled and pinned him during a parking-space conversation. No charges were filed.
Mother Demands Answers and Sues After Video Shows Her 4-Year-Old Yanked and Dangled Upside Down at a Los Angeles Preschool
april 29, 2024
Mother Demands Answers and Sues After Video Shows Her 4-Year-Old Yanked and Dangled Upside Down at a Los Angeles Preschool
Brie'ann Battle sued Kinder Kids and Artea Kirkland after classroom video showed a worker pinning her 4-year-old and lifting him by the ankles.
Hawaii Military Families Win Red Hill Water Case as a Federal Judge Finds the Navy Liable for the 2021 Jet-Fuel Spill
april 29, 2024
Hawaii Military Families Win Red Hill Water Case as a Federal Judge Finds the Navy Liable for the 2021 Jet-Fuel Spill
Judge Leslie Kobayashi found the Navy liable for the Red Hill jet-fuel spill that poisoned Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water. Active-duty plaintiffs were later blocked by the Feres doctrine.
Oklahoma Father Who Killed His 9-Month-Old Son After Beating the Child’s Pregnant Mother Gets Life in Prison
april 29, 2024
Oklahoma Father Who Killed His 9-Month-Old Son After Beating the Child’s Pregnant Mother Gets Life in Prison
Hunter Smiley of Newcastle, Oklahoma, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his 9-month-old son and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
Israeli Units Committed Gross Human Rights Violations Before Oct. 7, State Department Found — Yet Netzah Yehuda Escaped U.S. Sanctions
april 29, 2024
Israeli Units Committed Gross Human Rights Violations Before Oct. 7, State Department Found — Yet Netzah Yehuda Escaped U.S. Sanctions
The State Department found five IDF units committed gross human-rights violations before Oct. 7. Four were 'remediated.' Netzah Yehuda escaped U.S. sanctions.
Dead Dolphin Found Shot on Louisiana’s West Mae’s Beach With Bullets in Brain, Spine and Heart as NOAA Offers $20,000 Reward
april 25, 2024
Dead Dolphin Found Shot on Louisiana’s West Mae’s Beach With Bullets in Brain, Spine and Heart as NOAA Offers $20,000 Reward
A juvenile bottlenose dolphin washed up on West Mae's Beach in Cameron Parish with bullets in the brain, spine and heart. NOAA is still offering $20,000. No arrest has been…
Nashville Homeowner Shoots Would-Be Burglar Anton Cosby Climbing Through a Kitchen Window and Is Cleared as Self-Defense
april 25, 2024
Nashville Homeowner Shoots Would-Be Burglar Anton Cosby Climbing Through a Kitchen Window and Is Cleared as Self-Defense
A Nashville homeowner shot Anton Cosby in the arm as Cosby climbed through a kitchen window. Prosecutors cleared the homeowner as self-defense. Cosby later pleaded to felony vandalism and received…
54 Spring Breakers Arrested at Tybee Island’s Orange Crush Amid Brawls, Stolen Guns, and a Trashed Beach
april 25, 2024
54 Spring Breakers Arrested at Tybee Island’s Orange Crush Amid Brawls, Stolen Guns, and a Trashed Beach
Tybee Island's unpermitted Orange Crush weekend produced 54 arrests and more than 100 citations. The gathering later became a permitted one-day festival.
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Nearly 1 Billion Chinese Pinyin Keyboard App Users, Citizen Lab Finds
april 25, 2024
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Nearly 1 Billion Chinese Pinyin Keyboard App Users, Citizen Lab Finds
Citizen Lab found cloud pinyin keyboard apps leaking nearly a billion users' keystrokes. Eight of nine popular Chinese input apps were vulnerable to network eavesdroppers.