The Federal Trade Commission’s October 26 consumer alert warns that callers can borrow a respected charity’s name to offer a supposed sweepstakes prize. For US donors, the key warning sign is a demand to pay before receiving the prize or to supply sensitive personal information. A familiar name or caller-ID display does not verify who is calling.
The U.S. Social Security Administration said on October 20 that it had added 17 million missing dates of death to its Social Security number database as part of a broader records cleanup. The announcement also describes citizenship-data updates, with a separate set of corrections still underway.
Most U.S. residents will turn their clocks back one hour on November 1, 2026, when daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time. The National Institute of Standards and Technology lists that date in its current guidance. The change does not apply everywhere: Hawaii and most of Arizona remain outside the seasonal clock change.
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