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• Federal judge rules certain Biden-era abortion drug restrictions are unlawful

  24-07-2026 23:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  This ruling stems from a 2023 lawsuit filed by three abortion providers
  
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• Kash Patel and China’s top police chief vow closer law enforcement cooperation

  24-07-2026 23:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  On Thursday, China's Public Security Ministry said it had handed over to U.S. law enforcement authorities a U.S. fugitive wanted for serious violent crimes
  
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• California rejected nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots during primaries

  24-07-2026 23:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The data did not include a breakdown of these uncounted ballots by party registration
  
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• Rental property that charges an additional $200 per month for working from home divides the internet

  24-07-2026 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some called the extra fee ‘insane’ and ‘absurd’ while others argued that renters working at home would use more utilities
  
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• ‘Nefarious’ Trump plan to interview Afghan immigrants sparks deportation fears

  24-07-2026 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has already stopped travel, visa and refugee status approvals for people from Afghanistan, while removing protections for Afghans already living in the US
  
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• Autopsy doctor details teen girl’s fatal injuries at D4vd’s preliminary hearing

  24-07-2026 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors are seeking to prove D4vd stabbed a 14-year-old girl to death when she threatened to reveal their long sexual history and crater his career
  
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• Trump urges veterans to become truck drivers to replace 56,000 truckers who lost their licenses

  24-07-2026 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Truck drivers currently make an average of $70,000 a year as the truck market has tightened up and rates have increased
  
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• At least three dead and hundreds rescued after catastrophic flooding pounded Texas

  24-07-2026 22:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials warn some reservoirs may experience rising water levels into early August
  
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• More than 200,000 evacuated in France and Spain as wildfires tear through southern Europe

  24-07-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some people even fled by boat when flames swept through the Cap Ferret peninsula on France's Atlantic coast.
  
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• Politicians want to ‘claw back’ billions from ICE. Party leaders say, not so fast

  24-07-2026 22:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Even moderate Democrats want at least some guardrailsput in place if they win back the House in 2026, Eric Garcia writes
  
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• Trump says ‘I trust’ Putin and Xi — contradicting Hegseth about Iran war allies

  24-07-2026 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that Russia and China are both ‘enabling’ Tehran’s war effort against the US
  
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• More than 130,000 evacuated in France and Spain as wildfires tear through southern Europe

  24-07-2026 22:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some people even fled by boat when flames swept through the Cap Ferret peninsula on France's Atlantic coast.
  
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• 11 indicted in smuggling deaths after seven found dead in shipping container in Texas rail yard

  24-07-2026 22:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two of the 11 remain at large, including a man and a woman, according to officials
  
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• ‘I trust them’: Trump says he takes Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi at their word over aiding Iran

  24-07-2026 22:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said Moscow and Beijing are both ‘enabling’ Tehran’s war effort
  
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• Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations

  24-07-2026 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Virginia officials have released a scientific study on the state's groundwater supply and the possible impact of data centers after months of delays and mounting criticism
  
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• Argentine fugitive wanted for strangling his model girlfriend in Mexico in 2023 arrested in Oregon

  24-07-2026 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘For us, this is like Christmas,’ said sister of the victim Agostina Jalabert
  
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• ‘Sick of this s***’: Mike Johnson rages after GOP rebellion and then immediately regrets it

  24-07-2026 21:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  House Speaker has faced internal revolt while trying to steer his razor-thin majority in the direction of passing legislation aligned with Trump’s agenda
  
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• The surprising reason Pennsylvania roads are being coated in radioactive wastewater

  24-07-2026 21:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  People are not drinking the oil and gas brine directly, but the problem is that we don’t know where the radium ends up after the brine has been applied to the road
  
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• Parking attendant, 73, sues robot company claiming delivery drone knocked her down and caused significant injuries

  24-07-2026 21:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The delivery device drove away before reversing back toward Trudy Perez as she lay on the ground, police say
  
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• Pastor recounts ‘miracle’ release from Chinese prison after Trump intervened

  24-07-2026 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s intervention came after he vowed to ‘save our Great Christian population’
  
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• Anger after White House makes Jimothy the mutant raccoon MAGA

  24-07-2026 21:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Within a day, the post had accumulated more than one million views
  
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• Trump angrily responds as new US-Canada bridge opens and Americans are left out of the ceremony

  24-07-2026 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The newly completed $4.7 billion bridge connects Michigan to Ontario
  
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• CBS NFL analyst and former Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of OWI

  24-07-2026 21:00 via independent.co.uk
  CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence
  
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• UN human rights chief faces opposition in vote to extend his term for another four years

  24-07-2026 20:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk is facing opposition ahead of a vote Friday for a second four-year term
  
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• Over half a million Ford Broncos recalled due to engine fire risk

  24-07-2026 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than half a million Broncos because a wiring harness in the engine compartment can short circuit and increase the risk of fire
  
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• Mystery over death of Epstein-linked modeling scout deepens as autopsy is released

  24-07-2026 19:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Daniel Siad is the second man publicly linked to Jeffrey Epstein who has died in France
  
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• Sick of this s***’: Mike Johnson loses his cool after another GOP rebellion

  24-07-2026 19:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  House Speaker has faced internal revolt while trying to steer his razor-thin majority in the direction of passing legislation aligned with Trump’s agenda
  
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• Trump claimed dead US soldiers spoke of stopping an Iranian nuclear bomb. Widow says her husband just wanted to come home

  24-07-2026 19:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The widow of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton would not be drawn on Trump’s comments, and instead painted a picture of a devoted husband and father who just wanted to be reunited with his family
  
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• Trump threatens ‘substantial’ tariff on EU in response to fines on US tech giants

  24-07-2026 19:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Google has been fined £1bn for abusing its own power by favouring its own apps over its rivals
  
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• Former cop compares himself to Jesus before he is sentenced in police brutality case

  24-07-2026 19:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former 28-year-old Missouri police officer beat a shoplifting suspect and left him injured in a field instead of taking him to jail, prosecutors say
  
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• Trump official’s announcement of nuclear deal with Saudi caused panic inside White House: report

  24-07-2026 19:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump had reportedly not been aware that the Energy Department would unveil the deal this week
  
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• Raining ash and a tower of black smoke: Families flee ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires on the road out of Lège-Cap Ferret

  24-07-2026 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thousands abandoned their homes in the early hours of Friday morning as massive wildfires spread across France. Residents tell Maira Butt that many families have lost everything, while others don’t know when they can return
  
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• How Taco Bell leadership scrambled to stop the ‘diarrhea lettuce’ outbreak and save the brand

  24-07-2026 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Americans have fallen ill from a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce sold at Taco Bell in five states
  
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• Detroit woman who says she got cyclosporiasis from Taco Bell was making ‘30 to 40 bathroom trips’ a day

  24-07-2026 18:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thecyclosporiasis outbreak has been linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states, including Michigan
  
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• ‘Bucket filled with organs’ found in Houston funeral home during police raid

  24-07-2026 18:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigation was launched into A Community Funeral Home in Texas - its director has now been charged
  
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• Southwest Airlines flight attendant in ICE custody after being detained while on a work trip

  24-07-2026 18:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Colleagues and supporters say Lorenzo Thompson held a valid work permit and had an active asylum application pending when he was taken into custody
  
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• AOC responds to House GOP leadership holding up her AI-deepfake porn bill just to spite her

  24-07-2026 17:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I don't think that we should be emboldening child pornographers and and helping abusers just because of some personal beef that they may have,’ the New York Democrat tells Eric Garcia
  
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• Trump went on expletive-laden rant against ‘scumbags’ in Iran as his frustration with war mounts: report

  24-07-2026 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a recent Oval Office meeting, the president unleashed an angry rant about Iranian leaders who have yet to strike a deal with the president
  
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• Fox pundit links Trump moment to George W Bush’s infamous ‘mission accomplished’ scene

  24-07-2026 17:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Robert Wolf compares current president’s premature ‘we won’ declaration in March to Republican predecessor’s equally early call on the War on Terror aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln 23 years ago
  
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• Congo’s Ebola outbreak is the fastest ever recorded as death toll passes 1,000

  24-07-2026 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ebola outbreak in Congo reaches grim milestone three times faster than the last devastating epidemic
  
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• Ex-60 Minutes correspondent raises concern over Bari Weiss’ team pushing its agenda on news investigations

  24-07-2026 17:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cecilia Vega said she was ‘scared to be talking’ but said that there ‘is a lot at stake’
  
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• Trump White House had four killed soldiers taken off Pentagon’s list of Iran war dead, sparking backlash: report

  24-07-2026 17:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon has since said ‘data disruptions’ were behind the discrepancy, and the killed-in-action service members were put back on the grim tally
  
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• Hurricane Fausto strengthens into a Category 2 storm ahead of Hawaii approach

  24-07-2026 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fausto has been churning in the Pacific while Tropical Storm Bertha moved along the Gulf Coast
  
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• Wildfires force 80,000 to flee in France and Spain as Cap Ferret evacuated

  24-07-2026 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Devastating wildfires rage in across Europe as tens of thousands are forced to evacuate homes
  
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• I’m a veterinarian. Here’s how to protect your animals from the new world screwworm

  24-07-2026 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Screwworms’ return has heightened concern among the livestock industry, animal health officials and pet owners
  
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• The four Iranian nuclear plants in Trump’s sights after president’s threat to hit Pickaxe Mountain

  24-07-2026 17:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has threatened strikes on the suspected underground nuclear facility previously attacked in June 2025
  
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• Town in Estonia forced to wrap windows to protect children from exploding drones

  24-07-2026 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine blames Russian electronic jamming for sending its drones off course
  
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• Experts warn the real pinch from the Iran war is about to strike

  24-07-2026 16:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Everyone had been making this bet that Trump would chicken out when things got bad,’ energy expert Shon Hiatt says
  
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• Trump claimed dead US troops spoke of stopping an Iranian atomic bomb. A widow says her husband just wanted to come home

  24-07-2026 16:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The widow of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton would not be drawn on Trump’s comments, and instead painted a picture of a devoted husband and father who just wanted to be reunited with his family
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran claims attacks on US fighter jets in Jordan as fresh strikes rock Middle East

  24-07-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘They haven’t received enough pain yet,’ Donald Trump said after attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea
  
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