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• Blue Angels’ low flyover sends beach chairs and umbrellas flying

  16-07-2026 16:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Blue Angel jet flew so low over a Florida beach during an air show that it sent chairs, umbrellas, and sand flying.
  
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• Moment man tries to fire point-blank at his ex in a restaurant - but is stopped by the gun’s safety and a daring waiter

  09-09-2026 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Matthew Exton, a former lawyer, faces up to 25 years in prison after prosecutors said he tried to shoot his ex-wife in an Ohio restaurant
  
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• Trump will now headline first night of ‘waste of time’ GOP midterm convention against NFL season kickoff

  09-09-2026 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attendees include Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Senator Jon Husted and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno.
  
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• Trump will now headline both nights of ‘waste of time’ GOP midterm convention against NFL season kickoff

  09-09-2026 17:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attendees include Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Senator Jon Husted and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno.
  
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• 26 haunting images that show what 9/11 was really like as the attacks unfolded

  09-09-2026 17:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Images of the terror unleashed on America, in which 2,977 innocent people were murdered by 17 terrorists who also died in the attacks, are as devastating now as they were in the moment
  
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• Trump claims his midterm convention is ‘hot’ despite high-profile snubs and ticket giveaways

  09-09-2026 17:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  In one recent survey, more than half of GOP lawmakers and candidates sampled indicated they would not attend the convention or were still deciding
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran says Middle East ‘on brink of World War Three’ after both sides trade strikes

  09-09-2026 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian rhetoric comes as US sanctions punish its ailing economy
  
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• Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears

  09-09-2026 16:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as it has done with hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries
  
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• Notorious ‘butt sniffer’ sentenced to 170 days in jail after latest arrest

  09-09-2026 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A registered sex offender with a history of arrests for allegedly crouching behind women and smelling them has been sentenced
  
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• Archaeologists unearth 10th-century trove during roadworks in Georgia’s capital

  09-09-2026 16:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The project has brought traffic chaos and drawn complaints from residents, but it has also given archaeologists a rare glimpse into Tbilisi's past
  
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• Beloved LA coyote Wendy euthanized after vets discover she had been shot in the head

  09-09-2026 16:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  A coyote known to Studio City residents as Wendy was euthanized after a veterinary examination found a severe infection
  
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• Five charts that lay bare economic disaster caused by Trump’s war in Iran

  09-09-2026 15:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The conflict in Iran has sent the price of oil and gas soaring while inflation rises in Europe and GDP struggles to remain resilient in the UK
  
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• Trump will now headline both nights of ‘waste of time’ GOP midterm convention

  09-09-2026 15:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is set to kick off the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention with a pair of speeches spanning both nights of the Texas confab, even as GOP candidates in close races avoid the entire spectacle.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy jurors describe the comment that changed everything after they thought they had an acquittal

  09-09-2026 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The holdout juror was described as ‘very arrogant’ by some of the other jury members
  
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• US Embassy issues health alerts as Cuba’s multiple crises push islanders to breaking point

  09-09-2026 15:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cuba’s crises worsened after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in late January that he would impose tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the Caribbean country
  
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• Trump calls CNN’s Kaitlan Collins ‘very dumb and unhappy’ as he continues attacks on women journalists

  09-09-2026 15:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has repeatedly targeted Collins for ‘not smiling’
  
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• Costa Rican man, 119, reveals longevity secrets as he seeks recognition as world’s oldest person

  09-09-2026 14:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Flores is pushing to be recognised as the oldest person in the world
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russia attacks civilian commuter train in Kharkiv despite Trump’s renewed ceasefire push

  09-09-2026 14:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Russian and US presidents held the one-hour call after a visit by US envoys to Kyiv and Moscow
  
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• Venezuelans in the US still navigate the aftermath of deadly earthquakes, grieving and helping

  09-09-2026 14:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Venezuelans in the U.S. are grappling with the aftermath of the devastating back-to-back earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, killing at least 6,500 people, with thousands more still missing
  
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• Germany’s Merz accuses far-right AfD of calling for ‘ethnic cleansing’ after bruising defeat

  09-09-2026 13:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Merz also took aim at the AfD's calls for ending support for Ukraine
  
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• US skiers scramble to replace race gear destroyed in massive hotel fire in Chile days before race

  09-09-2026 13:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The blaze started on the top floor of the five-storey hotel before spreading through the resort
  
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• Ex-priest arrested for allegedly stealing $740,000 from churches, groups - and his own mother

  09-09-2026 13:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gregory Allen Madeya, 69, was arrested in Vero Beach, Florida, last month and extradicted to Pennsylvania, where he allegedly stole from three churches prior to his suspension in February 2024
  
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• Veterans ramp up their fight on Trump’s ‘appalling’ triumphal arch next to Arlington National Cemetery

  09-09-2026 12:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 250-foot arch could involve 20 hours of construction per day and take two to three years to complete
  
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• Feds accuse China of industrial-scale theft of America’s AI secrets

  09-09-2026 12:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to a joint statement issued by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, Chinese developers appropriated intellectual property from American AI laboratories
  
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• Meet the Nairobi acrobats turning Kenyan traffic jams into a livelihood

  09-09-2026 12:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a country where unemployment remains widespread these performers can match the daily wage of labourers and farm workers
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin used Trump call to ‘push absurd view of Russian battlefield dominance’

  09-09-2026 12:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Russian and US presidents held the one-hour call after a visit by US envoys to Kyiv and Moscow
  
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• Exposure to second-hand smoke doubles in sub-Saharan Africa

  09-09-2026 12:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exposure to second-hand smoke caused 1.7 million deaths globally in 2023, according to the latest statistics, but has fallen sharply in wealthier countries. Sub-Saharan Africa saw the largest increase in the world due to a rising population
  
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• Silicon Valley billionaires are quietly bankrolling a massive new missile arsenal built for war with China

  09-09-2026 12:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Covenant targets mid-six-figure price per Anthem missile at full-rate production
  
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• Debt piles up for young Argentines, testing support for President Milei

  09-09-2026 11:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Martín Taborda's dream of graduating from Argentina’s University of Buenos Aires has slipped away
  
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• Tylenol use in pregnancy linked to reproductive changes in baby girls, study finds

  09-09-2026 11:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Smaller ovarian and uterine volume and fewer ovarian follicles seen in babies exposed to Tylenol in womb
  
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