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• Google CEO reveals magic age for telling whether your kid is smart

  30-11-2020 20:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tech executive searching for world’s 100 brightest teenagers
  
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• Police say there were 3 suspects involved in Seattle food festival mass shooting as 15-year-old in custody

  27-07-2026 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  One of the people killed in the gunfire was also a suspect, police believe
  
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• Air Force One is much more than a cool gadget or political flashpoint

  27-07-2026 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air Force One is a symbol of presidential power, but its problems only reinforce the fact that technology shapes the presidency
  
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• Trump tells Michigan auto workers, ‘I’ve done more for you than your parents’ in latest rambling speech

  27-07-2026 22:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  President riffs on everything except the hotly-contested Michigan Senate race in appearance at General Motors facility
  
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• Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency action to let him restrict mail-in voting ahead of midterms

  27-07-2026 22:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president wants to reverse court rulings that feared his order would spark mass voter disenfranchisement
  
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• Michigan father killed wife and six children before bodies were found in burned home in ‘unspeakable tragedy’

  27-07-2026 22:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kristopher and Amanda Karolkiewicz and their children, ages 5 to 15, were found Friday after authorities responded to a fire at their home in Grand Haven Township
  
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• Ivy League student who went viral for saying he’s ‘not interested in working for a Jew’ claims he’s still enrolled at Cornell

  27-07-2026 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I didn’t say anything that could be classified as hateful,’ the student claimed, according to a conservative watchdog group
  
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• Trump administration has a new trick to speed up deporting asylum seekers

  27-07-2026 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Asylum applicants could be forced into hostile immigration courts before they’ve even been interviewed under new DHS rule
  
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• Michigan father killed wife and six children before home fire, investigators say

  27-07-2026 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kristopher and Amanda Karolkiewicz and their children, ages 5 to 15, were found Friday after authorities responded to a fire at their home in Grand Haven Township
  
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• Pentagon change appears to make it harder to tally military deaths and injuries

  27-07-2026 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Casualties that have occurred since July 7, when the U.S. ceasefire with Iran collapsed, are on a different webpage than casualties that occurred earlier in the war
  
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• Trump oddly tells Michigan auto-worker crowd, ‘I’ve done more for you than your parents’ in latest rambling speech

  27-07-2026 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  President riffs on everything except the hotly-contested Michigan Senate race in appearance at General Motors facility
  
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• Senate to vote on Trump’s spy chief nominee Jay Clayton after tense confirmation hearing and NYT subpoena backlash

  27-07-2026 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The controversy surrounding Jay Clayton’s confirmation began even before his July 15 hearing
  
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• Georgia school shooter was ‘obsessed’ with mass killings, psychologist says

  27-07-2026 22:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Colt Graypleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the Sept 4, 2024, shooting that killed four people
  
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• Laura Loomer says she was ‘bamboozled’ to oppose Ukraine in new shift against Russia

  27-07-2026 21:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  While her shift on Ukraine has been welcomed by Ukrainian leaders, it has also sparked confusion and suspicion in the United States
  
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• 15-year-old in custody after Seattle food festival mass shooting that left three dead as police hunt second suspect

  27-07-2026 21:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police in Seattle are currently searching for a second suspect in connection with the mass shooting that occurred at the annual food festival
  
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• Lindsay Clancy loved her three kids ‘right up to the time of their death,’ lawyer tells jurors at mom’s murder trial

  27-07-2026 21:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lindsay Clancy admits to killing her children, but her lawyer argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and therefore not criminally responsible for their deaths
  
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• Trump suffers another loss in US appeals court fight over federal voter list

  27-07-2026 21:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  State election officials worried the measures were prone to abuse and could lead to widespread chaos
  
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• Wisconsin tornado causes extensive damage and cuts power to thousands of homes

  27-07-2026 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A tornado has swept through Wisconsin, damaging homes, downing trees and knocking out power to thousands of people
  
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• Tip that saw Pete Buttigieg separated from his children was not vetted and informant may have been ‘mentally unstable’

  27-07-2026 21:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michigan authorities reportedly waited six days after forcing the 24-hour separation before asking Indiana police for the informant’s identity, by which time the claims had already been deemed false
  
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• DOJ moves to drop charges against California union leader after ICE protest arrest

  27-07-2026 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We said from the outset that this prosecution had no legal basis,’ the labor union leader’s legal team said
  
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• Men posing as ICE agents detained and assaulted driver during fake traffic stop, police say

  27-07-2026 21:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials across the country have warned of alleged ICE impersonators as critics call on the agency to cease using masks and unmarked cars
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Macron says France facing ‘most difficult time since WW2’ as 40C heatwave looms

  27-07-2026 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week
  
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• Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger claims he was duped into pleading guilty and now wants a trial

  27-07-2026 20:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former criminology student pleaded guilty, last year, to murdering the four University of Idaho college students in 2022
  
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• Son of Chiefs assistant Eric Bieniemy arrested for shooting his mother in Virginia, police say

  27-07-2026 20:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eric Bieniemy’s wife suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital
  
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• Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger is trying to rescind his guilty plea and maintains his innocence in brutal crime

  27-07-2026 20:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former criminology student pleaded guilty, last year, to murdering the four University of Idaho college students in 2022
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Macron says France ‘in most difficult time since WW2’ amid race to fight blazes before new heatwave

  27-07-2026 20:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week
  
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• James Comey explains why he should not be charged with threatening Trump’s life in new ‘8647’ case filing

  27-07-2026 19:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawyers say DOJ’s politically charged case over a prominent critic’s seashells photo imperils First Amendment rights
  
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• How a Syrian refugee turned grief into joy after an extremist terror attack at Berlin’s Pride festival

  27-07-2026 19:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  One person was left dead and nearly 30 others were injured after a van ramming and stabbing during an extremist terror attack near the Berlin Pride festival Saturday night
  
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• Prince William issues statement after ‘devastating wildfires’ in France, Spain and UK

  27-07-2026 19:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prince William has released a statement following the wildfires that have taken place across France, Spain and the UK.
  
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• Circus performer ‘incredibly lucky’ to be alive after being accidentally shot in neck

  27-07-2026 19:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  A circus performance at an upstate New York county fair took a terrifying turn Friday night when a performer was accidentally shot in the neck with an arrow during a crossbow act, authorities confirmed.
  
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