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• It’s giving joy: How drag is joining the climate movement

  23-06-2026 14:17 via article.wn.com
  Under a single spotlight, a tall figure in a hooded robe strutted onto the stage, their back to the audience. After a suspenseful beat, three words in large bolded lettering lit up the screen behind them: “NATURE IS GAY.”...
  
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• Trump wants to require his $5,000 dividends to be spent in the US

  11-09-2026 20:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  The eye-catching proposal has drawn immediate skepticism, including questions about its legality and cost
  
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• A California woman is accused of killing her two best friends miles apart. The motive remains a mystery

  11-09-2026 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The families of Ann Mary Mathew and Anjana Hari are seeking answers after prosecutors said the victims and accused killer were all best friends
  
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• Mystery surrounds abrupt resignation of Trump loyalist leading DOJ’s conspiracy case against president’s enemies

  11-09-2026 20:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chief attorney tied to ‘grand conspiracy’ case suggests administration officials are trying to quickly prosecute the president’s foes
  
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• Woman, 54, gives birth to baby girl from embryo frozen for 22 years

  11-09-2026 20:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi and her husband decided to have another baby after losing their son in a crash
  
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• Casino operator surprises employees by giving away $70M in stock to celebrate 50th anniversary

  11-09-2026 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  One employee who has worked for the company since the 1970s received $49,000 worth of stock
  
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• Newly released Top Secret docs show warnings about Osama bin Laden threats to US in years before 9/11

  11-09-2026 20:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  CIA declassifies presidential briefings that trace al-Qaeda threats to hijack plans and target US cities before 9/11
  
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• FDA declares cyclospora outbreak over but origin of 13,000 ‘diarrhea lettuce’ cases is still unknown

  11-09-2026 20:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  While this year’s surge was dominated by an outbreak across 21 states linked to iceberg lettuce, thousands of other cases have not been linked to that outbreak
  
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• Elected leaders condemn Trump’s ICE for creating arrest ‘hunting grounds’ near schools

  11-09-2026 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Schools are supposed to be a safe place for young people to learn, yet this administration exploits the places we trust most’
  
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• Swooping bats, attacking beavers and wild raccoons: U​S rabies cases rose 17 percent this summer

  11-09-2026 19:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  There are typically 4,000 cases of human infections of the potentially deadly virus in the United States every year
  
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• Farmers struggling with record-breaking diesel prices ahead of harvest season

  11-09-2026 19:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Corn and soybean farmer Jason Kurtz has seen his diesel expenses double compared to last year
  
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• Ebola cases in Congo spread to a seventh province far from the outbreak epicenter

  11-09-2026 19:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to latest numbers from the government, there have been 6,942 cases and 3,349 fatalities
  
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• Melinda French Gates tells interviewer ‘Epstein could have been stopped’ days after her ex testified to Congressional panel

  11-09-2026 19:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘If we don’t want children to be harmed, the justice system has to work,’ the philanthropist said
  
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• James Talarico reveals Trump’s insulting nickname for him has become his best-selling merchandise

  11-09-2026 18:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I call him Talafreako,’ Trump said of James Talarico. ‘Becuase he is. He’s a freaky guy. He’s got something wrong with him’
  
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• Pete Hegseth can’t read the room in 9/11 Pentagon tribute ... to Trump

  11-09-2026 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  ’War Secretary’ delivers a paean to Iran conflict while his boss mostly stays on script after Condoleezza Rice all but apologizes for pre-9/11 security failures at Pentagon commemoration of 9/11 25th years later, writes Andrew Feinberg
  
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• With JD Vance seemingly ready to take the Trump mantle in 2028, Rubio admits he has no plans to run for president

  11-09-2026 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance cheered on by audience at GOP midterms convention as Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to back away from White House challenge
  
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• Woman whose case awakened long-dormant US court has been deported

  11-09-2026 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorneys for Nazira Haji Zada said that her decision to consent to removal ‘should not be seen as an endorsement of this court’s legitimacy’
  
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• More sea lions falling ill in California in bad sign of what’s to come

  11-09-2026 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ocean warming driven by El Niño is pushing sea lions farther north for food, leaving nursing pups abandoned along beaches in Southern California
  
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• Internet mocks Trump and accuses him of falling asleep during 9/11 remembrance at the Pentagon

  11-09-2026 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people online commented that Trump, 80, looked ‘sleepy’ as he was seen slumped in his seat
  
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• Former presidents gather at WTC site with Trump at Pentagon as world stops 25 years later to remember 9/11

  11-09-2026 17:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mamdani and Giuliani meet at Ground Zero alongside JD Vance as the president delivers remarks in DC
  
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• Cancer centers in the US are facing shortages of life-saving drugs, survey finds

  11-09-2026 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 626,000 people are expected to die from cancer in the US this year
  
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• Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed responds after crowd at Trump’s convention calls for him to be shot

  11-09-2026 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Look, I’m a dad with two daughters, and I hope those daughters get to grow up and live with their dad,’ El-Sayed said
  
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• Trump’s opening-night convention speech was seen by fewer people than Fox News’ Hannity and Gutfeld! shows

  11-09-2026 16:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The two-day Texas event failed to pull in large numbers and deliver the usual ‘Trump bump,’ according to preliminary viewing figures
  
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• Sister of Norway’s King Harald dies just days after attending late monarch’s funeral

  11-09-2026 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Princess Astrid is reported to have said goodbye to her brother at the cathedral last week
  
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• Israel destroys major underground Hezbollah complex in southern Lebanon

  11-09-2026 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Ali al-Taher ridge has become one of the most ​contested ⁠areas of the war between Israel and Hezbollah
  
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• Anti-Saudi Arabia rant on stage takes over reading of 9/11 victims names and draws applause from families

  11-09-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘How can it be 25 years and we still have no justice?’ Terry Strada asked from the stage, addressing the US leaders present
  
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• Printing error leads to thousands of Michigan residents getting driver’s licenses with random man’s picture

  11-09-2026 15:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I looked at my license and see that this man was on here, and I automatically knew that it wasn’t right,’ one recipient said
  
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• The Latest: Trump will commemorate 25 years since 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon

  11-09-2026 15:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is set to observe Friday’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by attending a ceremony at the Pentagon
  
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• Trump commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon

  11-09-2026 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump is observing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by attending a ceremony at the Pentagon
  
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• The Climate 100 List: Erin Brockovich on her fight against ‘secretive’ data centres

  11-09-2026 15:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ahead of The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we celebrate some of the honourees. Erin Brockovich’s work in helping win a $333m environmental lawsuit in the 1990s spawned a hit film starring Julia Roberts – now, Brockovich tells David Callaway, her attention has turned to the burgeoning issue of data centres
  
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