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• Lil Durk murder trial reaches final stage as closing arguments begin in Los Angeles

  08-09-2026 16:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors contend that the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, bankrolled and ordered a hit team to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles to kill rival Atlanta rapper Tyquian Bowman
  
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• Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later

  10-09-2026 06:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Associated Press journalists who witnessed them recall the day
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky’s plane ‘almost hit’ by Russian drone as deadly strikes rock Moldovan border

  10-09-2026 05:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone exploded 160km from main airport as Moldova forced to shut airspace due to incoming Russian drones
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump says conflict won’t end until after November midterm elections

  10-09-2026 05:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian rhetoric comes as US sanctions punish its ailing economy
  
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• Pilot of Amazon plane that overshot Miami runway repeatedly warned they were going too fast, officials say

  10-09-2026 05:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five people were killed after the plane smashed into a cleaning company van Sunday afternoon
  
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• ‘Trump dividend’ or bribery? President promises to pay $5,000 to every US adult — if Republicans win

  10-09-2026 04:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president offered few details of the plan but said the money would have to be spent in America
  
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• Trump invokes dad of wealthy Princess Di boyfriend to make crass joke about Iranians

  10-09-2026 04:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump makes racist remark about Arab-sounding names as he jokes about his Iran war in Dallas
  
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• Dog owners sent urgent warning as recall issued for popular Amazon product

  10-09-2026 04:37 via express.co.uk
  A recall has been issued for a popular dog food staple amid fears it may be contaminated with a virus that can both harm people and pets.
  
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• Trump Cabinet official appears to try and swat congresswoman’s rear as she takes stage

  10-09-2026 04:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The moment in question came as HUD Secretary Scott Turner left the stage at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Texas
  
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• Five killed and 87 missing as passenger ferry bursts into flames in popular tourist spot

  10-09-2026 04:00 via express.co.uk
  The coastguard have confirmed that 87 people remain unaccounted for after the vessel was engulfed by flames
  
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• Trump trashes Ken Paxton in convention speech meant to boost his Senate chances

  10-09-2026 03:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump-endorsed Paxton is in a competitive U.S. Senate race in Texas with Democrat James Talarico
  
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• Tim Scott mocked for over-the-top Trump event speech: ‘An SNL cold open’

  10-09-2026 02:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  One commentator compared Scott’s speech to something from a ‘TV character’
  
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• Melania’s top aide reveals their true thoughts about Natalie Harp

  10-09-2026 02:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Natalie Harp, a close aide to Donald Trump, has made headlines in recent weeks over her unusually personal relationship with the president
  
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• Trump team removed plaque critical of Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery

  10-09-2026 02:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has worked to restore monuments tied to Confederate leaders while criticizing Smithsonian exhibits that touch on slavery
  
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• Jeanine Pirro unloads on reporter who pressed her about Trump’s Reflecting Pool case

  10-09-2026 01:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president’s top federal prosecutor in DC refuses to answer questions about his demands to re-open vandalism case against ex-Olympian
  
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• Fetterman goes MAGA in Trump tribute video at GOP convention

  10-09-2026 01:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic senator will make video appearance praising Republican colleague from Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick
  
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• Fetterman to go MAGA in Trump tribute video at GOP convention: report

  10-09-2026 01:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic senator will make video appearance praising Republican colleague from Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick
  
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• Jersey Shore town sued for letting 11-year-old use police’s drunk driving simulator where he crashed into a crowd

  10-09-2026 01:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawsuit says police should’ve known the risk of putting a kid in the driver’s seat wearing impairment goggles
  
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• Son faces murder charge after cops find the remains of his 73-year-old mom stuffed in a duffle bag

  10-09-2026 00:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Arman Alexander Malik, a 34-year-old Texas man, was arrested after police walked into a bloody crime scene
  
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• White House Historical Association goes dark as Trump takes a bulldozer to the building it’s supposed to protect

  10-09-2026 00:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  One critic accuses the nonprofit established by Jacqueline Kennedy of ‘complicity’ in the president’s controversial renovations to the ‘People’s House’
  
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• Canadian province unveils new signs to troll Trump

  09-09-2026 23:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The signs were unveiled the same day Canadian counter-tariffs against the U.S. took effect
  
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• Horror as woman stabbed to death in Lidl supermarket as builders batter 'attacker'

  09-09-2026 23:40 via express.co.uk
  A murder investigation has been launched and the suspect remains in hospital.
  
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• White House defends Trump’s $45,000 gifts to Natalie Harp and others

  09-09-2026 23:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Harp’s relationship with Trump has recently been under scrutiny after it was revealed that she was in the catering truck with the president during his secret plane swap in July
  
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• The US has a new species of mosquito - but little is known about it

  09-09-2026 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  What is known? The species - previously only seen in Mexico - bites humans
  
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• Trump brings his PT Barnum act to Dallas

  09-09-2026 22:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump may be the Republican Party’s greatest showman. But, Eric Garcia writes, his three-ring spectacle risks burning the party to a crisp
  
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• Wheelchair-bound man is evicted from his apartment for shooting at robber

  09-09-2026 22:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Court records and apartment surveillance footage corroborate the tenant's account of backing away from the armed intruder during the confrontation
  
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• Trump says he will ‘speak to Israel’ after UK trade ban on West Bank settlements

  09-09-2026 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US president seemed unusually hesitant to elaborate on the joint sanctions from Britain, Canada and France
  
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• Reporter recalls moment George W Bush was told about 9/11 as aide whispered ‘America is under attack’

  09-09-2026 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bush had been president less than eight months when his chief of staff interrupted a school reading event to inform him of the unfolding tragedy
  
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• Reporter recounts moment George W Bush was told about 9/11 as aide whispered ‘America is under attack’

  09-09-2026 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bush had been president less than eight months when his chief of staff interrupted a school reading event to inform him of the unfolding tragedy
  
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• Donald Trump asked chilling question by reporter after plane malfunction

  09-09-2026 22:10 via express.co.uk
  A reporter asked Trump a chilling question.
  
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