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• Probe into 'discarded' ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel

  25-09-2020 23:15 via article.wn.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the local election office in a swing county of one of the most important presidential battleground states. All of them were marked for President Donald Trump, it said. Then came...
  
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• Iran-US war latest: US says submarine drone ‘malfunctioned’ after Tehran celebrates capture of unmanned vessel

  09-09-2026 09:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian rhetoric comes as US sanctions punish its ailing economy
  
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• Deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv fail to cancel Ukrainian soldier’s wedding

  09-09-2026 09:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The couple dug their wedding clothes out of the rubble and got ready for their big day
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: CIA director holds urgent talks with Poland’s spy chief amid Putin’s threat to Nato

  09-09-2026 08:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ending war with Ukraine will allow Trump to restore bilateral ties with Putin, says Kremlin official
  
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• Huge sinkhole forms outside of Nicholas Cage’s Malibu beachfront mansion

  09-09-2026 08:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Surrounding properties have been evacuated as at least five homes were declared unsafe for entry
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘tells Putin he wants swift end to conflict’ as Kyiv secures 1,000 Patriot missiles

  09-09-2026 06:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ending war with Ukraine will allow Trump to restore bilateral ties with Putin, says Kremlin official
  
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• Apple to unveil latest iPhone lineup with as John Ternus steps up as CEO

  09-09-2026 06:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Apple is unveiling its latest generation of iPhones on Wednesday at an event headlined by new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1
  
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• Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc

  09-09-2026 03:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak, is experiencing dramatic changes due to climate warming
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump’s military destroys five Iranian tankers in retaliation for strikes on Navy warship

  09-09-2026 03:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian rhetoric comes as US sanctions punish its ailing economy
  
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• Trump escalates Canada trade war by banning imports of alcohol, motorcyles and other goods

  09-09-2026 02:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ban comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20bn of US imports hours earlier
  
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• CBS News accused of photoshopping image of new 60 Minutes lineup ahead of nerve-wracking launch

  09-09-2026 01:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to CBS, the promotional shoot took place in Grand Central Station’s Oyster Bar as a deliberate homage to network pioneers Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite
  
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• LAPD officers shoot dead man who approached them with a tree trimmer

  09-09-2026 00:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zimran Canas was shot outside his Boyle Heights home after approaching an officer with the blade of the tree trimmer
  
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• The Latest: Canada strikes back with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of US goods

  09-09-2026 00:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canada struck back at U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods, in response to his latest round of tariffs on Canada
  
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• Only one Republican actually wants Trump’s midterm convention. And he’s the one who needs it the most

  08-09-2026 23:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Most Republicans are staying away from Trump’s confab in Texas. But, Eric Garcia writes, one man desperately needs Trump
  
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• Paul Adams: British-Israeli relations at lowest ebb in decades

  08-09-2026 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel's response to London's trade ban with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shows how important this moment is.
  
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• Asbestos dust and toxic smoke-filled air were no match for officials seeking to reopen NYC after 9/11, documents reveal

  08-09-2026 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 170,000 pages of documents released by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration show city and federal officials were aware of health risks from reopening lower Manhattan after 9/11 and also feared extensive lawsuits
  
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• Five killed in Miami plane crash were in two vehicles on ground, investigators say

  08-09-2026 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investigators described the scene as "utter devastation" after a Boeing 767-300 overshot the runway at Miami airport.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband threatens legal action over conspiracy theorists

  08-09-2026 23:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Patrick Clancy’s attorney said the conspiracy theories have resulted in threats to his client’s ‘reputation, livelihood, and life’
  
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• LIV files for bankruptcy protection with over $45m owed to players

  08-09-2026 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection with at least $45m (£33m) owed to players, who will now have the option to leave.
  
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• LIV files for bankruptcy protection with $45m owed to players

  08-09-2026 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LIV Golf still intends to start its new league early next year after filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States.
  
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• ‘Let them eat cake’: Ivanka Trump posts video of sunset horseback riding set to Coldplay — and America unleashes

  08-09-2026 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  One X user questioned: ‘Is she racing to her nuclear bunker?’
  
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• Livestreamer who filmed and took selfies at deadly Amazon plane crash site in Miami is unrepentant

  08-09-2026 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘ChickenAndy’, who declined to give his full name, told The Independent he wouldn’t take the footage down
  
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• ‘Extremely unusual’ El Nino may already be impacting the US

  08-09-2026 22:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  As El Niño strengthens, countries around the world will be forced to grapple with increasingly extreme weather
  
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• Trump’s favorite CNN star delivers ‘worst-ever’ polling news to him

  08-09-2026 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump is the first U.S. president to record a net inflation rating 50 points underwater, CNN data guru Harry Enten said
  
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• Five Miami plane crash victims identified after Amazon jet ran off runway and slammed into van

  08-09-2026 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  NTSB’s chairwoman warned that the agency’s recommendations must be implemented ‘or we’re going to be here again’
  
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• Ivanka Trump draws ire over beach horseback riding video: ‘Let them eat cake’

  08-09-2026 22:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  One X user questioned: ‘Is she racing to her nuclear bunker?’
  
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• Erik and Lyle Menendez fast-tracked for parole hearing after decades behind bars

  08-09-2026 21:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials cited provisions under Proposition 9, a 2008 state constitutional amendment, in their decision to move the hearing up
  
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• Four bodies found during search for missing plane that left the Bahamas

  08-09-2026 21:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The plane, which was carrying two grandparents and their grandchildren, went missing after its departure from Great Harbour Cay in the Bahamas
  
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• This Republican senator’s medical practice had 81 people arrested over unpaid bills: report

  08-09-2026 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  An analysis of court records found that lawsuits filed by Kansas Republican Senator Roger Marshall or his medical practice routinely assessed an 18 percent interest rate on unpaid balances, causing some bills to double over time
  
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• UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response

  08-09-2026 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's foreign secretary accuses settlers of carrying out the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, as Israel responds by shutting the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.
  
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