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• Raiders passing offense focuses on TE Darren Waller

  24-09-2020 23:06
  
  There was no hiding who Derek Carr’s favorite target has been so far this season.The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback has completed 18 passes to star tight end Darren Waller through two weeks, more than double the total of any other player on the team.Having that same kind of success might not be quite as easy this week against the New England Patriots, who are known for their ability under coach Bill Belichick to take away the No. 1 option of opposing teams.
  
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• Gladys Knight announces she is stepping back from performing ahead of ‘new era’

  28-08-2026 12:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The performer thanked her fans for their support over the years
  
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• Gladys Knight announces she is stepping back from performing ahead of ‘new era’ of life

  28-08-2026 12:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The performer thanked her fans for their support over the years
  
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• Make America Grate Again? U.S. and Mexico locked in $1 billion cheese war

  28-08-2026 12:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. is objecting to Mexico's new trade deal with the European Union, which extends special protections to hundreds of European products
  
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• Congo begins Ebola vaccination drive to fight most-deadly outbreak on record

  28-08-2026 12:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Frontline health workers are first in line to receive vaccinations amid the country’s fastest-growing outbreak
  
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• Judge blocks Trump mail ballot rules over ‘overwhelming risk’ to voters

  28-08-2026 12:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  A federal judge has temporarily halted key elements of a new U.S. Postal Service policy directed by President Donald Trump that would restrict mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming congressional elections in November.
  
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• World’s ‘youngest king’ dies aged 34 after secret illness

  28-08-2026 12:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  King Oyo leaves behind a son and heir, whose identity has not been disclosed
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran tells Trump ‘pressure on us won’t work’ after meeting US ally Qatar

  28-08-2026 11:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Doha has called for the US to roll back its tough sanctions, and bring an end to the six-month conflict
  
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• News anchor blasts ‘deeply pathetic’ Trump over ‘Lake America’ stunt in Canada fight: ‘You Sad Weirdo’

  28-08-2026 11:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Lake America? Lake America? You sad weirdo, NSNOW’s Chris Hayes says. ;Nobody wants this. You know what they want? They want cheaper gas’
  
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• U.S. unleashes military laser as cartel drones pose ‘physical threat’ at southern border

  28-08-2026 11:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. military used a laser in southern Texas' Rio Grande Valley to shoot down three Mexican drug cartel drones this week
  
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• Corporate America pours record $646 million into midterms as election spending explodes

  28-08-2026 11:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Companies donated a record $646 million to U.S. political campaigns in the 18 months through June
  
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• Trump administration warns universities they could lose foreign students in new internship crackdown

  28-08-2026 10:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo for ​universities that seeks to restrict issuance of certain internship work
  
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• King Haakon VIII: The surfing, guitar-playing royal acceding to Norway’s throne

  28-08-2026 10:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Norway’s new king faces the immediate task of strengthening support for the monarchy
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: CIA chief ‘told Russian counterpart to make peace with Kyiv’ on mysterious Moscow trip

  28-08-2026 10:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  John Ratcliffe met with his Russian counterpart this week to discuss Nato, the wars in Ukraine and Iran, according to reports
  
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• Lindsay Clancy jury returns Friday to decide her fate after heartbreaking murder trial

  28-08-2026 10:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial were set to resume Friday to determine whether she was responsible for her actions
  
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• Disaster of Trump’s war in Iran laid bare six months on: Thousands dead, economic chaos and a region in flames

  28-08-2026 09:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US president has been sucked into a quagmire of his own making, with both sides refusing to budge on red lines in negotiations. James C. Reynolds looks at the numbers behind a conflict that may prove to be Trump’s greatest miscalculation
  
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• Autopsy exposes glaring contradiction in fatal shooting by Trump-deployed National Guard

  28-08-2026 09:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back
  
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• King Harald: The Olympic sailor who went from wartime exile to modernising Norway’s monarchy

  28-08-2026 09:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The popular 89-year-old married his school sweetheart and championed LGBTQ+ rights
  
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• Key takeaways about pain specialist to star athletes accused of issuing illegal opioid prescriptions

  28-08-2026 09:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Joan Rubinger, a nurse practitioner, built a sports medicine practice treating top athletes
  
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• Norway's crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father's death

  28-08-2026 08:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Norway has a new king
  
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• King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throne

  28-08-2026 08:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  King Harald was Europe's oldest monarch and Norway's ceremonial head of state since 1991
  
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• Thousands dead, economic chaos and a region in flames: Disaster of Trump’s war in Iran laid bare six months on

  28-08-2026 08:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US president has been sucked into a quagmire of his own making, with both sides refusing to budge on red lines in negotiations. James C. Reynolds looks at the numbers behind a conflict that may prove to be Trump’s greatest miscalculation
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran drafting list of conditions to open Hormuz as Trump sends new warship to Middle East

  28-08-2026 07:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump insists US is still winning against Iran and willing to do ‘whatever it takes’
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow warns UK ‘playing with fire’ over plans to help Kyiv produce missiles

  28-08-2026 06:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham says UK will share technology with Ukraine to produce Storm Shadow missiles domestically
  
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• Trump – named America’s worst-ever president by panel of experts – puts out his own chart listing himself as the greatest

  28-08-2026 03:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump remains popular with Republicans, though his approval ratings are low overall and historians tend to rank him as one of the worst presidents in history
  
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• Trump – named America’s worst ever president by panel of experts – puts out his own chart listing himself as the greatest

  28-08-2026 03:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump remains popular with Republicans, though his approval ratings are low overall and historians tend to rank him as one of the worst presidents in history
  
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• ICE orders 6,000 electric shock gloves in $16.7M deal despite backlash

  28-08-2026 02:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress have warned that ICE officers cannot be trusted to deploy the equipment appropriately
  
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• US close to reaching a ‘massive’ deal to take control of Venezuela’s oil: report

  28-08-2026 02:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump has said the U.S. has already collected more than $13 billion from the sale of Venezuelan crude oil
  
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• Tupac Shakur murder trial heads to closing arguments after cop says evidence could not be verified

  28-08-2026 02:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jurors are expected to return Monday for closing arguments before beginning deliberation
  
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• A young Ohio family killed in truck wreck is at center of a Republican attack ad. Their relatives are furious

  28-08-2026 01:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The campaign ad, circulated by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has been viewed more than 5.6 million times on YouTube
  
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