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• Rockets packed with explosives ‘launched at power station’

  01-09-2026 17:53 via express.co.uk
  The attack caused damage to several power lines and there was a brief interruption to electricity supplies.
  
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• Trump is pouring more money into Reflecting Pool repairs, with costs surging to nearly $20m

  04-09-2026 00:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Interior Department quietly awards more than $2.5M to another firm to fix the beleaguered monument
  
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• Soda sales fizzle out after changes to food stamps prevent recipients from buying pop

  03-09-2026 23:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Restricting sugary drink purchases for SNAP recipients will ‘help put real food back at the center of the program,’ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said
  
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• Christian podcaster arrested after posting videos calling for Trump’s assassination

  03-09-2026 23:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, hosts the ‘Yass, Jesus’ podcast
  
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• Lindsay Clancy jury sent home without a verdict again after her lawyer demanded one juror be removed

  03-09-2026 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The jury will return Friday to see if they can reach a decision on whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian drones hit Coca-Cola plant outside Kyiv, says Zelensky

  03-09-2026 23:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s a clear Russian signal to America,’ warned Zelensky
  
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• Former lawyer sues DOJ claiming she was fired for refusing to recommend Mel Gibson get his gun rights back

  03-09-2026 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Liz Oyer claims she was told to ignore her concerns because Gibson is an acquaintance of Donald Trump
  
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• Man gets 20 years for ‘Texas Killing Fields’ murder decades after dozens of bodies were found

  03-09-2026 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police believe multiple killers were involved in the deaths of more than 30 girls and young women whose remains were discovered along a section of Interstate 45
  
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• Sailors on USS Abraham Lincoln describe ‘the worst deployment that they have ever experienced’ as they dock in Thailand

  03-09-2026 22:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  While in the resort town of Pattaya, some service members expressed that their main priority was FaceTiming their loved ones
  
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• Fundraiser for newborn of bank executive fatally stabbed in Times Square raises $650,000 in hours

  03-09-2026 22:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Erin Piacenti, 32, had just returned to work five months after giving birth when she was stabbed to death
  
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• Iran-US war latest: JD Vance claims China will help economically isolate Tehran and says conflict ‘not a war’

  03-09-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice president claimed that major combat operations ‘lasted about six weeks’
  
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• Iran-US war latest: JD Vance says conflict ‘not a war’ and claims China will help economically isolate Tehran

  03-09-2026 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice president claimed that major combat operations ‘lasted about six weeks’
  
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• Trump team wants to strip private schools of tax-exempt status if they consider race in admissions

  03-09-2026 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Under a proposed rule, schools would lose their tax-exempt status if they considered race in schools programs such as admissions, scholarships, athletics and more
  
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• Mystery animal terrorizing neighborhood in New Hampshire after third attack in less than two days is reported

  03-09-2026 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Local police have warned residents about approaching the ‘unusually aggressive’ animal as it could have rabies
  
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• US Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states in latest Trump overhaul

  03-09-2026 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  An additional 41 research facilities that faced possible closure will remain open after local officials and members of Congress raised concerns about the reorganization
  
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• ICE wants everyone’s voter data for ‘fraud’ investigations

  03-09-2026 21:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  DHS is willing to pay up to $5M to hire a firm to collect ‘public voter history files’ from all 50 states
  
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• Missouri candidate charged with trying to plant drugs on his political rival

  03-09-2026 21:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thomas Ross, 37, allegedly handed a staffer a black nylon glove that contained a small, plastic bag of white powder and a pink and white capsule
  
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• AP Was There: In 1970, Gloria Steinem was a journalist, a feminist and a member of the glitterati

  03-09-2026 21:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  In April 1970, Gloria Steinem invited Lynn Sherr, who was then an Associated Press feature writer, into her Manhattan home
  
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• Trump claims US has ‘unlimited amounts’ of munitions and unloads on media for reports about dwindling stockpile

  03-09-2026 21:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The White House and NATO have denied a shortage of critical weapons
  
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• ‘I wouldn’t call it a war’: JD Vance’s jaw-dropper after reporter asks about Iran timeline

  03-09-2026 21:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President downplays nature of conflict that has no end in sight after more than six months
  
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• RFK Jr asked new CDC director to remove Pennsylvania measles deaths from tally, report says

  03-09-2026 20:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The decision came after a contentious exchange on social media between Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat
  
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• Moment Good Samaritans lift a car to free e-bike rider trapped underneath

  03-09-2026 20:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pennsylvania police chief credited the group's quick response with helping save the e-biker’s life
  
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• Couple accused of abusing kids and holding them in a tractor-trailer for six years

  03-09-2026 20:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The children, some of whom were sexually abused, had to share a single bunk in the truck and were denied adequate food and medical care, according to prosecutors
  
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• Two USS Lincoln sailors sent back to ship after drunken brawl in notorious Thai party town

  03-09-2026 20:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The aircraft carrier is currently docked in Thailand after spending 286 days at sea
  
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• Todd Blanche rants about ‘pandemic’ of ‘secret gender transitions’ throughout US schools

  03-09-2026 20:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorney General’s comments came one day after the DOJ unveiled a ‘first-of-its-kind’ lawsuit accusing a Kansas school district of facilitating such transitions without informing parents
  
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• After being mauled by a bear, a hunter recorded a goodbye message to his family. Then his prayers were answered

  03-09-2026 20:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I was sure I was going to die,’ Jadon Nicoara says
  
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• Exclusive: New York grandmother threatens lawsuit after slipping on broccoli at Costco

  03-09-2026 20:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Felicia Romain was ‘traversing the aisle with her son and grandson’ when she wiped out on the wayward floret, according to a court filing reviewed by The Independent
  
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• Kalshi draws a line in the sand for the one thing it will not allow betting on: Supreme Court cases deciding its future

  03-09-2026 20:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kalshi will not list prediction markets related to a potential Supreme Court case over the future regulators of prediction markets, the company told ‘Barron’s’
  
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• Pentagon’s plan for testosterone tests for military members vanishes after being posted online

  03-09-2026 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Multiple reports noted the new clinical guidance for testosterone testing among military members, though the document was taken off the Defense Department’s website less than a day later
  
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• Feds accuse ICE agent of lying about non-fatal Minneapolis shooting after Trump’s DOJ rejects more serious charges

  03-09-2026 18:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Christian Castro is accused of trying to cover up the shooting of a Venezuelan man during Operation Metro Surge
  
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