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• Saints scrutinizing NFL-worst red-zone defense during bye

  15-10-2020 23:21
  
  The way the Saints have played defense within 20 yards of their own goal line has coach Sean Payton seeing red.Saints opponents have driven into the red zone 20 times in the first five games of this season.Now the Saints have a bye week to see if they can figure out how to improve in that area.
  
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• Trump DOJ to deploy largest-ever fleet of monitors for midterms as president calls elections ‘rigged’

  18-08-2026 19:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president has repeatedly claimed elections are ‘rigged’ against Republican candidates — except for those they win, in most cases
  
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• Bieniemy jokes wife Mia gave him blessing to rejoin Chiefs after she was shot at their Virginia home

  18-08-2026 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy spoke to reporters on Tuesday for the first time since his wife, Mia, was shot at their Virginia home
  
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• TikTok quizzed over illegal content videos after five teenagers die in wrong-way motorway crash

  18-08-2026 19:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Social media ‘likes’ driving surge in nighttime car thefts as teenage boys steal cars to record daredevil videos, police say
  
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• Baby at center of controversial surrogacy dispute undergoes first surgery for rare heart defect

  18-08-2026 19:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The complex Norwood procedure performed this week is the first step in a multi-stage surgical process expected to stretch over the next several years
  
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• Close Trump aide Natalie Harp lives up to her nickname with telling one-word sign-off

  18-08-2026 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s allies who are hoping to get a message in front of the president will send it to Natalie Harp to print out, according to a new report
  
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• Drunk couple arrested on cruise ship after punching a 9-year-old child: police

  18-08-2026 18:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The couple is in custody in the Brevard County Jail
  
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• Jeanine Pirro suffers another blow as judge releases accused WWII Memorial vandal

  18-08-2026 18:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s top prosecutor in DC has twice failed to keep another alleged vandal in jail after the Reflecting Pool case collapsed
  
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• ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s disease

  18-08-2026 18:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded cable TV sports giant ESPN, has died at the age of 93
  
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• Trump hits his rock bottom in major approval ratings poll

  18-08-2026 18:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just 33 percent of respondents said they approved of Donald Trump’s performance in the White House
  
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• Two jets from different airlines suffer same failure in matter of hours at Chicago O’Hare, prompting investigation

  18-08-2026 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Passengers were evacuated from the United jet using stairs during the second incident Monday
  
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• US and Canada hold last-minute talks as Trump’s 50% tariffs deadline looms

  18-08-2026 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 5,525-mile U.S.-Canada border remains undefended, with nearly 330,000 people and $2 billion in commerce crossing daily, while 800,000 Canadians live in the US
  
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• Trump says opposing his ballroom project is ‘disloyal’ to America

  18-08-2026 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We’re under budget. It’s going to be the most beautiful ballroom of its kind,’ Trump claimed
  
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• Towns in four states pull plug on Flock cameras as company’s media team ‘takes a break’ from responding to questions

  18-08-2026 18:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dozens of law enforcement officers have reportedly been charged with or accused of misusing the surveillance cameras
  
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• Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ before killing her children, former mother-in-law testifies

  18-08-2026 18:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘can’t remember the last time she saw someone wear a MAGA hat’

  18-08-2026 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former lawmaker made the remark following the closure of the Trump Superstore in Tennessee due to lack of business
  
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• Trump circles the Strait of Hormuz on map and proclaims it as ‘new US territory’

  18-08-2026 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president reasserts that the U.S. will takeover the Middle East passageway it hasn’t been able to get under control for months — and even parts of Iran — in taunting new Truth Social post
  
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• Wisconsin principal of the year claims he was fired and accused of grooming because he’s gay

  18-08-2026 17:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Peterson served as principal at the pre-K through eighth-grade Raymond School in Franksville, Wisconsin
  
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• Everything we know about the Greek island helicopter crash that killed British couple

  18-08-2026 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were on their honeymoon when their helicopter crashed moments before landing
  
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• Detroit news anchor caught on hot mic calling co-worker a ‘b****’

  18-08-2026 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Taryn Asher claims she was fired in retaliation for speaking up about alleged sex discrimination at her company
  
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• White House escalates attack on female CNN reporter who Trump berated — and brings her children into it

  18-08-2026 17:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump administration pours gasoline on his repeated attacks against women in media by dragging a reporter’s children into his press war
  
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• Trump investigations into antisemitism in the Ivy League were ploys to strip school funding, whistleblower claims

  18-08-2026 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  While Trump returned to office promising to eliminate campus antisemitism that he claimed went unchecked during the Biden administration, critics maintain the federal intervention has been heavy-handed, infringing upon free expression and forcing concessions from higher education institutions
  
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• From a 230-year-old ally to a bombing target: How Trump is trying to wreck the US-Omani relationship

  18-08-2026 17:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oman was the first Gulf nation to recognise the United States. Now experts tell Maira Butt that Trump’s threats have put its relationship with the country under strain
  
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• Florida primaries for governor and Congress test Trump’s grip on his adopted state

  18-08-2026 17:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump has had an inconsistent record on picks for governor in primaries this year
  
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• A deadly brain-swelling illness spread by mosquitoes is on the rise in the US

  18-08-2026 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mosquitoes typically like wet and warmer weather. But scientists say drought is actually fueling the rise of West Nile virus
  
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• Quebec separatists won’t hold independence referendum until Trump leaves office

  18-08-2026 16:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s tariffs and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st U.S. state have complicated the separatist case in Quebec
  
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• Trump appears to take shot at Pirro as he claims more vandalism on the National Mall

  18-08-2026 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Anybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn’t vandalized should go back to Law School,’ Trump said
  
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• From America’s ‘oldest ally’ in the Middle East to a bombing target: Trump is trying to wreck the US-Omani relationship

  18-08-2026 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oman was the first Gulf nation to recognise the United States nearly 200 years ago. Now Trump’s threats puts its relationship with the country under strain, reports Maira Butt
  
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• Philadelphia cops hunt for man in Chucky mask who asked female jogger: Are you ready to die?

  18-08-2026 16:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Footage shows man in halloween-style mask suspected of harassing multiple people in Philadelphia during 20 minute spree
  
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• Penn State frat pledges were forced into drug trafficking ring as a hazing ritual, AG says

  18-08-2026 16:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The attorney general called the drug-trafficking operation at Penn State ‘coordinated’ and ‘highly-profitable’
  
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