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• Senate bill to end daylight saving time could fail due to school pick-up issues

  20-07-2026 21:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Last week, the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to make daylight saving time permanent
  
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• Signs for Charlie Kirk Memorial highway to be moved after Vietnam veterans objections to sharing the road

  22-07-2026 18:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Tennessee road had long been known as Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, and the new designation caught veterans off guard, a county official said
  
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• Trump attends transfer of fallen U.S. service members, in photos

  22-07-2026 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump attends the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members killed in the Middle East at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The troops were killed in attacks in Jordan and Iraq linked to Iranian drones and missiles.
  
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• Zelensky’s new military chief wins widespread approval after surprise sacking

  22-07-2026 18:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi’s appointment as head of the military has met wide approval in Ukraine, with many disliking the rigid Soviet-style of General Oleksandr Syrskyi, writes Askold Krushelnycky in Kyiv
  
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• Sparks fly from cargo plane as it ‘tail skids’ while landing at airport

  22-07-2026 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sparks flew from a cargo plane attempting to land in Kentucky on Sunday (19 July), video taken by an eyewitness shows.
  
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• France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heatwave

  22-07-2026 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  France experienced at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, according to the public health agency
  
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• McDonald’s sued after customer burns mouth on ‘extremely hot and overheated’ fries

  22-07-2026 17:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: New York City woman Catherine Luongo blames the March 5 incident on employees who ‘fail[ed] to provide [her] with a safe order of fries’
  
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• Majority of Americans agree on one word to describe Trump: Dangerous

  22-07-2026 17:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Americans called Trump ‘dangerous,’ ‘corrupt’ and ‘out-of-touch’ in a new poll
  
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• Exclusive: McDonald’s sued after customer burns mouth on ‘extremely hot and overheated’ fries

  22-07-2026 17:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: New York City woman Catherine Luongo blames the March 5 incident on employees who ‘fail[ed] to provide [her] with a safe order of fries’
  
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• Cops play missing autistic boy’s favorite Disney music in desperate bid to find him

  22-07-2026 17:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Locals have been urged to not approach the missing boy and to instead contact the authorities if they spot the 11-year-old
  
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• Nolan Wells’ autopsy results raise new questions about teen’s death on July 4 boat trip in Mississippi

  22-07-2026 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The autopsy is part of an independent investigation into the circumstances of the teenager's disappearance, which followed a July 4 boat trip with friends
  
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• Two children killed in New Jersey boat crash on trip with grandparents

  22-07-2026 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Boy and girl aged seven and nine thrown into water after collision with channel marker off Berkeley Township
  
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• Inside 1789 Capital - the investment firm run by Don Jr cashing in on his father’s policies

  22-07-2026 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Critics said the rate at which 1789 Capital benefited from its proximity to the White House is ‘unprecedented’
  
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• Santa Monica is using AI-enhanced cameras to catch cars and trucks who park in bike lanes

  22-07-2026 17:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Violators are charged a $93 fine
  
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• Trump told Americans to visit Lebanon. The rest of his government has warned not to travel there

  22-07-2026 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump unexpectedly announced he would allow US carriers to fly directly to Lebanon, ending a more than 40-year ban
  
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• Beaches closed ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha landfall as the Gulf Coast braces for heavy rain and damaging wind

  22-07-2026 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The biggest threat is from tropical storm force winds, which extend about 100 miles from the center of the storm
  
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• Remains of 22 more infants found at site of former mother and baby home in Ireland

  22-07-2026 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The remains of 99 infants in total have been now found at the site in Co Galway
  
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• MAGA support for Trump’s Iran war plummets, poll finds: ‘Maximum level of frustration’

  22-07-2026 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president reportedly knows ‘the victory that he wants is completely politically impossible’
  
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• Voices: ‘If Trump hates him, he’s the right choice’: Readers dismiss anger over Ed Miliband’s foreign secretary appointment

  22-07-2026 16:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  As the White House voices ‘deep concern’ over Ed Miliband’s appointment as foreign secretary, our community have made clear whose side they’re on
  
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• Remains of a 22 more infants found at site of former mother and baby home in Ireland

  22-07-2026 16:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The remains of 99 infants in total have been now found at the site in Co Galway
  
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• Mapped: More than 12,000 cases of diarrhea-causing parasite now reported across US

  22-07-2026 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cases have been reported across more than 40 states including Michigan, New York and Ohio
  
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• Ebola deaths surge to 1,000 as mistrust keeps people from health clinics

  22-07-2026 16:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Health workers describe a large drop in the number of patients as misinformation keeps people away
  
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• Meloni condemns clashes with police sparked by death of Moroccan man in custody

  22-07-2026 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old Moroccan-born business owner suffered from asthma and heart issues, his family said
  
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• Meloni condemns clashes with police sparked by death of Moroccan man during arrest

  22-07-2026 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old Moroccan-born business owner suffered from asthma and heart issues, his family said
  
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• House Republicans fail to turn Trump’s transgender military ban into law as two members defect

  22-07-2026 15:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  An amendment by Lauren Boebert fails, but two anti-trans amendments by Nancy Mace were passed late Tuesday
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump threatens to blow up ‘one bridge or power plant’ every time Tehran shoots at a ship

  22-07-2026 15:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said the US military would strike civilian infrastructure every time Iran targets shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
  
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• Mapped: Spain braces for 47C heatwave as tourist hotspots warned over record-breaking weather

  22-07-2026 15:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities have issued warnings for extreme weather as the country faces the third heatwave of the summer thanks to a ‘heat dome’
  
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• ‘Explosive diarrhea’ cases hit record number as US experiences nearly four times annual total

  22-07-2026 14:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michigan has seen the most infections, reporting 6,571 this week
  
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• Australia confronts China over ‘destabilising’ Pacific missile test at Asean meet

  22-07-2026 14:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Beijing tells Canberra to give up ‘double standards’ and not allow prejudice to undermine ties
  
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• National Guard is deployed as flash floods in West Virginia inundate homes and businesses

  22-07-2026 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Torrential rains in West Virginia have caused flash flooding that inundated homes and businesses
  
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