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• Shooting reported at Virginia elementary school

  02-09-2026 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Governor Abigail Spanberger said she was aware of the shooting and is monitoring the situation
  
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• Trump forced to clean up Howard Lutnick’s latest mess after secretary makes outlandish claim

  03-09-2026 16:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Commerce Secretary’s latest gaffe follows his admission that he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island despite denying having ever done so
  
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• Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92

  03-09-2026 16:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement in the ’60s and ’70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92
  
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• Germany once cosied up to Putin. Now they are Russia’s public enemy number one in Europe

  03-09-2026 16:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Berlin accused Moscow of being behind a recent drone attack at an airport in Leipzig. Experts tell Suha Kidwai that the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks are a deliberate ploy to destabilise the biggest economy in Europe ahead of key elections
  
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• Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

  03-09-2026 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores
  
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• Billionaire Leon Black defies Epstein probe subpoena and sues House Oversight Committee

  03-09-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawmakers originally served Black with two subpoenas during a private voluntary interview in June after he reportedly declined to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements
  
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• Two beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium including one rescued from shuttered Canadian theme park

  03-09-2026 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rain, a 20-year-old beluga rescued from Canada, and Beethoven, a 34-year-old who had been at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for decades, both died on Wednesday
  
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• Social Security recipients could see a $2,400 yearly boost under new proposed plan

  03-09-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dubbed the ‘Bernie Bump,’ the increase would be paid on top of beneficiaries’ regular Social Security benefits and annual cost-of-living adjustment
  
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• Rooney and Kate Mara had to speak in unison in ‘Bucking Fastard’

  03-09-2026 15:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Werner Herzog's new film “Bucking Fastard” features sisters Rooney and Kate Mara playing siblings who speak in unison
  
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• Trump closes yet another part of DC to renovate piece of National Mall following his disastrous fair

  03-09-2026 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Much of the grass and surrounding tree areas of the lawn ‘require significant restoration,’ the National Park Service said
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize winner claims Trump’s mental health is deteriorating and making him ‘more dangerous’

  03-09-2026 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I mean, if an airline pilot had half of the symptoms that the president of the United States has, we would not let him on an airplane,’ Dr. Henry David Abraham said
  
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• Suspect in cop killing was arrested by the same officer just days earlier, authorities say

  03-09-2026 15:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Warm Springs, a town of about 450 people, rallied around Chris Fisher’s family after he was killed Tuesday night
  
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• Tucker Carlson joins in MAGA lovefest with Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and describes him as ‘literally Trumpian’

  03-09-2026 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conservative broadcaster praises progressive Democrat and says ‘there’s no one who should be farther from a position of power’ than his Republican rival Mike Rogers
  
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• Horror as two people killed in potential 'mistaken identity' mob hits

  03-09-2026 14:37 via express.co.uk
  Detectives believe both brutal killings could have been mistaken identity.
  
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• Canada hasn’t pulled the gas trigger in Trump’s trade war. What happens if it does?

  03-09-2026 14:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Great White North has the upper hand when it comes to oil and gas, but experts tell Alex Woodward they hope cooler heads will prevail before the risk of mutually assured economic destruction
  
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• NATO told 'be prepared for attack' as US issues horror Russia warning

  03-09-2026 14:27 via express.co.uk
  The warning comes as tensions between Russia and NATO remain high.
  
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• Army Secretary who quit believes Hegseth doing ‘generational damage’ to the military

  03-09-2026 13:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  ​Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has publicly declared that he wants to drastically change the Department of Defense
  
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• Ukraine’s two spy agencies exchange fire in extraordinary daytime shootout in Kyiv

  03-09-2026 13:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s leadership has described the internal conflict as ‘absolutely disgraceful’
  
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• Eric Trump shows off his new passport featuring dad’s glowering image

  03-09-2026 13:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘ I absolutely love it,’ Trump’s son said of the passport depicting his father
  
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• Ted Cruz sounding out staffers for potential 2028 presidential run: report

  03-09-2026 13:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas Republican senator said to be weighing up White House bid, although allies of Vice President JD Vance have said they see no ‘serious threat’ from his would-be candidacy
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin claims ballooning deficit is ‘not critical risk’ despite queues at petrol stations

  03-09-2026 13:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Moscow’s debt has ballooned amid the increasing cost of the war in Ukraine
  
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• EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans

  03-09-2026 13:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked a backlash in communities across the country and become a key election issue
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump labels strikes a ‘love tap’ in bizarre rant after new wave of bombings

  03-09-2026 12:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fighting between the US and Iran has seen the biggest exchange of fire since July
  
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• Russian general 'shot in head' in ambush as Putin's war sparks fury in Moscow

  03-09-2026 12:34 via express.co.uk
  The general was shot twice.
  
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• NATO issues chilling 3-word warning to Putin over Russia’s secret submarine missions

  03-09-2026 12:34 via express.co.uk
  It is not clear what prompted the stern message but comes amid growing tensions and concerns around Russian naval activity around NATO waters.
  
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• Gloria Steinem death: Pioneering voice of modern feminism, dies at 92

  03-09-2026 12:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  According to her foundation, Steinem passed away in her home in New York City surrounded by loved ones
  
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• Trump threatens to cut federal ties with Smithsonian over anti-Americanism claims

  03-09-2026 12:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' ‌support for the Smithsonian, marking its latest escalation against the institution
  
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• Trump attempts to dispel speculation about his hair with rally anecdote that does not quite add up

  03-09-2026 12:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump seeks to dismiss gossip over recent dye job but misremembers key detail
  
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• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin praises pilots after dramatic single-engine emergency landing

  03-09-2026 12:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  A ​U.S. Coast Guard-operated Gulfstream V jet ‌carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin safely diverted to Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday
  
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• Outrage as Maltese tycoon cleared of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

  03-09-2026 12:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Yorgen Fenech was found not guilty of orchestrating the 2017 murder of the investigative journalist in Malta
  
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