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• Social Discovery Corp Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program; Publishes Ready for Guidewire Integration

  17-08-2020 23:01 via article.wn.com
  PDF Version Social Discovery Corp's Ready for Guidewire add-on is now available in the Guidewire Marketplace to help insurers combat fraud and increase efficiency CHARLOTTE, N.C. & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 2020-- Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently, today announced that Social Discovery Corp (SDC), a leading provider of social media background reports, has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect as a
  
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• Judge allows Trump to end deportation protections for 5,000 more immigrants

  18-08-2026 22:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  The judge lifted the last judicial block on DHS terminating the Temporary Protected Status designation for individual countries
  
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• Trump aide Natalie Harp gets cutting new nickname as unearthed video reveals a key way she serves him

  18-08-2026 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The longtime presidential aide was one of three staffers who flew aboard a separate flight with the president to evade a possible Iranian missile attack in July
  
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• Woman who wrote book praising police officers is wanted after cop died in her home

  18-08-2026 21:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for Karen Solomon, 58, who was last seen on foot in pajamas and may be armed
  
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• Comedians settle lawsuit over ‘demoralizing’ search program at US airport

  18-08-2026 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Both men said officers at the airport singled them out because they were Black and grilled them about drugs while other passengers watched during separate stops about six months apart
  
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• Too hot for Trump? President turns back on disgraced Florida congressman ahead of crucial primary

  18-08-2026 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cory Mills faces serious charges. With Trump’s support, he might survive. He doesn’t have it, Eric Garcia writes ahead of Florida’s big night
  
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• Untraced cyclosporiasis outbreaks are still on the rise - despite what Trump officials say

  18-08-2026 21:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration maintains the U.S. food supply is safe, even though officials still don’t know what’s causing several outbreaks
  
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• Minnesota AG sues Texas governor to force extradition of ICE agent

  18-08-2026 21:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Keith Ellison asked a federal judge to block the release of ICE agent Christian Castro
  
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• Italy’s most famous horse Varenne dies at 31 after fathering more than 2,000 offspring

  18-08-2026 21:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  He became the only horse ever named Horse of the Year in Italy, France and the United States
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russians ‘withdraw billions’ from banks amid fears Putin could seize money

  18-08-2026 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said
  
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• Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn't up for removal

  18-08-2026 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Democratic congresswoman says the person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a motorist was not subject to a final removal order
  
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• Trump weighs revolving-door setup when Karoline Leavitt leaves press secretary post

  18-08-2026 20:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump ‘genuinely doesn’t know who to pick and has expressed zero urgency,’ a White House official told CNN
  
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• Lindsay Clancy ‘was begging for help’ before triple murder, former mother-in-law testifies

  18-08-2026 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Susan Clancy’s testimony echoed emotional accounts the day before from Lindsay’s mother and sister
  
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• CEO who fired 900 employees on Zoom and allegedly called employees ’monkeys’ is sued by own company

  18-08-2026 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Better Home & Finance is accusing its former CEO, Vishal Garg, of violating SEC rules in an attempt to forcibly take back the company
  
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• New CDC director is urged to address ‘zombie programs’ that were halted by Trump’s DOGE cuts

  18-08-2026 20:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration sent layoff notices to thousands of employees at the CDC and other federal health agencies in April 2025
  
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• Former Venezuelan player working for San Diego Padres is detained by ICE

  18-08-2026 20:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  A player development instructor for the San Diego Padres has been detained by U.S. immigration officials
  
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• Trump finally secures small victory in one of his DC beautification projects

  18-08-2026 20:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Planners indicated that the painting project would cost at least $7.5 million
  
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• Hegseth’s ‘personal’ trip to Iowa sparks speculation he’s eyeing Trump’s office: report

  18-08-2026 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vulnerable Republicans call in the cavalry, but Trump’s ‘War’ chief is reportedly eyeing his own political future
  
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• Chiefs coach Eric Bieniemy gives update on his wife’s recovery from shooting at their Virginia home

  18-08-2026 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s wife was shot last month
  
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• The psychological reasons people can’t stop watching true crime

  18-08-2026 20:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  A couple of weeks ago, Netflix released The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare, a documentary revisiting the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students
  
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• Bill Rasmussen, ESPN co-founder and sports TV pioneer, dies at 93

  18-08-2026 19:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rasmussen revealed in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2014
  
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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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