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• Tupac murder prosecutors rest case after playing Duane Davis’ own words

  27-08-2026 01:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The prosecution’s final witness played excerpts from Davis’ previous interviews and recorded jail calls
  
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• Beluga whale dies suddenly after being rescued from closed Canadian park

  27-08-2026 20:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old female beluga, named Peekachu, died on Tuesday while staff were attempting to administer rehydration therapy
  
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• Man faces charges after forcing teen to kill mail carrier along her route, cops say

  27-08-2026 20:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The teenager received a five-year sentence for killing 48-year-old ​Octavia Redmond
  
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• Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario into ‘Lake America’ as his fight with Canada spirals

  27-08-2026 19:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s order has no effect outside the United States
  
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• Lindsay Clancy case: Everything we learned at trial as jury begins deliberating

  27-08-2026 19:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Closing arguments concluded on Thursday in a case that has sparked widespread online debate and protests outside the courthouse
  
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• Trump’s former Border Patrol commander now claims Trump administration wants him dead

  27-08-2026 19:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Do I think they want me killed? Absolutely,’ former Border Patrol Commander-at-large Gregory Bovino told Tucker Carlson
  
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• Canada is following through on its vow to bolster its defense industry as US relations unravel

  27-08-2026 19:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Ottawa seeks partnerships with allies beyond the United States, it has announced deals this year to buy radar planes from Sweden’s Saab over American rivals, alongside submarines from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp
  
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• AOC officially rejoins the Democratic Socialists as talk of her running in 2028 mounts

  27-08-2026 18:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York congresswoman breaks from other progressives and fully embraces DSA even while eyeing future presidential ambitions
  
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• US Patriot missile stocks are ‘beyond critical’ in Europe due to Iran war, report says

  27-08-2026 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. military faces a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran
  
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• Stolen shoes, sabotaged cars and licked faces: How marmots are causing havoc for hikers in America’s West

  27-08-2026 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  One California hiker woke from a nap in Sequoia National Park to find a marmot licking his ear in one of many unwelcome encounters
  
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• Idaho judge gives hearing dates for Bryan Kohberger as he seeks to withdraw his guilty plea

  27-08-2026 18:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Man who admitted murdering four University of Idaho students is arguing that he was ‘convinced to falsely confess’ to the killings by his legal team
  
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• Two dead after attack at German school as teenage suspect detained

  27-08-2026 18:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police were called to a school near Berlin on Thursday and found two people dead
  
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• Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic and threatens the Caribbean with heavy rain

  27-08-2026 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic Ocean far from land
  
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• Ted Cruz’s effort to share Dolly Parton tribute goes wrong when poster changes their name to make fun of his manhood

  27-08-2026 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas Republian attempts to pay tribute to the late country music superstar, only for things to go off the rails
  
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• Ted Cruz unwittingly shares Dolly Parton tribute from account that makes fun of his manhood – then deletes the evidence

  27-08-2026 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas Republian attempts to pay tribute to the late country music superstar, only for things to go badly wrong
  
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• Kalshi odds are coming to Weather Channel forecasts with new partnership

  27-08-2026 17:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The partnership will allow the Weather Company to display Kalshi’s odds for various weather events
  
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• ICE is arresting a record number of immigrants in a summer surge — and a majority have no criminal history

  27-08-2026 17:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s mass deportation campaign increasingly targets legal immigration pathways to boost arrests and removals
  
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• Trump’s Sharpie is back as he takes pen to Lake Ontario map in latest spat with Canada: ‘We’re gonna make a little change’

  27-08-2026 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President suggested this week he might officially rename Lake Ontario as relations between the US and Canada continue to deteriorate
  
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• Canada is following through on its vow to its bolster defense industry as US relations unravel

  27-08-2026 17:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Ottawa seeks partnerships with allies beyond the United States, it has announced deals this year to buy radar planes from Sweden’s Saab over American rivals, alongside submarines from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp
  
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• The invasive crab plaguing New England is being transformed into a fine dining dish

  27-08-2026 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The creatures thrive across varied habitats, consuming almost any food source, and reproducing rapidly; a female can release up to 185,000 eggs once or twice annually
  
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• Deputy Missouri AG found alive after going missing for six days in Wyoming’s mountains

  27-08-2026 16:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The deputy attorney general was found disorientated and dehydrated, according to his brother
  
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• More than 100 cities across the nation have turned off their Flock cameras after outcry from locals

  27-08-2026 16:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Reported misuse of the surveillance cameras by law enforcement officers — and public distrust of the license plate readers — have led many municipalities to end contracts with Flock
  
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• Who was Ratko Mladic? The warlord convicted of genocide who boasted of being a ‘Serbian God’

  27-08-2026 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mladic was sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for war crimes committed during the wars in Yugoslavia during the 1990s
  
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• RFK Jr told Congress a trip to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines.’ A letter from 2019 says otherwise

  27-08-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a newly-obtained letter to Samoa’s prime minister, RFK Jr. used the words ‘vaccine’ or ‘vaccination’ eight times
  
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• Burglars ransack home of Florida couple killed in helicopter crash in Kenya

  27-08-2026 16:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The late couple’s personal documents, vehicle key fob, valuable artwork and suspected identity-theft tools were found at the suspects’ Florida home, authorities say
  
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• Bill Gates confronted over Epstein ‘blackmail’ claims during TV appearance

  27-08-2026 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gates has embarked on a public campaign to warn people about the dangers of AI but it’s been partly overshadowed by his recent revalations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Ohio manufacturer sues woman over the 1-star review she left online

  27-08-2026 16:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company is seeking more than $25,000 in damages
  
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• Mapped: The UK military bases threatened by Russia as Kremlin rages over missiles for Ukraine

  27-08-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia warned ‘London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences’
  
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• Jesse Watters jokingly attacks Fox cohost for ‘gay shaming’ him over his bromance with Michigan progressive

  27-08-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  This week, the Fox News presenter admitted that he has a soft spot for Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Michigan
  
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• Norway’s King Harald in ‘very serious’ condition as royal family gathers at bedside

  27-08-2026 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  People have laid flowers outside the palace as they await news on the 89-year-old
  
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