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• Twitter now automatically responds to press enquiries with poop emoji

  19-03-2023 20:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Billionaire fired press team at social media platform after unsuccesfully trying to back out of $44bn purchase
  
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• Video shows wrestler’s desperate search for water before dying from heatstroke

  22-03-2023 00:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jackie and Kyle Brace claim two coaches denied water to their son Grant before his death
  
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• Special counsel prosecutors think Trump deliberately misled his lawyers over missing papers, report says

  22-03-2023 00:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alleged deceptions could end former president’s claims of attorney-client privilege
  
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• Tucker Carlson team put pictures of Nancy Pelosi in a bathing suit around the office, former producer says

  22-03-2023 00:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former producer has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Fox News
  
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• Wisconsin man charged with murdering elderly parents who owned cheese factory

  21-03-2023 23:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Loaded gun found in house
  
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• Workers flee 93-floor New York skyscraper as building starts shaking: ‘It is very scary’

  21-03-2023 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  A building spokesperson said the shaking was caused by elevator repairs
  
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• Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative

  21-03-2023 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Debate that began Tuesday on a bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors quickly grew contentious on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature, with supporters and opponents admonishing each other for a lack of collegiality
  
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• States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses

  21-03-2023 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns about a slowing economy
  
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• Ron DeSantis doubles down Trump attacks ahead of indictment: ‘You can call me whatever you want’

  21-03-2023 22:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ron DeSantis has doubled down on his attacks on Donald Trump ahead of the former president’s predicted indictment and their likely 2024 clash for the Republican presidential nomination.
  
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• Uproar as Indigenous mother is told to remove woven baby carrier on visit to Native American museum exhibit

  21-03-2023 22:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sophie Weinstein, a citizen of the Karuk Nation, was told to remove the basket at the Portland Art Museum
  
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• Fox News and Dominion face off in court as judge decides whether defamation case goes to trial

  21-03-2023 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The voting machine company wants Rupert Murdoch to testify as both parties ask a Delaware judge for summary judgment in blockbuster defamation case
  
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• Wrestler condemned for ‘unacceptable’ on-air comments about Islam

  21-03-2023 22:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conservatives praised the interview and shared the video on social media
  
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• Trump jokingly blames ‘radical left’ after tech issues derail interview

  21-03-2023 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pastors had gathered to pray for former president ahead of expected indictment
  
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• Conservative who called for ‘transgenderism’ to be eradicated played queer character in student film

  21-03-2023 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Michael Knowles, who used his CPAC speech to call for the eradication of ‘transgenderism’ from public life, also reportedly appeared in drag in 2016
  
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• DeSantis accused of changing pronunciation of his own name

  21-03-2023 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’ve called up and called him Deh-Santis for several years now. I don’t know what’s happening. This is a little strange, to be honest,’ Michael Binder said in 2018
  
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• Trump news - live: Violent threats surge as Trump team readies for Stormy Daniels hush money arrest

  21-03-2023 22:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Barricades have been erected and security ramped up outside Manhattan Criminal Court after the former president claimed he will be arrested on Tuesday
  
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• ‘Tommy this is not a joke’: Group of friends send mayday message as boat sinks in Pacific after being hit by whale

  21-03-2023 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rick Rodriguez and crew of three spent 10 hours on a lifeboat and dinghy after collision
  
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• Police surround NY Courthouse, DC Capitol in case of Trump arrest

  21-03-2023 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are prepared to mobilise if Trump is arrested.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow trial - live: Court hears Goop founder ‘fled’ scene of ski collision after doctor hurt

  21-03-2023 21:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Goop founder faces civil lawsuit regarding 2016 skiing crash at Deer Valley resort
  
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• Online threats of ‘January 6 times 10’ surge as law enforcement prepares for potential Trump indictment

  21-03-2023 21:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  State and federal officials monitoring for threats as charges expected
  
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• Putin: China plan could end war, but Ukraine and West not ready for peace

  21-03-2023 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Putin says China's plan could end the war - but he claims Ukraine and the West are not ready for peace.
  
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• DeSantis drops to lowest support in GOP polls as clashes with Trump turn nasty

  21-03-2023 21:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  DeSantis’s numbers fall amid criticism from Trump and his remarks about Ukraine.
  
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• Fingerprints and a mugshot: What happens if Trump is arrested

  21-03-2023 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president could become the first to face criminal charges. Here's what possibly lies ahead.
  
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• Georgia senators send gender care restrictions to governor

  21-03-2023 21:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  A ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk
  
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• Dentist accused of poisoning wife claimed she asked him to order cyanide and hid it in her smoothies

  21-03-2023 20:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  James Craig allegedly ordered poison online and made a string of suspicious internet searches before his wife’s death
  
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• Ukraine war: UK defends sending uranium shells after Putin warning

  21-03-2023 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK says the depleted uranium shells, which it is sending to Ukraine, are "standard".
  
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• Conspiracy theorists led family to death in Switzerland

  21-03-2023 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swiss investigators say adults in the family were obsessed with conspiracy theories.
  
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• Putin’s claim Britain is sending nuclear arms to Ukraine is ‘bonkers’ says expert

  21-03-2023 20:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There is no way that you could create a nuclear explosion with depleted uranium’
  
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• Rudy Giuliani mocked over bizarre Cameo clip recounting nursery rhyme

  21-03-2023 20:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Are people just trolling him by paying him to do this, and is he so broke that he needs to?’ Twitter user asks
  
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• Judge scolds journalist for taking photos of Gwyneth Paltrow in ski collision trial courtroom

  21-03-2023 20:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ms Paltrow’s attorneys complained that a photographer took pictures of her in the courtroom’s foyer
  
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