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• Wilson leads Seahawks to first 4-0 start since 2013

  04-10-2020 22:42
  
  Russell Wilson threw for 360 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks improved to 4-0 on the season by beating the Miami Dolphins 31-23 Sunday.The Seahawks have won their first four games only one other time in franchise history — in 2013, when they won their only Super Bowl.Neither were injuries that left them short-handed in the secondary, and five times Seattle forced Miami to settle for a field goal before the Dolphins finally reached the end zone in the final minutes.
  
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• CBS’s 60 Minutes adds another high-profile hire after firings and exits

  19-08-2026 01:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  With the new season set to premiere Sept. 13, the broadcast team faces a compressed summer production schedule
  
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• Republican House Rep caught on doorbell cam rifling through someone’s mailbox

  19-08-2026 01:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Florida homeowner has decided not to press charges, according to a report
  
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• San Diego Padres minor league staffer detained by ICE at airport

  19-08-2026 00:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oswaldo Pirela was detained after arriving in Texas on a work trip for the club
  
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• The foods linked to the latest outbreaks of parasitic and bacterial illnesses in the US

  19-08-2026 00:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Illnesses have forced massive recalls across dozens of states from coast to coast
  
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• Woman accused of plotting to kill Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktail gets sentenced

  19-08-2026 00:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘You’ve had a very difficult life,’ the judge said. ‘Hopefully, the progress you’ve made in jail to this date has set you on the right path’
  
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• Ohio death row inmate gets rare chance to seek pardon after 30 years

  18-08-2026 23:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tyrone Noling maintains he did not commit the murders of Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig
  
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• Exclusive: Trump admin reveals plan to lock 3,000 migrant children in massive new detention facility

  18-08-2026 23:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials are looking for operators for an ‘emergency influx facility’ that can hold thousands of unaccompanied migrant children and pack eight kids into a room sharing one toilet, shower and sink
  
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• Florida official arrested on child molestation and kidnapping charges

  18-08-2026 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order suspending Michael Caruso from his post as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller following his arrest
  
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• Trump has this to worry about if Congress flips in the midterm elections

  18-08-2026 23:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats, learning from their experiences in Trump 1.0, are plotting more effective oversight for a potential post-Blue Wave environment, writes John Bowden — even if the president is fixated on the filibuster
  
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• Some Tupac Shakur family members leave court as autopsy photos shown

  18-08-2026 23:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The graphic images were shown on the second day of testimony against Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis
  
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• Hotshot-lawyer dad of accused Penn State cocaine ring member is charged in son’s frat house scheme

  18-08-2026 23:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Paul Robinson allegedly ‘took steps to conceal evidence, including a safe containing drugs and cash,’ Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday says
  
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• Polling firm shutters after admitting fake survey showing LA mayor leading rival by double digits was ‘experiment’

  18-08-2026 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Median Strategies said it was established as ‘a short-term social experiment’
  
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• Trump moves to end ‘roadless rule’ that protects millions of forest acres

  18-08-2026 23:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Forest Service is filing a proposal to overturn the so-called roadless rule enacted during the final days of Bill Clinton’s presidency
  
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• Trump aide Natalie Harp lives up to her nickname with telling one-word sign-off

  18-08-2026 23:01 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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• Fearless FCC commissioner risks Trump’s wrath to praise ABC lawsuit over Jimmy Kimmel retaliation

  18-08-2026 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The lone Democratic FCC commissioner left on the panel accused the Trump administration of trying to ‘punish’ ABC and Disney because they don’t like the late-night show’s speech
  
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• Are trees deliberately being poisoned at this private beach community? Investigators have landed upon a theory

  18-08-2026 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigators found that diesel fuel may have been poured around the trees, while holes drilled into trunks suggest someone may have injected copper sulfate
  
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• Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend was at apartment where she died, police report says

  18-08-2026 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend
  
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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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