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• Biden still regrets dropping out of 2024 race and believes he could have beaten Trump, says report

  29-12-2024 01:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Biden also admitted to aides that he had made other mistakes, including the selection of Merrick Garland as attorney general
  
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• FDA begins testing raw cheese for bird flu

  01-01-2025 03:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  FDA may impose measures ‘such as a recall, follow-up inspection or other possible responses to protect public health’
  
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• Man and two teenagers arrested in death of good samaritan found dead near smoldering vehicle

  01-01-2025 01:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pima County Sheriff’s Office named Jack Upchurch, 40, Elmer Smith, 19 and 16-year-old Wendy Scott as suspects in the case on Tuesday
  
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• Revellers cheer in New Year around world despite bad weather forcing cancellations in UK

  01-01-2025 01:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges
  
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• Teen accused of fatally poisoning classmate’s goat in livestock competition

  01-01-2025 01:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Seventeen-year-old confesses to poisoning, telling police she ‘doesn’t like cheaters’
  
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• Judge rejects Giuliani’s attempt to keep witness list secret in upcoming trial linked to defamation case

  01-01-2025 01:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former New York mayor is hoping to keep his Palm Beach condo away from defamed election workers seeking to collect nearly $150 million he owes them
  
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• Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office

  01-01-2025 00:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, was found dead on Tuesday in his own courtroom
  
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• Cases of rare ‘rabbit fever’ disease rose by more than 50 percent in the U.S. in recent years

  01-01-2025 00:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cases of the sometimes deadly bacterial disease have been reported across the country
  
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• Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz once said uninsured have no ‘right to health’

  01-01-2025 00:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The TV personality has repeatedly peddled dubious medical claims
  
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• Kremlin supporters tout Trump takeover threats as aiding Putin’s expansionist goals

  31-12-2024 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  By talking of making Canada the 51st state, “Trump is basically saying, ‘Russians, you can take the Baltics,’”said TV host
  
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• Man who used Biden photos for target practice amassed largest cache of explosives in FBI history, authorities say

  31-12-2024 23:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Brad Spafford, 36, was described as an extreme danger to the community’ after a search of his home revealed more than 150 homemade explosives including pipe bombs
  
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• A bromance for the ages: The timeline of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s tumultuous relationship

  31-12-2024 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Though the tech billionaire has quickly risen to the (self-titled) position of‘first buddy,’ the relationship between two of the world’s most powerful men has not always been roses writes Mike Bedigan
  
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• Horizon Air flight forced to return to airport after hitting eagle

  31-12-2024 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The eagle survived the collision, but was euthanized after local veterinarians determined its injuries were too extensive
  
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• Is Justin Trudeau on his way out? Canada’s leader loses caucus support in latest blow

  31-12-2024 22:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trudeau has faced record-low approval ratings over the last few months
  
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• Norovirus cases are growing in the US — here is what health officials say you can do to avoid it

  31-12-2024 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of outbreaks reported this year exceeds previous years
  
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• ‘I want justice for my daughter’: Family demands answers after daughter, 5, is hit and killed in crosswalk

  31-12-2024 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the fatal collision, police say
  
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• Fox News melts down over Don Lemon profanely mocking MAGA supporters: Is my mom ‘stupid?!’

  31-12-2024 21:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Don Lemon ridiculed ‘America First’ hardliners for having ‘stupid MAGA brain’ while lambasting them as ‘dumb f***ing idiots’ for not realizing that ‘tech bros’ would continue to advocate for skilled immigrants to be allowed into the country
  
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• Musk changes X handle to Kekius Maximus. What does it mean?

  31-12-2024 21:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The world’s richest man’s new handle and avatar appear to refer to a cryptocurrency – but they both include references previously co-opted by the far right
  
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• Woman accuses steakhouse of ignoring her ‘severe’ lemon allergy — sending her to ER in anaphylactic shock

  31-12-2024 21:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Katherine Lamb-Jones says she informed her server of her medical condition, but that the LongHorn Steakhouse still brought out two dishes, back-to-back, containing lemons
  
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• ‘Don’t die’: Who is Bryan Johnson, the millionaire biohacker behind Netflix’s new immortality documentary?

  31-12-2024 21:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  A new film by the executive producer of Tiger King chronicles one 47-year-old man’s multi-million-dollar bid to beat death and live forever. But why is he doing it, and can it possibly work?
  
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• Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain

  31-12-2024 21:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some members of an unruly GOP caucus remain unenthused with Johnson — but what’s the alternative?
  
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• Lego display falls 12 feet injuring 10 people in botched New Year’s Eve event at arcade

  31-12-2024 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Large LEGO pieces were everywhere, kids were crying...It was pure chaos,’ one eyewitness said
  
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• Woman set on fire in NYC subway identified as 57-year-old New Jersey resident

  31-12-2024 20:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The victim has been identified as Debrina Kawam
  
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• Suspect killed by police in shootout has now been linked by DNA to 1981 cold-case murder

  31-12-2024 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Debra Lee Miller, 18, was found murdered in her Ohio apartment on April 29, 1981
  
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• 2 minutes in the box! Thief allegedly stole high school team’s hockey sticks forcing them to postpone game

  31-12-2024 20:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 30 hockey sticks — estimated to be worth tens of thousands — were stolen from the high school team’s bus ahead of their tournament game
  
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• Dazzling New Year’s Eve fireworks come with a terrible environmental price

  31-12-2024 20:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Blasting the way into 2025 could have dangerous consequences for human and animal health alike
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to go after top prosecutor for January 6 charges: ‘He should pay’

  31-12-2024 20:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Far-right congresswoman admits rioters ‘engaged in violence’ and fought police but ‘have served their time’
  
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• A Black inmate’s fatal beating at New York prison ignited outrage: Here’s what we know about the case

  31-12-2024 19:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thirteen state department of corrections employees have been suspended without pay while one correction officer resigned after the deadly attack
  
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• Ohio parents abused their five adopted special needs children ‘worse than prisoners of war’

  31-12-2024 19:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Charles and Matthew Edmonson’s five children were removed from the home and are now ‘thriving,’ an attorney said
  
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• Experts warn Trump’s plan to name cartels ‘terrorists’ could open door to military operations in Mexico

  31-12-2024 19:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s latest suggestion threatens to escalate tensions between the U.S. and Mexico
  
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