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• Every key finding from the Trump special counsel report that impacts the president-elect

  14-01-2025 12:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  US Attorney General Merrick Garland releases Jack Smith’s final conclusions on effort to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win after investigation curtailed
  
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• Nobody’s prefect! Republicans demand DEI out of ‘Miltary’ and miss typo in display at confirmation hearings

  15-01-2025 00:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hesgeth told hearing it is ‘not a time for equity’
  
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• Bodycam: Police chase dogs that attacked and killed eight-year-old boy in Florida

  15-01-2025 00:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police bodycam footage shows officers chasing two dogs responsible for attacking and killing an eight-year-old boy in Florida.
  
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• Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down

  15-01-2025 00:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Melissa Rivers recalls how quickly the California wildfires spread, leaving her little time to gather cherished belongings before fleeing
  
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• Megyn Kelly rants about ‘obese lesbian’ firefighters tackling LA blazes: ‘We want a strong man to rescue us’

  14-01-2025 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conservative media personality took aim at the three women who hold leadership positions at the Los Angeles Fire Department
  
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• Woman ordered to stay away from kids after headbutting 6-year-old girl, cops say

  14-01-2025 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Marsha R. Dunham, 36,has been released from jail providing she makes no contact with children under 18, according to release conditions set by the court
  
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• Protesters form human chain outside South Korean president Yoon’s office as investigators arrive in new arrest attempt

  14-01-2025 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protesters formed a human chain in the South Korean capital outside the president's office as investigators and police arrived in an apparent attempt to arrest impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol.
  
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• Schools racing to protect mixed-status and undocumented students from deportation under Trump

  14-01-2025 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nearly 750,000 school-aged children are in U.S. illegally, according to estimates
  
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• Hulk Hogan downs can of beer during live Fox News interview

  14-01-2025 23:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hulk Hogan downed a can of beer during a live interview on Fox News, much to to the surprise of presenter Jesse Watters.
  
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• Woman ordered to stay away from kids after heatbutting 6-year-old girl, cops say

  14-01-2025 23:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Marsha R. Dunham, 36,has been released from jail providing she makes no contact with children under 18, according to release conditions set by the court
  
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• Tech bro enemies Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk jockey for position at Trump’s inauguration

  14-01-2025 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds
  
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• Tech bros: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk jockey for position at Trump’s inauguration

  14-01-2025 23:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds
  
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• Watch: Team of 75 firefighters tackle fast-moving California Auto-Fire

  14-01-2025 23:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  A team of 75 firefighters have tackled a new fast-moving California wildfire blaze.
  
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• Don Jr shares Trump’s reaction to Kristi Noem dog-slaying story: ‘Even you wouldn’t kill a dog’

  14-01-2025 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I hated that dog,’ Noem wrote, referring to her 14-month-old wire-haired pointer
  
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• Biden pulls Cuba from terrorism list, reversing Trump decision

  14-01-2025 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president notified Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday
  
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• Brothers charged over death of man found in Massachusetts backyard with ‘blunt force trauma’

  14-01-2025 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Although the loss of Anthony was sudden and tragic, he wouldn’t want us to be sad’ read the 43-year-old’s obituary
  
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• Fox News anchor wonders what defense sec ‘doesn’t have a bottle of bourbon’ in their office after Hegseth hearing

  14-01-2025 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘If you go to Churchill's War Rooms in London, you can buy a bottle of the scotch that he used to drink while he was looking after the war,’ Fox News anchor John Roberts declared
  
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• Boy, 8, is mauled to death by dogs that were constantly allowed to roam the streets, cops say

  14-01-2025 22:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Volusia County Sheriff said that law enforcement’s goal was to destroy the dogs and bring charges against the animals’ owner
  
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• Pete Hegseth’s fiery confirmation hearing ends with GOP signaling approval: Live Updates

  14-01-2025 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s controversial pick for secretary of defense faced tough questions about his past from senators as he made case to lead Pentagon
  
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• Speaker Johnson orders Capitol flags raised for Trump’s inauguration despite Jimmy Carter mourning period

  14-01-2025 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Many Republican governors have already said flags would be raised for Donald Trump’s inauguration, despite it happening during a period of mourning for Jimmy Carter
  
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• Zuckerberg warns he will cut ‘low performers’ as he looks to fire up to 5 percent of Meta staff: Report

  14-01-2025 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Meta boss reportedly told staff that the company was looking to ‘move out low-performers faster’.
  
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• Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told

  14-01-2025 21:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather are on trial for human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor
  
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• How an AI Brad Pitt fraudster convinced a woman to split with her millionaire husband and fund star’s ‘cancer treatment’

  14-01-2025 21:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Computer-generated fake of the Fight Club star tricked the victim into thinking he was hospitalised with kidney cancer and Angelina Jolie was blocking access to his fortune
  
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• Republicans blustered for months on Hegseth’s questionable nomination. Then they did Trump’s bidding

  14-01-2025 21:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republicans seem more than happy to drag Hegseth across the finish line, while Democrats miss easy layups, Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg write
  
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• Antony Blinken heckled by protesters during Gaza ceasefire news conference

  14-01-2025 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  This is the moment US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heckled during a news conference in Washington.
  
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• Why didn’t Jack Smith charge Trump with insurrection?

  14-01-2025 21:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Evidence shows Trump ‘caused and benefited’ from the violent attack. The law and the country weren’t prepared for a case showing how a sitting president, not an outside force, could be responsible, Alex Woodward reports
  
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• Only two House Democrats join Republicans to ban trans athletes from women’s sports/

  14-01-2025 21:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Republicans make their latest attack on transgender youth as the legislation moves to the Senate
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel breaks down in tears over LA wildfires

  14-01-2025 20:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jimmy Kimmel broke down in tears as he spoke about the deadly LA wildfires that have ravaged California.
  
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• Two planes nearly collide in skies over Phoenix with 400 passengers onboard

  14-01-2025 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The two planes experienced ‘a loss of required separation’ when they neared Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the FAA said
  
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• Mold, insects and slime found at other Boar’s Head plants after deadly listeria outbreak at factory, USDA says

  14-01-2025 20:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  “Unidentified slime” was found at a Boar’s Head plant in 2023
  
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