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• ‘Like a ton of bricks just fell on me’: What we know about victims of ‘most destructive’ fire in LA history

  10-01-2025 19:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner confirmed 10 people have died as a result of the raging fires, with the death toll expected to climb
  
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• What’s next for Joe and Jill Biden?

  10-01-2025 23:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Outside of politics, the Bidens have embarked on academic endeavors – something they may continue after leaving the president leaves the White House for a final time on January 20
  
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• California Dems worry Trump will make fire aid political again: ’Such a wild card’

  10-01-2025 23:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Even if we nominally secure some of these things, the money won’t flow until Trump is president,’ California Democrat warns
  
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• LA nurse defies evacuation orders to protect her home from looters: ‘Nothing here is good’

  10-01-2025 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘No one’s here securing the homes, so these criminals are coming and breaking in,’ the veteran caregiver told The Independent
  
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• ‘My whole city is gone’: As evacuations are lifted, LA residents are returning home to find nothing left

  10-01-2025 23:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least 10 people have been killed as the Palisades and Eaton fires continue to scorch the Los Angeles area
  
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• ‘The threat doesn’t end after Friday’: When will California’s dangerous fire weather finally die down?

  10-01-2025 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Forecasters have given an update about what we can expect from the fierce winds over the weekend and into next week
  
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• Biden to deliver farewell address Wednesday evening, White House says

  10-01-2025 22:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Biden’s final Oval Office address will follow a speech summing up his administration’s foreign policy legacy delivered from the State Department on Monday
  
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• US to return $52.8 million in seized assets linked to Nigeria's former oil minister

  10-01-2025 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The United States will return $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates
  
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• When is Trump’s inauguration and how do you get tickets?

  10-01-2025 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump and Vance will take the oath of office in Washington, D.C., on January 20
  
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• Who pays for the presidential inauguration? These are some of the major donors

  10-01-2025 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inaugural committee set to raise more than $200 million, with any leftover fundslikely to be used for a Trump presidential library
  
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• LA fires live updates: Death toll is expected to grow as officials pledge to be ready for return of Santa Ana winds

  10-01-2025 22:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Death toll continues to climb from the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires that forced evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 residents
  
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• Rudy Giuliani held in contempt of court for repeating false claims about defamed election workers

  10-01-2025 22:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s former attorney faces contempt sanctions twice in one week
  
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• The Trumps are ‘in talks’ to buy back their beloved D.C. hotel

  10-01-2025 22:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s family company is looking to operate a hotel in the nation’s capital as president-elect once again prepares to enter White House
  
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• Trump has been on a run of big wins — his own agenda push could end the streak

  10-01-2025 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite some early wins, Trump still faces an uphill battle with his more significant policy proposals, Eric Garcia writes
  
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• Not running on Dunkin’: Mystery as donuts disappear nationwide

  10-01-2025 21:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donuts are disappearing from Dunkin’ stores - and no one is sure why
  
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• LA wildfires mapped: Palisades and Eaton blazes now cover more than 34,000 acres

  10-01-2025 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Death toll has risen to 10 while more than 10,000 structures have been burned down
  
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• Nebraska Dunkin’ locations say they’re all out of doughnuts

  10-01-2025 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donuts are disappearing from Dunkin’ stores - and no one is sure why
  
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• Why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles?

  10-01-2025 21:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water
  
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• TikTok ban: supreme court appears inclined to uphold law that could see app barred in US – as it happened

  10-01-2025 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting on the case here:US supreme court seems likely to uphold TikTok ban-or-sale lawHow would a TikTok ban in US work?TikTok maintains it is not controlled by the Chinese government. It’s parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, but TikTok operates separately with headquarters in Singapore and the US. TikTok says its user data in the US is handled by the company Oracle.Justice Samuel Alito asked TikTok’s lawyer if the co
  
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• California wildfires live updates: Biden likens LA devastation to ‘war scene’ as he warns death toll likely to rise

  10-01-2025 21:07 via theguardian.com
  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris also praise heroism of emergency crews; around 150,000 LA county residents remain under evacuation ordersAfter the fire, the insurance battles: new ordeals to comeFleeing the LA fires alone on a wheelchair: ‘I had to take my chances’Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.477 personnel were assigned to the fire. Continue reading
  
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• 200 passengers forced to evacuate Delta plane on emergency slides due to engine issues

  10-01-2025 21:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  ’On takeoff, something went wrong and [an] engine caught fire,’ one passenger told CNN.
  
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• Biden extends temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants

  10-01-2025 21:03 via theguardian.com
  US president moves to shield roughly 230,000 Salvadorans and 600,000 Venezuelans against Trump administrationThe Biden administration on Friday extended temporary humanitarian protections for about 230,000 Salvadorans and 600,000 Venezuelans living in the US, in an effort to shield those groups from an incoming Trump administration that has promised to deport them.The decision in the dying days of Joe Biden’s presidency came after immigrant advocates and lawmakers urged the Department of H
  
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• Wes Streeting points to New Zealand mosque massacre amid grooming gang rhetoric

  10-01-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Health secretary says ‘irresponsible public discourse’ could vilify communities and lead to terrorismThe use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities and could lead to atrocities such as the mosque massacre in New Zealand that killed more than 50 people, the health secretary has warned.Wes Streeting said he had “no difficulty or qualms” calling out the “sickening” crimes of sexual abuse gangs, criticising &ldqu
  
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• Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit to recruit English-speaking soldiers

  10-01-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Azov, a volunteer brigade, plans to form international battalion to boostnumbers as Ukraine heads into fourth year of warThe Britons killed fighting for Ukraine against RussiaUkraine’s highest profile combat unit is seeking English-speaking recruits at a time when the impending presidency of Donald Trump means that Kyiv is expected to come under intense pressure on the battlefield.Azov, a volunteer brigade whose decade-old nationalist origins have made it a target of Russian propaganda, pl
  
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• How you can help the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires

  10-01-2025 20:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  As thousands have lost their homes and everything they own, this is how local organizations and charities are responding
  
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• Four dead in ‘multi-victim’ homicide in senior citizen community

  10-01-2025 20:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s just another shock of reality of the world that we live in today. Nobody is exempt’
  
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• US supreme court seems likely to uphold TikTok ban-or-sale law in hearing

  10-01-2025 20:47 via theguardian.com
  Justices weighed importance of security with freedom of speech in oral arguments that went over nearly an hourTikTok supreme court hearing – liveThe US supreme court heard oral arguments over the fate of TikTok on Friday, questioning TikTok’s lawyer far longer than the attorney for the government. It’s the latest battle in the long war over whether to ban the tremendously popular social media app in the US – and the justices will now make a decision that weighs the import
  
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• Ex-McKinsey partner pleads guilty to destroying records on opioids

  10-01-2025 20:40 via theguardian.com
  Martin Elling pleads guilty to destroying records on advice provided to Purdue Pharma on how to ‘turbocharge’ salesA former partner at McKinsey & Co pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing justice by destroying records related to advice he and the consulting firm provided to Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of its potent opioid prescription painkiller, OxyContin.Martin Elling, 60, entered his plea in federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, a month after the US
  
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• LA fires live updates: New blaze erupts in Granada Hills as officials warn death toll will rise

  10-01-2025 20:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  As a new brush fire sparks in Granda Hills the death toll continues to climb from the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires that forced evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 residents
  
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• Man with epilepsy in Leeds died in fall after pharmacy ran out of drug

  10-01-2025 20:16 via theguardian.com
  David Crompton, 44, was reportedly given ‘IOU’ for prescription medication before fatal incidentA man with epilepsy died in a fall after his pharmacy reportedly left him an “IOU” for his prescribed medication when it ran out of an anti-epileptic drug.David Crompton, a 44-year-old man in Leeds, died on 13 December after a fall downstairs resulted in a loss of oxygen to his brain and a cardiac arrest. Continue reading...
  
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