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• Mom ‘lied to doctor’s about daughter’s health’ and tried to raise money off her fake conditions

  21-12-2024 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Denise Zamora falsely claimed her now-15-year-old daughter had medical conditions which led to treatments she did not need, including having a feeding tube inserted
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes Russian skyscrapers in major drone attack 1,000km from frontline

  22-12-2024 11:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin says he is open to talks with Donald Trump, saying ‘we will have things to discuss’
  
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• German police say 4 women and a boy were killed in the Christmas market attack

  22-12-2024 10:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  More details have emerged about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany
  
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• At least 17 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces attack Gaza school and hospital

  22-12-2024 10:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pope Francis condemns killing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty, not war’
  
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• Watch: Far-right protesters rally in Magdeburg after German Christmas market attack

  22-12-2024 10:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Far-right protesters gathered in the German city of Magdeburg after five people - including a child - were killed in an attack on a Christmas market.
  
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• German Christmas market attack – latest: Far-right protesters rally in Magdeburg after car attack killed five

  22-12-2024 09:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical
  
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• Watch live: Mourners lay flowers for German Christmas market attack victims as death toll rises

  22-12-2024 09:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch live as mourners lay flowers for victims of the German Christmas market attack on Sunday (22 December).
  
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• Mark Cuban uses Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot to shoot down his praise of far-right German party

  22-12-2024 07:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Musk said that ‘only the AfD can save Germany’ in a post on X on Friday night that provoked widespread backlash from politicians at home and overseas
  
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• Two US navy pilots shot down over Red Sea

  22-12-2024 06:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Friendly fire’ incident reported just hours after American and British forces conduct airstrikes on Yemen
  
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• Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

  22-12-2024 06:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office
  
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• Wall Street Journal flames Trump and Musk over ‘budget fiasco’ and what it threatens for future

  22-12-2024 05:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The editorial board said ‘there are bad omens here for 2025’ and questioned the ‘ability of Republicans to govern’
  
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• Trump threatens to retake Panama Canal while daughter-in-law Lara abandons Senate bid: Live updates

  22-12-2024 05:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump reeled off a lengthy Truth Social post about retaking control of the Panama Canal
  
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• Trump threatens to retake Panama Canal in Truth Social post

  22-12-2024 04:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump accused Panama of charging American vessels ‘exorbitant prices’ to use the vital waterway
  
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• Family of Wisconsin school shooting victim say they hold ‘no bitterness’ against teen killer Natalie Rupnow

  22-12-2024 02:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rubi Vergara’s uncle, Andrew Remus, said that Natalie Rupnow’s family ‘lost a daughter too’
  
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• Lara Trump drops out of running for the Senate, teases ‘big announcement’

  22-12-2024 01:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law was floated as a possible replacement for Marco Rubio, the president-elect’s choice for secretary of state
  
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• Three people arrested two decades after murder-for-hire plot to gain custody of a child

  22-12-2024 00:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kim Burgess, 56, Tonya Burgess, 49, and Mack Hanna, 60, have all been charged in connection to the 2004 death of 19-year-old Lindsey Simmons
  
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• FDA restricts psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

  22-12-2024 00:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The regulator warned food manufacturers that Amanita muscaria –  more commonly known as the fly agaric – and the compounds it contains are not authorized to use
  
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• Government shutdown live updates: Biden signs funding bill leaving a ‘big mess’ for Trump

  21-12-2024 23:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Preparations to close government agencies called off as president set to sign new legislation
  
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• Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose additional luxury trips funded by billionaire patron

  21-12-2024 21:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  All of the gifts Justice Thomas has accepted from a Republican donor are valued at $4.75 million, according to a new report
  
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• NYPD Chief resigns amid allegations of demanding sexual favors for overtime hours

  21-12-2024 20:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The accuser recently came under scrutiny for her exorbitant overtime pay — upward of $200,000 — during her role in a desk job in Maddrey’s office
  
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• German city mourns as death toll rises following market attack just days before Christmas

  21-12-2024 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Magdeburg in grief as at least five people killed in attack on bustling market days before Christmas
  
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• 30 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

  21-12-2024 18:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni
  
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• Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign

  21-12-2024 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint
  
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• Who is the German Christmas market attack suspect? A Saudi doctor and far-right supporter

  21-12-2024 17:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police arrested a 50-year-old man after a car was driven into a crowd of people at a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday night
  
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• Flesh-eating bacteria cases rise in Australia as new warnings issued over ‘painless symptom’

  21-12-2024 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The disease takes the appearance of a lump which then becomes a destructive ulcer
  
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• Government shutdown live updates: Biden signs funding bill after chaotic scramble in Congress

  21-12-2024 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Preparations to close government agencies called off as president set to sign new legislation
  
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• Emmanuel Macron accused of ‘racist and sexist’ comments

  21-12-2024 16:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The French president has also been criticised for his exchanges with residents in Mayotte after the island near Madagascar was devastated by cyclone Chido
  
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• Government shutdown live updates: Biden expected to sign funding bill Saturday after chaotic scramble in Congress

  21-12-2024 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Preparations to close government agencies called off as president set to sign new legislation
  
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• Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill

  21-12-2024 16:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid to address extensive damage caused by hurricane and other disasters
  
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• Senate passes RFK Stadium land bill, giving the Washington Commanders a major off-the-field win

  21-12-2024 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve
  
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