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• Murphy, the bald eagle and foster dad to a rock, has died after violent storms in Missouri

  22-03-2025 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  A beloved bald eagle who gained popularity after incubating a rock has died
  
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• The simple math behind Trump’s tariffs: How the White House calculated the new rates and why its not reciprocal at all

  03-04-2025 16:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  With the help of a large chart, the president unveiled his latest wave of tariffs on Wednesday, on what he called ‘Liberation Day’
  
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• Car explodes at Dam Square in Amsterdam just days after mass stabbing

  03-04-2025 16:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The incident happened in the historic city square to the city and just metres from the scene of a mass stabbing last week
  
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• The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’

  03-04-2025 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tattoos are an unreliable marker of gang membership, writes professor of Law Beth C. Caldwell
  
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• Trump tariff reaction live: Dow Jones plunges at market open after overnight sell-off panics Wall Street

  03-04-2025 15:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest
  
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• American tourist leaves can of coke for world’s most isolated tribe and gets arrested

  03-04-2025 15:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  American man was seen leaving on inflatable single-seater boat
  
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• Trump tariff reaction live: Wall Street braces for stock market open after overnight sell-off causes panic

  03-04-2025 15:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest
  
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• Stock markets ready to react to Trump’s tariff announcement after fears stoke overnight drop

  03-04-2025 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. stock markets are expected to dip one day after Trump promised to ‘make America wealthy again’ with new across-the-board tariffs
  
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• Stock market falls at opening as Dow drops 1,000-points on Trump’s tariff fears: S&P and NASDAQ also down

  03-04-2025 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This is the reordering of fair trade,’ Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said before the stock market tanked at open
  
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• Your rights when travelling to the US and what to do if stopped at the border

  03-04-2025 14:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  The risk for travellers is very real, write Frédéric Dimanche and Kelley A. McClinchey
  
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• Price of America’s favorite mid-size truck could go up by $15,000, analyst warns

  03-04-2025 14:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Toyota Tacomas are mainly assembled at a plant east of Tijuana in Mexico, which is subject to a 25 percent duty on auto imports.
  
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• Why Rihanna's expanding Clara Lionel Foundation is seen as a model for celebrity philanthropy

  03-04-2025 14:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rihanna fans might know the musician for hits such as “Umbrella” and “Diamonds."
  
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• Trump tariff reaction live: Wall Street braces for stock markets open after overnight sell-off causes panic

  03-04-2025 13:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest
  
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• CNN political analyst claims President Donald Trump’s advisors are ‘tired of Musk’s presence’

  03-04-2025 13:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Musk’s approach has been described as like a ‘chainsaw, not a scalpel,’ the New York Times’ chief White House correspondent Maggie Haberman says
  
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• Tourists warned ‘hurricane-force’ winds to hit Canary islands as red alert issued for Storm Nuria

  03-04-2025 13:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The red weather warning for La Palma in the Canary Islands is in place until Thursday evening
  
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• Mayor resigns after attempt to explain sending x-rated video to female colleague fails

  03-04-2025 13:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim filed a complaint two weeks after receiving a text with a sexually explicit video from Mayor Tom Ross in January
  
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• Trump’s tariffs, Brexit and Keir Starmer’s next move: Ask John Rentoul anything in exclusive Q&A

  03-04-2025 13:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  How will Trump’s tariffs impact the UK? The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions on trade, whether there’s a ‘Brexit dividend’, Starmer’s strategy, the market fallout and more
  
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• Now Elon Musk spreads a conspiracy theory over Wisconsin Supreme Court defeat

  03-04-2025 13:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Election fraud is alive and well and it lives in Wisconsin’ according to Republican lobbyist Roger Stone
  
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• Sen. Rand Paul warns Republicans that tariffs have brought down the party before

  03-04-2025 12:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We are richer because of trade with Canada and so is Canada,’ Sen. Paul said
  
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• The illegal party drug helping Ukraine’s traumatised soldiers live again

  03-04-2025 12:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  With limited numbers of foot soldiers to take on Russia, Ukraine has branched out into a revolutionary new treatment for its traumatised and damaged troops – ketamine, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv
  
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• Trump live: Apple and Tesla stocks drop in wake of ‘Liberation Day’ as Republicans defy president over tariffs

  03-04-2025 12:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries, hitting China and Europe hardest
  
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• Insider says President Donald Trump’s advisors are ‘tired of Musk’s presence’

  03-04-2025 12:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Musk’s approach has been described as like a ‘chainsaw not a scalpel’, Haberman says
  
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• Russia calls Elton John AIDS Foundation ‘undesirable’ as Putin pushes his LGBTQ+ ban

  03-04-2025 12:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Elton John AIDS Foundation has raised more than $600 million to support over 3,100 projects in 95 countries
  
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• Trump live: Apple stocks plummet in ‘Liberation Day’ aftershock as Republican senators defy president over tariffs

  03-04-2025 11:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump says he will impose blanket tariffs on all countries with ‘worst offenders’, including China and Europe, facing much higher rates
  
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• At least one dead as ‘once in a generation’ storm lashes several states

  03-04-2025 11:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Extreme weather warnings were issued in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi
  
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• Crisis counsellors brought in to air traffic control tower after fight, near-miss

  03-04-2025 11:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air traffic controllers at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport are being offered crisis counselling following a fight in the control tower and a near-miss incident, just two months after a fatal midair collision.
  
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• Watch: Australian prime minister falls off stage at campaign event

  03-04-2025 11:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The audience can be heard gasping as the PM topples off the stage
  
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• ‘Make your own iPad from scratch’: Stephen Colbert roasts Trump on ‘Liberation Day’

  03-04-2025 11:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘America is finally free from the tyranny of being able to buy stuff from other countries,’ Colbert joked
  
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• Trump tariffs: How could Europe retaliate as trade war breaks out

  03-04-2025 11:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The sweeping round of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs was unveiled by Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday - but how will the EU react?
  
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• The Greek cheese makers hit by Trump’s latest tariffs

  03-04-2025 10:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The European Union faces 20% reciprocal tariff rates
  
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