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• This is what happened after New Zealand banned phones in schools

  06-04-2025 10:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The goal for last year’s move was to cut distractions - but not everyone was on board
  
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• Relics stolen and mummy coffins looted as country’s biggest museum ravaged by war

  14-04-2025 08:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials have been working to assess the damage and loss in hopes of one day restoring the museum
  
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• RFK Jr. wants to help tribal communities get healthy. Trump gutted a program that was doing just that

  14-04-2025 08:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Native leaders say they are having trouble grasping the dissonance between Kennedy's words and his actions
  
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• Police reveal man scaled fence before arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov’s family home

  14-04-2025 07:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A suspect, identified as Cody Balmer, was inside the house for around a minute, authorities said
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky dares Trump to witness war horrors as deadly Sumy missile attack kills 34

  14-04-2025 07:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  EU foreign ministers to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia
  
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• What to know about Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the alleged arson at his official residence

  14-04-2025 07:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in the middle of the night, set a fire that left significant damage and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building during the Jewish holiday of Passover
  
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• New extremist group claims responsibility for Athens bombing

  14-04-2025 06:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The explosion also came during widespread public anger over a 2023 railway disaster
  
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• NCAA woman of the year included in those killed in upstate New York plane crash

  14-04-2025 05:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The victims included Karenna Groff, who founded openPPE during Covid to create masks for essential workers
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky asks Trump to see devastation for himself after Sumy missile attack kills 34

  14-04-2025 05:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  EU foreign ministers to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia
  
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• Experts detail what is best to stockpile with tariffs in place: ‘Let’s not go full 2020 toilet paper crisis mode’

  14-04-2025 03:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tariffs are expected to increase spending costs by over $1,000 per household
  
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• The trial to decide if Meta has to sell Instagram and WhatsApp begins this week. Here’s everything you need to know

  14-04-2025 02:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Case from Federal Trade Commission will probe if Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp allowed it to maintain a social media monopoly, putting billions on the line
  
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• Suspect arrested for arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home

  14-04-2025 01:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence
  
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• ‘Elon and I are great’: Peter Navarro denies spat with Musk despite public feuding on tariffs

  14-04-2025 00:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s not an issue’, insists trade adviser whom Musk dumbed ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’
  
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• The dead in upstate NY plane crash included NCAA woman of the year and family members

  13-04-2025 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and a distinguished student athlete, the recently named NCAA woman of the year
  
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• Companies are already adding a ‘Trump surcharge’ to bills to deal with tariff price increases

  13-04-2025 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s economic approval rating has fallen since he announced blanket tariffs on most countries earlier this month
  
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• New armed extremist group claims responsibility for bombing near rail company headquarters

  13-04-2025 22:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  A new extremist group has claimed responsibility for a bomb that exploded near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway services operator and the planting of another near the Labor Ministry in early February
  
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• Indiana man shoots dead his father during an argument then calls 911 to report his crime, cops say

  13-04-2025 22:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The suspect was arrested without incident, police say
  
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• Experts detail what its best to stockpile with tariffs in place: ‘Let’s not go full 2020 toilet paper crisis mode’

  13-04-2025 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tariffs are expected to increase spending costs by over $1,000 per household
  
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• Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s family home hit by arson attack

  13-04-2025 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence
  
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• Cologne police arrest five people trying to climb famous tourist attraction

  13-04-2025 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  German police in Cologne have detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman
  
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• Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home hit by arson attack

  13-04-2025 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building. No one was injured
  
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• Stabbing at Houston funeral home leads to discovery of improperly kept bodies: ‘She had gnats in her face’

  13-04-2025 21:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The funeral home had no air conditioning and smelled like ‘rotten blood,’ one customer said
  
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• Suspect’s plan to ‘shoot up a Pennsylvania school on Columbine anniversary’ stopped by cops

  13-04-2025 21:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police were trying to determine if anyone else was involved in the plan
  
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• Majority believes the wealthy and large corporations will benefit the most from Trump’s tariff plan

  13-04-2025 21:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Americans’ view of tariff outcomes mirror opinion of 2017 Republican tax cuts set to be extended by Congress this year
  
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• Public believes the wealthy and large corporations will benefit the most from Trump’s tariff plan

  13-04-2025 21:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Americans’ view of tariff outcomes mirror opinion of 2017 Republican tax cuts set to be extended by Congress this year
  
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• Another 10 ICE deportees sent to El Salvador as Supreme Court orders wrongly deported Maryland father to be returned from prison

  13-04-2025 21:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. accused of sending hundreds to notorious Salvadoran prison, most of them without criminal records
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: At least 34 people killed in Russian ballistic missile strike in Sumy

  13-04-2025 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Civilians were celebrating Palm Sunday when two ballistic missiles landed in the heart of the northeastern city of Sumy
  
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• Measles cases in Texas continue to grow. Trump’s funding cuts could make it worse

  13-04-2025 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The more than 700 measles cases reported this year in the U.S. have already surpassed last year’s total
  
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• Helicopter that crashed into NYC’s Hudson River was not equipped with flight recorders, NTSB says

  13-04-2025 19:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senator Chuck Schumer calling on officials to ground helicopter tour company during investigation
  
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• Billionaire hedge fund leader warns US facing something ‘worse than a recession’

  13-04-2025 19:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  US ‘very close’ to a recession after weeks of Trump tariff instability, warns Ray Dalio
  
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