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• Young boys face charges for allegedly dumping hot water on ‘friend’ at sleepover

  06-01-2025 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tiffany West’s 12-year-old son suffered second-degree burns after an alleged prank went wrong
  
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• LA wildfires mapped: Palisades and Eaton blazes now cover more than 3,000 acres

  08-01-2025 07:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fierce windstorm expands Pacific Palisades fire from 300 acres to nearly 3,000
  
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• Social media fans hail Green Party leader who invites California to become Canadian province

  08-01-2025 06:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Who wants to be a state? taunts Elizabeth May after Trump’s 51st statedig. Canada offers free health care, safe streets and abortion rights, she boasts
  
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• Palisades fire live: 30,000 evacuated as brush fire in celebrity neighborhood erupts into 3,000-acre out-of-control firestorm

  08-01-2025 06:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Roaring LA brush fire is fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds in the state of California
  
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• California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up

  08-01-2025 06:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump sympathises with Putin’s stance on Nato as Kursk battle rages

  08-01-2025 05:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump said he ‘understands’ Russia’s feelings about Ukraine in Nato bloc
  
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• Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump sympathises with Putin’s stance on Nato as Kursk battle rages

  08-01-2025 05:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump said he ‘understands’ Russia’s feelings about Ukraine in Nato bloc
  
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• Don Jr accuses Denmark of ‘fake news’ during Greenland visit

  08-01-2025 04:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said acquiring Greenland was an ‘absolute necessity’ for US ‘economic security,’ and his son insisted Greenlanders ‘love’ his dad
  
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• Kamala Harris eulogized former President Jimmy Carter as a ‘gifted’ man of grace

  08-01-2025 02:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda
  
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• Body found in search for Belfast father missing in Spain as murder probe launched

  08-01-2025 02:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  John George was reported missing after he failed to board his flight to return home for Christmas
  
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• Who owns the Gulf of Mexico and can Trump rename it?

  08-01-2025 02:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, Mexico and Cuba
  
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• Palisades fire live: Over 1,200 acres burned as ‘life-threatening’ winds force 30,000 residents to evacuate

  08-01-2025 01:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving LA brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds in the state of California
  
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• How Canada's immigration debate soured - and helped seal Trudeau's fate

  08-01-2025 01:21 via bbc.com
  
  Immigration has long been a polarising issue in the West but Canada mostly avoided it - until now
  
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• A man’s body washed ashore near the Ontario-US border over 20 years ago. He finally has a name

  08-01-2025 01:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police do not suspect foul play in the man’s May 2003 death
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire latest: Over 1,200 acres burned as ‘life-threatening’ winds force 30,000 residents to evacuate

  08-01-2025 00:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving LA brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds
  
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• Search goes into night for survivors of Tibet quake

  08-01-2025 00:49 via bbc.com
  
  The earthquake, which killed at least 126 people, is one of China's deadliest in recent years.
  
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• A $7m funding deficit means one of America’s busiest suicide hotlines is seeing thousands of abandoned calls

  08-01-2025 00:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Over eight months, 18,500 calls to the state’s suicide hotline were abandoned
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire latest: Over 1,200 acres burned as ‘life-threatening’ winds force 27,000 residents to evacuate

  08-01-2025 00:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving LA brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral latest: Kamala Harris eulogizes former president as a ‘gifted’ man of grace

  08-01-2025 00:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda
  
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• Trump ramps up threats to gain control of Greenland and Panama Canal

  08-01-2025 00:11 via bbc.com
  
  The president-elect said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.
  
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• Donald Trump appears to call son to tell Greenlanders ‘we’ll treat you well’

  07-01-2025 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump appeared to call his son, Donald Trump Jr, while he was on a trip to the autonomous Arctic territory on Tuesday, 7 January.
  
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• Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles

  07-01-2025 23:52 via bbc.com
  
  Mike Johns was on his way to the airport when the Waymo robotaxi began circling a parking lot non-stop
  
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• Pacific Palisades fire latest: Over 770 acres burned as ‘life-threatening’ winds force 27,000 residents to evacuate

  07-01-2025 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fast-moving Los Angeles brush fire has been fueled by dangerous fire weather and whipping winds
  
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• Louisiana promises more security for Mardi Gras after terrorist attack left 14 dead

  07-01-2025 23:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  State Attorney General Liz Murrill said measures would be in place throughout the period leading up to the festival’s conclusion on March 4
  
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• TikToker who gained fame for speeding down highways gets sweetheart plea deal for killing six in crash

  07-01-2025 23:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Noah Galle, the son of a prominent attorney, could have faced a 55-year sentence for causing the deadly car crash
  
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• Jimmy Carter funeral latest: Former president lies in state at US Capitol Rotunda

  07-01-2025 23:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda
  
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• Rosary over Rogan: Trump ally’s podcast knocked off number one spot by religion show

  07-01-2025 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Rosary in a Year podcast held the No. 1 spot on the Apple charts for three days in a row
  
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• Trump says he wants to rename Gulf of Mexico and retake Panama Canal during press conference: Live

  07-01-2025 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect held baffling — at times alarming — press event at Mar-a-Lago, wandering from topic to topic and threatening allied nations
  
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• Justin Trudeau latest: Outgoing PM says there isn’t ‘a snowball’s chance in hell’ Canada will join US

  07-01-2025 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trudeau announced Monday that he will step down as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once a successor has been chosen
  
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• Manhattan residents take fitness chain to court over ear-splitting music — comparing it to POW ‘torture’

  07-01-2025 22:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Two Manhattan women claim they haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in a year, as their beds literally start vibrating at 6 a.m. thanks to the “absurdly loud” F45 studio downstairs
  
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