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Lara Trump blames glitches during Trump’s interview with Musk on ‘deep state’

Gustaf Kilander — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:04:36 GMT

RNC co-chair claims there’s a ‘massive effort’ to keep former president ‘out of the White House’

Her sister was murdered nearly 50 years ago. Now she’s turning to the ‘Torso killer’ for answers

Andrea Cavallier — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:02:47 GMT

In 1975, Patricia Newsom’s slain body was found in a Connecticut drainage ditch, but she wasn’t identified until 2023. What happened to the 18-year-old remains a mystery, but her sister tells Andrea Cavallier she believes a convicted serial killer known as the ‘Torso Killer’ could have the answer. So she wrote him a letter to ask him

Menswear expert gives blunt critique of Trump’s shoulder pads in photo of interview with Musk

Katie Hawkinson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:01:30 GMT

Trump’s interview with Musk was also marred by technical issues on X

Trump-Musk interview updates: Trump says he’ll flee to Venezuela if he loses election claiming it’s a ‘far safer place’

Oliver O'Connell,Joe Sommerlad,Mike Bedigan,Namita Singh and Gustaf Kilander — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:58:16 GMT

Elon Musk interview broadcast some 40 minutes late after being beset by technical difficulties, which host later blamed on server attack

Colbert mocks Trump for reportedly calling Harris a ‘b****’ behind closed doors

Kelly Rissman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:51:20 GMT

This is far from Trump’s first sexist attack against the vice president

UAW files federal labor complaint against Trump campaign over Elon Musk interview

John Bowden — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:21:07 GMT

Union launches assault against Trump campaign over his remarks on striking workers

Watch moment suspected arsonist sets themselves on fire during barbershop attack

Oliver Browning — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:01:45 GMT

A suspected arsonist set themselves alight as they appeared to try and torch a barbershop in Australia.

Now Elon Musk is rowing with the EU over Twitter hate using Tropic Thunder memes

Alexander Butler — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:53:32 GMT

The EU warned Elon Musk against promoting ‘harmful content’ ahead of his interview with Donald Trump on Monday

Greece wildfires - latest: Athens seaside town evacuated as strong winds spread deadly fire

Rich Booth,Jabed Ahmed,Stuti Mishra and Salma Ouaguira — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:50:34 GMT

Satellite images reveal scale of devastation from deadly Greek wildfires as thousands evacuate Athens suburbs

Three-month-old baby snatched by father is found dead in a sealed bucket

Myriam Page — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:47:21 GMT

His father is also suspected of beating Jacob’s mother, leaving her with a fractured skull

Ilhan Omar seeks to avoid same fate as fellow Squad members in primary race

Ariana Baio — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:29:38 GMT

Other ‘Squad’ members have faced expensive and difficult primaries thanks to donations from super PACs

Jon Stewart mocks Trump for still being hung up on Biden: ‘He’s not coming back, Donald’

Kelly Rissman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:28:22 GMT

‘He would give everything for just one more moment with Crooked Joe,’ The Daily Show host joked

Man allegedly forced his ex-girlfriend to watch as he dug her grave. Then he murdered her, police say

Andrea Cavallier — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:52:25 GMT

Tony Charboneau allegedly ‘punched and stomped’ Amy Hogue before shooting her in the head

Watch live: George Santos arrives in court ahead of corruption trial

Holly Patrick — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:45:54 GMT

Watch live as George Santos arrives at court on Long Island on Tuesday, 13 August, for a hearing ahead of his corruption trial.

Trump turns to teen son Barron and his influencer best friend to try to rival Harris’s ‘brat’ Gen Z appeal

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:42:10 GMT

Former president has reportedly turned to Barron and Bo Loudon to tackle what his ‘middle-aged campaign aides have no clue about’: finding favor with young voters

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Alicja Hagopian — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:38:58 GMT

Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from the Independent’s data correspondent.

Lawyer for suspect in alleged plot against Taylor Swift concerts says allegations are exaggerated

Via AP news wire — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:24:19 GMT

A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna says authorities’ presentation of the case is exaggerated and his client wouldn’t have been able to carry out plans the attorney described as “fantasies.”

Finger-lickin’ fraud! School employee jailed for nine years for stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings

Alex Lang — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:10:27 GMT

The chicken wing theft was uncovered during an investigation that found the food service department overspent its budget by $300,000 halfway through the year.

Scott Peterson’s lover breaks silence for first time two decades after he murdered pregnant wife

Myriam Page — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:06:22 GMT

Amber Frey was having an affair with Peterson leading up to the Christmas 2002 murder of Laci Peterson

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv still advancing in Kursk as Moscow opens 400 shelters amid evacuation

Tom Watling and Alexander Butler — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:05:32 GMT

Ukrainian forces have announced that the Sumy region, on the Ukrainian side of the border with Kursk, is now under lockdown over fears of Russian sabotage groups jeapordising their incursion

Man who died in helicopter crash on Cairns hotel roof had no previous flying experience in Australia

Charlotte Graham-McLay — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:04:43 GMT

A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Queensland, Australia, was an employee of the aviation company that owned the aircraft but didn't work as a pilot and hadn't flown in Australia before

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway’s son arrested for assaulting girlfriend

Athena Stavrou — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:00:27 GMT

Marius Borg Høiby was four-years-old when his mother married the heir to the Norwegian throne

Masked attacker stabs five people in Turkey and broadcasts rampage on social media

Andy Gregory — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:28:46 GMT

The state-run Anadolu news agency claimed that the attacker had been influenced by video games

Was a cyber attack really to blame for Musk-Trump interview tech issues? Expert isn’t buying it

Rhian Lubin — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:23:46 GMT

Cyber security expert tells The Independent that Musk’s version of events are ‘unbelievable’ and ‘theatrical’

Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:10:19 GMT

‘It is not as scary as people think, basically,’ Tesla chief says

Trump repeats same talking points during Musk interview - but the former president’s ‘lisp’ steals the show

Justin Rohrlich — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:04:02 GMT

‘Did Trump pause campaign rallies because of this massive lisp he has on this Twitter interview with Elon?’ one X user posted.

Seth Meyers jokes Tim Walz copied his ‘Republicans are weird’ line: ‘I’ve made a whole career out of it’

Myriam Page — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:56:20 GMT

Late-night show host joked: ‘I don’t want to brag or anything but we’ve been banging the Republicans are weird drum for like five years’

RFK Jr is struck from New York ballot over ‘sham’ claim he lives in state

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:30:19 GMT

Civil trial was largely overshadowed by RFK Jr’s revelation that he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park in 2014

British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity

Alexander Butler — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:27:26 GMT

Lord David Neuberger called ‘hypocritical’ for ruling on case involving pro-democracy media tycoon while being a trustee for a prisoners rights charity

Kamala Harris uses Trump’s own words and his social platform to troll Musk interview

Joe Sommerlad — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:02:58 GMT

Democratic presidential candidate took to Truth Social to mock technical glitches that beset Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk by resurfacing his own comments about Ron DeSantis’s disastrous X Spaces event

Bizarre moment Trump says ‘beautiful’ Kamala Harris looks like wife Melania in Elon Musk X interview

James Liddell — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:44:45 GMT

‘I saw a picture of her on Time Magazine today. She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live,’ the former president said of his presidential rival

Satellite images show how quickly Greece’s wildfires are spreading

Stuti Mishra — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:00:11 GMT

Firefighters are battling to contain the flames which have been fueled by dry conditions and strong winds

Trump wanted Elon Musk to give him a reset — he didn’t get one

Andrew Feinberg — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:59:17 GMT

Andrew Feinberg breaks down Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s talk with X owner Elon Musk. While it was promoted as a game-changer, the sound of the president’s voice will become the top talking point.

Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements

Elena Becatoros — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:35:44 GMT

Firefighters in Greece were battling scattered fires as Tuesday broke, hoping to end the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering evacuations and leaving at least one person dead

Spanish techno festival becomes first to introduce tests to detect spiked drinks

Reuters Correspondents — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:20:49 GMT

The testing kits detect GHB, also known as liquid ecstasy

Tourists in Athens return to the streets after night of deadly wildfires just miles away

Rich Booth — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:00:14 GMT

Satellite images show the blaze has affected about 25,000 acres

Time magazine unveils new front cover: ‘The reintroduction of Kamala Harris’

Michelle Del Rey — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:33 GMT

Harris declined to be interviewed for the article, which featured a striking front-page image of the vice president sketched in black and white

Biden using his final months in office to promote 'moonshot' initiative to reduce cancer deaths

Will Weissert and Carla K. Johnson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:15:37 GMT

President Joe Biden is using his final months in office to tend to some of the top policy goals closest to his heart

Want to speed up a road or transit project? Just host a political convention

Jeff McMurray — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:03:56 GMT

Cities seldom launch big-ticket infrastructure projects to host a political convention, but landing the high-profile events often provides a nudge to speed up construction

Break-in reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia as police launch investigation

Graeme Massie — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:39:46 GMT

Investigators say that surveillance video showed a man in dark clothing and a black baseball cap wearing a backpack on his chest

X users lament tech problems preventing them from hearing Trump and Musk interview

Justin Rohrlich — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:38:30 GMT

The interview was set for Monday night on X Spaces, but encountered technical difficulties before even getting on-air.

Greek firefighters battle through the night as flames threaten Athens

Rich Booth — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:57:50 GMT

Greece has appealed for international help as fires continue to spread and wall of smoke covers Athens

Texas man gave his 4-month-old son gasoline to drink hoping to kill the infant, cops say

Alex Lang — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:18:37 GMT

Edgar James Bridgemon is being held in a Texas jail on $255,000 bond

Commuters beware! Farmers’ Almanac releases its winter weather prediction and it will be plenty wet

Alex Lang — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:13:30 GMT

The Farmers’ Almanac has been making weather predictions for more than 200 years.

Residents fear for homes and safety amid Greece wildfires: ‘Smoke is suffocating’

Lucy Leeson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:51:40 GMT

Local residents are fearful for their safety and homes as a major forest fire continues to rage on the northern fringes of Athens in Greece.

Elon Musk spent billions to destroy Twitter. Now he’s unleashing Trump on X

Alex Woodward — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:57:04 GMT

Trump returns to the platform that banned him more than three years later, as it keeps alive the same bogus claims that fueled the Jan. 6 attack, Alex Woodward writes

Mom who poisoned her 4-year-old with Benadryl to fake seizure disorder will likely spend the rest of her life behind bars

Andrea Cavallier — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:20:53 GMT

Jesika Jones, 32, admitted to giving her daughter a dangerous dose of the antihistamine and referred to herself as a ‘habitual liar’

Teen boy dies after being hit by train on his way to a soccer scrimmage

Graeme Massie — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:19:36 GMT

Matthew Dickinson, 15, was hit by a River Line train in Palmyra, Burlington County,

Texas town continues to demand $500,000 from Trump four years after hosting rally

Justin Rohrlich — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:55:26 GMT

The City of El Paso has sent an “updated invoice statement” to the Trump campaign that includes a one-time delinquency charge of $98,787.58

Home improvement outlet files for bankruptcy and shutters 94 stores across 47 states

Graig Graziosi — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:20:04 GMT

The company cited economic challenges caused by inflation and rising labor costs for its decision

Israel-Iran latest: Starmer warns Iranian president against launching attack in direct phone call

Jabed Ahmed — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:18:50 GMT

Hamas claimed over 100 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school, while Israel claimed it was targeting a command centre

Donald Trump is using Jeffrey Epstein’s old jet to fly to campaign events

Richard Hall — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:35:12 GMT

Trump flew with Epstein numerous times when he was still alive, but before allegations of sex trafficking came to light

Brooklyn’s viral fire hydrant aquarium that sparked a ‘goldfish heist’ now under fire from PETA

Mike Bedigan — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:55:36 GMT

The project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood has attracted dozens of visitors from across New York, as well as the concern of some residents

Moment Los Angeles earthquake interrupts live TV broadcast as studio shakes

Lucy Leeson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:20:02 GMT

This is the moment a live television broadcast is interrupted as an earthquake struck Los Angeles on Monday (12 August).

Ex-Twitter chairman sues X for $20m

Graig Graziosi — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:18:28 GMT

Omid Kordestani joined Twitter on a $50,000 salary, but the bulk of his compensation was in stock options, according to the lawsuit

Truth Social stock takes a tumble as Trump makes his X return

Alex Woodward — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:09:47 GMT

The former president’s net worth sinks by another $170m thanks to falling price of Trump Media & Technology Group stock

Biden officials grilled over reports US bomb was used in Israeli strike on Gaza school

John Bowden — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:05:56 GMT

Biden administration is ‘concerned’ about weekend strike that killed more than 90 people, but can’t say whether US bombs were used

Texas women refused abortions for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies demand probe into hospitals

Kelly Rissman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:58:06 GMT

Although Texas has banned nearly all abortions, providing the procedure in cases of ectopic pregnancies is allowed under state law

California rocked by 4.4 magnitude earthquake near Los Angeles

Kelly Rissman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:42:14 GMT

Southern California is rattled by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake

Slowing down, easily influenced and likely to say something ‘crazy’: Strategists on Trump’s campaign struggles

Katie Hawkinson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:24:28 GMT

Donald Trump is falling behind Kamala Harris in national polls as he holds fewer and fewer campaign rallies compared to his 2016 campaign, Katie Hawkinson reports

Last known slave ship to the US should stay underwater to preserve ‘crime scene’, experts say

Andrea Cavallier — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:22:07 GMT

Clotilda is the last known ship to bring enslaved people to the United States from Africa

TikTok influencer who peddles riches through real estate is arrested on wire fraud charges

Justin Rohrlich — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:19:39 GMT

“Always remember, you can’t make money if you’re a fucking p***y,” accused wire-fraudster Teddy Miller told prospective clients.

Disney is planning massive renovations and expansion of its parks - here is what to expect

Mike Bedigan — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:14:34 GMT

New plans unveiled by Disney at its annual D23 convention include the largest ever expansion at a resort

Red Sox’s Jarren Duran apologizes for ‘horrific’ homophobic slur at heckler in the middle of Astros game

Graig Graziosi — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:49:48 GMT

The Red Sox has just given Duran an award recognizing a player who “best embodies” baseball’s “values, spirit, and traditions”

$5 million class-action lawsuit accuses Cocoa Puffs of having dangerously high levels of lead

Graig Graziosi — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:36:13 GMT

Lead consumption can lead to adverse health conditions in adults and children

Book Review: 'Kent State' a chilling examination of 1970 campus shooting and its ramifications

Andrew Demillo — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:32:46 GMT

Historian Brian VanDeMark writes about the fatal 1970 shooting of four students by National Guard members at a war protest in “Kent State: An American Tragedy.”

Texas launches new investigation into Houston's power utility following deadly outages after Beryl

Nadia Lathan — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:20:00 GMT

Texas has opened an investigation into a Houston area utility provider over allegations of fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars during its botched response to Hurricane Beryl

Who killed Melissa Witt? Docuseries investigates teen’s disappearance in the Ozarks

Andrea Cavallier — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:55:53 GMT

Six weeks after Melissa Witt vanished from an Arkansas bowling alley in 1994, she was found dead in the Ozark National Forest. What happened to the teen 30 years ago is the center of a new docuseries, At Witt’s End – The Hunt for a Killer, an ABC News Studios docuseries available now on Hulu. Andrea Cavallier reports

A Vegas reporter published stories critical of a politician. Now, the ex-lawmaker is on trial for his murder

Andrea Cavallier — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:32:25 GMT

Robert Telles was arrested days after investigative reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home

Marathon swimmer says he quit Lake Michigan after going in wrong direction with dead GPS

Ed White — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:27:21 GMT

A 60-year-old swimmer who ended his bid to cross Lake Michigan last week has explained what happened

Could Kamala Harris beat Trump? What the polls say

Alicja Hagopian — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:10:05 GMT

Recent polls reveal the Vice President’s strengths and blindspots among American voters

Prison worker dies after coming into contact with unknown substance in mailroom

Myriam Page — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:45:36 GMT

Marc Fischer had worked at the facility for more than 23 years when he died

Mexican drug lord claims he was tricked by El Chapo’s son in US ambush

Gustaf Kilander — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:37:30 GMT

Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada claims to have been led into dark room and detained by group of men

Trump set to sue DOJ for $100m over Mar-a-Lago raid after classified documents case dismissed

James Liddell — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:32:05 GMT

Republican presidential nominee’s legal team has condemned the ‘tortious conduct by the United States against President Trump’ over the raid on his Palm Beach resort

JD Vance issues stern warning: ‘Don’t come after my wife’

Lucy Leeson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:30:25 GMT

Ohio senator JD Vance has issued a stern warning to far-right white supremacists urging them: “Don’t come after my wife”.

How Boston mobster Whitey Bulger helped with the escape from Alcatraz

Sheila Flynn — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:26:06 GMT

The 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three prisoners immediately became the stuff of legend – and quickly film – that has never been fully explained. A new book about brothers John and Clarence Anglin, who planned the caper to freedom with a third felon, claims the trio survived and made it to South America. It’s co-authored by the Anglins’ nephew, who tells Sheila Flynn the family secrets

Trump escalates feud with popular governor in key swing state

Gustaf Kilander — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:08:17 GMT

Trump took aim at Georgia’s Brian Kemp during his press conference at Mar-a-Lago on August 8

Thousands of Ukraine troops ready to defend land captured in daring attack into Russia

Askold Krushelnycky — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:58:17 GMT

Ukrainian soldiers and officials tell Askold Krushelnycky that Kyiv’s military wants to prolong the humiliation of Putin over surprise assault on Kursk for as long as possible – as army says it has taken 1,000 square kilometres of territory

Secret Service under fire for breaking into local salon ahead of Kamala Harris’s campaign event

Rhian Lubin — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:36:32 GMT

Alicia Powers said she was left feeling ‘violated’ after a Secret Service agent was filmed covering up one of the salon’s security cameras with tape and letting people use the bathroom without permission

Trump’s insult to Harris: That she sounds more like ‘Trump than Trump’

James Liddell — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:09:45 GMT

Former president claimed his Democrat rival is ‘conning the American public’ by ‘copying almost everything’ that he does