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Trump and Harris are neck and neck in latest national polls; VP to host star-studded Georgia rally

<p>Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington, on 6 Jan 2021, that some blame for fuelling the attack on the US Capitol</p>

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Never mind Trump losing the election, America’s next civil war has already started – this is how it will end

<p>An employee’s homemade meal was blamed for the mass food poisoning outbreak at a Maryland seafood distributor (pictured) on Monday </p>

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Employee’s homemade meal blamed for mass food poisoning at seafood distributor

<p>An animal cage can be seen amongst the clutter inside a Wildwood, Missouri home where nearly 175 cats were living with an elderly man and his relative</p>

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Shocking footage shows inside home where elderly man lived with 175 cats

<p>CPCs are often found near abortion clinics and take similar names</p>

Investigation

‘Low-budget horror movies’ of babies being ripped apart: How fake pregnancy clinics pressure women not to abort

The Independent takes a look at the business of crisis pregnancy centers and their impact on patients seeking abortions

Investigation

The A-Word | An Independent TV Documentary

The A-Word, a new documentary by The Independent, investigates the state of reproductive rights

<p>These state legislatures have directly diverted money from their budgets into crisis pregnancy centers, at $513m since 2021</p>

Investigation

Republican lawmakers have steered over half a billion in taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion clinics. Where does it go next?

<p>Evie Lastra West speaks to The Independent at her home. She was once a teen gang member, but her life path changed after she visited a crisis pregnancy center that dissuaded her from getting an abortion </p>

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It broke me to hand my baby over for adoption as a single teen mom. I’d still never get an abortion

<p>Donald Trump speaks at Faith and Freedom’s Road to Majority convention in Washington DC on 22 June</p>

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‘Devil, we’ve had enough’: Inside the Christian nationalist movement to outlaw abortion

Top Stories

<p>A majority of voters say Trump should continue to face his criminal cases even if he’s elected on November 5 </p>

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Majority of voters still believe Trump should face trial in his criminal cases even if he’s elected

<p>A former model has accused Donald Trump of groping her at an event at Trump Tower in 1993, during a ‘twisted game’ the former president was playing with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein</p>

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Model claims Trump groped her in ‘twisted game’ with Jeffrey Epstein

<p>Professor and historian Allan Lichtman said his prediction of a Harris win still stands </p>

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Nostradamus pollster reveals latest 2024 prediction – and how he’s never had ‘so much hate’ in an election

<p>A top Democratic strategist and presidential campaign veteran says he’s ‘certain’ Kamala Harris will win the 2024 presidential election</p>

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‘It will all be OK’: Top Democratic strategist reveals why he’s certain Harris will win 2024 race

<p>Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host, compared Donald Trump to an angry father coming home to ‘spank’ his children </p>

Tucker Carlson roasted for bizarre speech saying ‘dad’ Trump will give ‘vigorous spankings to bad girls’

<p>Fred Upton, a traditional Republican who represented Michigan, said Donald Trump was ‘unfit’ to be president </p>

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Longtime GOP stalwart backs Harris saying Trump is ‘unfit to serve as commander in chief again’

<p>Donald Trump delivers remarks as he visits a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene on October 21 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. A new national poll shows him ahead of Harris less than two weeks before the election </p>

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New poll shows Trump inching past Harris less than two weeks from election day

<p>Trump danced alongside South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for nearly 40 minutes at a town hall after he said he didn’t want to take any more questions </p>

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More than 230 doctors declare Trump too unstable to serve in ad campaign from George Conway’s PAC

<p>Harris now has a 1.7-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

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Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

<p>River dwellers carry water on the sandbanks of Brazil’s Madeira river last September. The country was threatened by widespread drought and wildfires this summer. A new UN report details the “catastrophic” rise in temperatures </p>

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

‘Intoxicated' Zamboni driver slowly crashes into ice rink boards

<p>Marvin Jalo, 17, was arrested and charged after allegedly plotting an attack on the Phoenix Pride Festival</p>

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Arizona teenager faces terrorism charges over ‘ISIS-inspired plot against Phoenix Pride Festival’

<p>Police on the scene at the car dealership in DeKalb, Illinois </p>

Crime

Suspect shot by police after going on knife attack at Toyota car dealership

<p>Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster at the 2022 Tony Awards</p>

Sutton Foster files for divorce from husband of 10 years Ted Griffin amid Hugh Jackman romance rumors

<p>Grizzly Bear 399 and her four cubs feed on a deer carcass on November 17, 2020, in southern Jackson Hole Wyoming</p>

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Celebrated Yellowstone grizzly bear is killed by car aged 28

<p>Female-focused travel is becoming more popular among cruise lines</p>

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Why cruise lines are launching women-only sailings

<p>Walmart on Mumford Road in Halifax, Canada, where a woman was found dead in a walk-in bakery oven on Saturday </p>

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Teenage Walmart worker found dead in store was discovered in walk-in industrial oven

<p>A booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections showing Sandra Hemme</p>

Crime

America’s longest-held wrongly jailed woman is finally free

<p>Bruce Lindahl, who is believed to have killed as many as a dozen women and girls </p>

Crime

DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman’s 1979 death

<p>Bartley Stokes Sr, who has worked for Boeing for 46 years, encourages fellow employees on strike to vote no on a new contract offer from the company at a voting location in Everett, Washington, on 23 October 2024</p>

Boeing strike to continue as workers reject latest contract proposal

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Desperate Housewives star saved John Wick by investing $6m hours before filming was to start

<p>A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Ghobeiri, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024</p>

Israeli weapon used in airstrike appears to be powerful smart bomb

Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street

<p>A grainy image of a man who came known to be ‘Bridge Guy’ was taken from a video on one of the victims’ phones and released by Indiana State Police following the murders in an effort to track down the suspect</p>

Crime

Delphi murders witness says she saw ‘Bridge Guy’ covered in blood and mud on the day of the killings

<p>Kenji, the three-month-old Cane Corso pup, was stolen at gunpoint</p>

Crime

A woman took her dog along on a date. The pup was then stolen from her at gunpoint

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MrBeast’s Lunchables alternative immediately hit with mold complaints

NOAA issues statement to confirm it doesn’t control the weather after MTG and others spouted conspiracy theories

<p>Dominique Knowles was convicted of two counts of endangering children after leaving her daughters alone while she traveled from Ohio to Miami</p>

Crime

Mom left three kids home alone in Ohio to jet off to Florida ‘for friend’s liposuction surgery’

<p>A man in a homeless encampment lays among possessions after Louisiana State police gave instructions for them to move to a different pre-designated location as they perform a sweep in advance of a Taylor Swift concert in New Orleans</p>

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Police clear homeless camp ahead of Taylor Swift show in New Orleans

<p>This combination of booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford, left, and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home</p>

Crime

Funeral home owners accused of storing bodies and sending fake ashes set to plead guilty to Covid fraud

<p>Missing Austin King,22, and his father Brian King-Henke </p>

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Father of missing Yellowstone hiker reveals heartbreaking decision to return home alone

<p>A sign that reads, ‘Mount Saint Benedict Monastery.’ A Pennsylvania GOP canvasser claims that there are 53 voter registration addresses attached to the monastery, but that ‘no one’ lives there — however, the Benedictine Sisters who do call the monastery home are hitting back</p>

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Order of nuns living in monastery hit back after GOP canvasser falsely accuses them of voter fraud

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Investigation

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s film and investigative series examines reproductive rights post-Roe

‘The A-Word’, a new documentary by The Independent, investigates the state of reproductive rights two years after the Supreme Court revoked a constitutional right to abortion, sending shockwaves through American healthcare

<p>Abortion rights will be on ballots around the country </p>

Investigation

Our bodily autonomy is on the ballot in a record number of states. How did it come to this?

<p>This map shows which states will vote on abortion measures in November</p>

Investigation

Where is abortion on the ballot? Voters will have a say in these 10 states

Investigation

I wasn’t able to get an abortion. Now I’m raising my rapist’s baby

Race For The White House

<p>Donald Trump’s attempts to claim victory in the 2020 election culminated in the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol</p>

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A small group of Republicans stopped Trump from becoming a dictator – they might not be able to do it again

<p>Donald Trump says he would ‘fire’ Jack Smith, left, the special counsel appointed to oversee a pair of federal criminal cases against the former president</p>

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Trump says he would fire ‘mean’ special counsel Jack Smith ‘within seconds’ of taking office

<p>Stephen Colbert says that Kelly’s Hitler claims about Trump are more an ‘autumn no s**t’ than an October surprise </p>

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Stephen Colbert says Kelly’s Hitler claims about Trump are hardly an October surprise

<p>Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN town hall event in Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2024</p>

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Harris hits out at ‘fascist’ Trump and defends policies at CNN town hall

<p>Trump speaking at a Turning Point Action campaign rally in Duluth, Georgia, on Wednesday where he called Biden’s comments ‘illegal’ </p>

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Trump calls Biden’s ‘lock him up’ comments ‘election interference’ – despite his own 2016 catchphrase

<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene says Kamala Harris is going to get Donald Trump killed, after the vice president addressed remarks reportedly made by her Republican rival about Adolf Hitler</p>

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Harris going to ‘get Trump killed’ over alleged Hitler remarks

<p>Trump (left) takes swipe at former chief of staff John Kelly (right) over his claims about ex-president’s Hitler remarks (pictured together in 2018) </p>

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Trump lashes out at John Kelly over Hitler claims calling him ‘a degenerate, dumb, lowlife’ – and ‘JELLO’

<p>Elon Musk went on a late-night attack against Tim Walz after the Democratic VP nominee called the billionaire a ‘dips***’</p>

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Rattled Elon Musk goes on late-night attack against Tim Walz after ‘dips***’ comments

<p>McConnell, pictured with Trump in 2019, said Ronald Reagan ‘wouldn’t recognize’ the GOP today </p>

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McConnell said Trump’s ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’ in new book

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McDonald’s where Trump worked overwhelmed by negative Yelp reviews: ‘Got bronzer on my fries’

<p>Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.</p>

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Harris to give closing election speech at spot where Trump riled up crowd before Jan 6 attack

<p>Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly blocked editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris </p>

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LA Times editorials editor quits after billionaire owner reportedly blocked paper from endorsing Harris

<p>Elon Musk speaks at a campaign event in Pennsylvania supporting Donald Trump on October 20</p>

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Justice Department tells Elon Musk’s PAC that his $1 million sweepstakes could be illegal

<p>Brett Baier says he love another interview with Kamala Harris. </p>

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Bret Baier defends interrupting Kamala Harris 38 times in Fox News interview and says he loved SNL skit

<p>Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert on the House floor on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. She called a bird species ‘ugly’ when taking issue with the Biden administration’s newly-unveiled plans to conserve land to protect another animal </p>

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Lauren Boebert slams Harris and Biden for protecting ‘ugly’ animal

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<p>Chicago has been ranked the ‘rattiest’ city for a tenth year in a row</p>

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These are the ‘rattiest’ cities in America – and for the 10th year NYC is not on top

<p>A warning sign stands at a dairy farm in Martin, Michigan, last June. Michigan officials announced the state’s first outbreak since early September last week. Human cases of bird flu are now in six states </p>

Bird flu spreads across US with dozens of cases now found in 6 states

<p>Zachary Radcliff has been charged with a string of offenses relating to sexually abusive activity </p>

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MAGA youth pastor charged with coercing minors to have sex with him

<p>Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his flight path’s tracked. His company has now banned the accounts that kept tabs on him. </p>

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Meta bans accounts tracking jets of Musk, Trump and Zuckerberg

<p>A close up image captures the expressive face of one of the newborn pied tamarins as it snuggles on the back of another monkey.</p>

Critically endangered twin monkeys are born at the Chattanooga Zoo

<p>Lamar Odom remembers the ‘hallucinations’ he got from taking the same drugs found in Liam Payne’s body </p>

Lamar Odom reveals experience with ‘pink cocaine,’ the same drug found in Liam Payne’s body before he died

<p>Thomas Gallegos’s booking photo. Gallegos was arrested after police say he attempted to kidnap an eight-year-old girl from her Colorado home last week</p>

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Clown-mask wearing suspect tried to kidnap an 8-year-old from her bedroom, cops say

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<p>Sewell Setzer III died by suicide earlier this year after becoming obsessed with an AI chatbot service</p>

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Teen took his own life after falling in love with AI chatbot. Now his devastated mom is suing the creators

Helen Mirren reflects on process of ageing: ‘It’s not brilliant, but neither was 25’

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<p>Sewell Setzer III died by suicide earlier this year after becoming obsessed with an AI chatbot service</p>

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Teen took his own life after falling in love with AI chatbot. Now his devastated mom is suing the creators

Helen Mirren reflects on process of ageing: ‘It’s not brilliant, but neither was 25’

<p>A Ukrainian soldiers launches a Mara reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle at a position near the town of Toretsk, in the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk </p>

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South Korea ‘won’t stand idle’ over North bolstering Putin’s forces

McDonald’s president attempts to reassure customers after E coli outbreak

Former mayor of New York City and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani reacts at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum during a rally held by Republican presidential nominees and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Uniondale, New York, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Politics

Judge orders Giuliani to hand over Manhattan penthouse to defamed election workers

<p>James Valle Cotter, an associate of Brad Simpson, in mugshot</p>

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Texas mom disappeared weeks ago. Now her husband’s business associate has been arrested

<p>A rush of blood to the head: James’s Facebook account had been hacked. The person we’d been talking to was a fraudster posing as someone I knew</p>

I fell for a Coldplay concert ticket scam on Facebook – here’s how to avoid my mistake

<p>Tara Sykes was arrested last week and charged with one count of attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse</p>

Crime

Florida woman accused of using Roblox to tell child, 10, to kill baby

<p>Grimes claims pregnancy has caused her to feel ‘less gay’ but more creative </p>

Elon Musk’s ex Grimes stirs controversy by claiming she became ‘way less gay’ after getting pregnant

<p>An October 31, 2016, photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Erik Menendez, left, and a Feb. 22, 2018 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Lyle Menendez<em> </em></p>

Menendez Brothers are not a danger to society, says district attorney

Lifestyle

<p>Martha Stewart was sent to solitary confinement for touching a security guard </p>

Martha Stewart reveals the ‘minor’ prison incident that landed her in solitary confinement

Cardi B cancels music festival performance after being hospitalized for ‘medical emergency’

<p>Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa</p>

Jennifer Lopez’s first husband blames Diddy for their divorce

Wife of Olympic champion Chris Hoy breaks silence on cancer diagnosis

<p>Emojis featuring cornrows, locs, braids and afro hair, drawn by Rise.365 members Dante, Jayzik, Rafael and Reanna at Rise 365 Youth Club in Hackney, and digitalised by Good Relations Junior Designer, Vanita Brown are seen on a smartphone </p>

The London students hoping to design the world’s first Afro hair emoji

<p>Stuart Campbell before and after losing weight</p>

Health & Families

Man who weighed almost 19st transforms body with ready meals

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What is TikTok’s viral winter arc challenge and should you do it?

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Hurricane Helene: Police order residents to evacuate homes in Florida

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