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Mike Bedigan

Mike Bedigan joined The Independent in 2023 and serves as a West Coast Reporter. He covers US court cases, climate, and social justice issues.

<p>A University of Mississippi student who was caught on camera making monkey noises at a Black, female protester has been named by a college advocacy groups and media outlets online </p>
Americas

Ole Miss student filmed making monkey noises identified by NAACP

<p>Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has had several more months shaved off her 11-year prison sentence, prison records show </p>
US Crime News

Elizabeth Holmes has more months shaved off sentence, records show

<p>Rikers Island jail is ‘prepared’ to deal with the situation, should Donald Trump be given prison time, New York City mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday </p>
US politics

Rikers Island ‘prepared’ for Trump if he’s jailed, NY mayor says

<p>Two female presenters for Fox News have been slammed online for ‘slut-shaming’ adult film actress Stormy Daniels following her testimony in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial </p>
US politics

Fox News host slammed for ‘slut shaming’ Stormy Daniels over testimony

<p>Joshua Dean was one of two whistleblowers to recently die after speaking out against Boeing aircraft manufacturers </p>
Americas

Boeing is facing ten more whistleblowers after two die suddenly

<p>At student from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the Univesrsity of Mississipi has been expelled from the group after being filmed making monkey noises twards a black protester </p>
Americas

Ole Miss frat expels member for monkey noises towards Black woman

<p>Amid his ongoing criminal trial in New york, Donald Trump is set to spend the weekend with potential VP picks and other campaign donors at an event at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida</p>
US politics

Trump invites VP hopefuls to duke it out at Mar-a-Lago this weekend

<p>Elon Musk’s Tesla is suing an Indian battery-maker over copyright infringement </p>
Americas

Tesla suing Indian company for using its name

<p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on 3 May 2024 in New York City</p>
US politics

Key takeaways from the second week of Trump’s hush money trial

<p>Recent analysis of media reporting trends have indicated that public discussion of ‘apocalyptic’ topics such as nuclear war, climate change, disease and AI are becoming more common</p>
Americas

Chat about the apocalypse is becoming more mainstream

<p>A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in Utah on suspicion of murder after allegedly shooting a friend in what police say was an incomplete suicide pact</p>
US Crime News

Utah woman allegedly killed friend in incomplete ‘suicide pact’

<p>Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife have been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy and bribery, after allegedly taking nearly $600,000 from a Azerbaijani controlled company and a Mexican bank</p>
US politics

Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar and wife indicted over ties to Azerbaijan

<p>Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar has said he and his wife are ‘innocent’ as he faces a potential indictment by federal prosecutors on unspecified charges</p>
US politics

Henry Cuellar protests innocence ahead of potential indictment

US politics

Henry Cuellar protests innocence ahead of potential indictment

<p>Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar has said he and his wife are ‘innocent’ as he faces a potential indictment by federal prosecutors on unspecified charges</p>
<p>Police in Washington, DC, say a 17-year-old girl was ‘grazed’ by a bullet after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting near a high school on Friday morning</p>
Americas

Teenage girl ‘grazed’ by bullet in DC after being caught in shooting

<p>A passenger at Miami International Airport was stopped from boarding an international flight after he admitted to TSA that he was hiding a bag of snakes down his trousers</p>
News & Advice

Man caught with bag of snakes hidden down trousers at US airport

<p>Captain Jerry Boylan was sentenced to four years in jail for negligence on Thursday, after 34 people died in a fire on board a dive boat in California in 2019 </p>
US Crime News

Captain jailed for four years over dive boat blaze that killed 34

<p>Footage allegedly shows Christopher Gregor forcing his six-year-old son Corey Micciolo to run on a treadmill</p>
US Crime News

Dad accused of forcing son to run until he collapsed knew him a year

<p>Footage allegedly shows Christopher Gregor forcing his six-year-old son Corey Micciolo to run on a treadmill</p>
US Crime News

Dad accused of forcing son to run until he collapsed knew him a year

<p>Superintendent Marian Phelps was fired by the school district’s board following allegations she threatened students on the Del Norte High School softball team and accused them of not clapping loud enough for her daughter at a team awards event last year</p>
Americas

California superintendent fired for ridiculous threats to students

<p>Former President Donald Trump has hit back at claims he has previously fallen asleep during his criminal trial in New York, claiming he is simply closing his ‘beautiful blue eyes’ </p>
US politics

Trump fawns over his ‘beautiful’ eyes as he denies sleeping at trial

<p>Ryan and Valerie Watson, pictured in Turks and Caicos, were returning home from vacation in April when they were arrested after airport security found four rounds of hunting ammunition in Mr Watson’s carry-on luggage </p>
US Crime News

American facing jail over packed ammo after TSA ‘oversight

<p>NYPD officers in riot gear march onto Columbia University campus</p>
Americas

Dozens of protesters arrested as NYPD storm Columbia campus

<p>Left to right: Officer Joshua Eyer, Sam Poloche, Alden Elliott and Thomas Weeks. Police officers killed in Charlotte shootout shooting</p>
LiveUS Crime News

Charlotte shooting: President Biden to visit slain officers’ families

<p>During a rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Donald Trump told supporters that the Biden adminstration was planning to create conditions for an ‘October 7 style attack’ in the US </p>
US politics

Trump claims US is headed for its own October 7 attack in rally speech

<p>Fed Chair Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday, following the announcement that the central bank would not be cutting interest rates </p>
Americas

Fed not cutting interest rates, inflation remains at 23-year high

<p>Footage online shows a group of three or four women, one of whom is pushing a stroller, punching and slapping a person on the ground while young children look on </p>
Americas

Wild fight erupts between group of moms with strollers at Disneyland

<p>During a rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Donald Trump told supporters that the Biden adminstration was planning to create conditions for an ‘October 7 style attack’ in the US </p>
US politics

Trump claims US is headed for its own October 7 attack in rally speech

<p>Fed Chair Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday, following the announcement that the central bank would not be cutting interest rates </p>
Americas

Fed not cutting interest rates, inflation remains at 23-year high

<p>Footage online shows a group of three or four women, one of whom is pushing a stroller, punching and slapping a person on the ground while young children look on </p>
Americas

Wild fight erupts between group of moms with strollers at Disneyland

<p>Richard Allen is accused of the murder of two teenage best friends in Delphi, Indiana, who disappeared in 2017 </p>
US Crime News

Prosecutors seek to have cult theory tossed from Delphi murders trial

US Crime News

Prosecutors seek to have cult theory tossed from Delphi murders trial

<p>Richard Allen is accused of the murder of two teenage best friends in Delphi, Indiana, who disappeared in 2017 </p>
<p>Rob Marciano worked for ABC News for 10 years</p>
Americas

ABC News fires weather man Rob Marciano for 'anger management issues'

<p>Former president Donald Trump appears in court in Manhattan on 30 April for his hush money trial </p>
US politics

Trump loses new bid to delay hush money trial two weeks into testimony

<p>Kimberly Guilfoyle, fiancé of Donald Trump Jr, has been trolled online about the release of her new dog-themed children’s book in the wake of revelations by Republican governor Kristi Noem </p>
US politics

Kimberly Guilfoyle roasted over new book about a dog

<p>Charlotte shooting suspect Terry Clark Hughes Jr had a rap sheet that stretched back over 20 years and including charges of drug manufacturing, assault and weapons violations </p>
US Crime News

Charlotte shooting suspect had a 20-year rap sheet

<p>Charlotte shooting suspect Terry Clark Hughes Jr had a rap sheet that stretched back over 20 years and including charges of drug manufacturing, assault and weapons violations </p>
US Crime News

Charlotte shooting suspect had a 20-year rap sheet

<p>Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. </p>
US politics

Trump doesn’t dismiss idea of more violence if he fails to win in 2024

<p>Police work at the scene of a shooting Monday, April 29, 2024, in east Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers from the US Marshals Task Force were conducting an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they were fired upon, the CMPD said in a post on X</p>
US Crime News

Suspect dead as four officers killed in Charlotte shooting

<p>Suzanne Morphew’s cause of death revealed four years after her disappearance in Colorado on Mother’s Day 2020 </p>
US Crime News

Suzanne Morphew’s cause of death revealed

<p>Columbia’s senate calls for investigation into university president over reaction to Gaza protests</p>
Americas

Columbia’s senate calls for investigation into university president

<p>Joe Biden and wife Neilia cut his 30th birthday cake at a party on 20 November 1972. Their son Hunter waits for the first piece</p>
US politics

Biden opens up about contemplating suicide after deaths of first wife

<p>OJ Simpson, pictured in court in 20213. His official cause of death was revealed on Friday </p>
Americas

OJ Simpson’s official cause of death revealed

<p>A student is arrested during a pro-Palestine demonstration at the The University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024 in Austin, Texas</p>
Americas

Backlash against Texas governor over response to college Gaza protest

<p>Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University during a Gaza solidarity protest on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Atlanta.</p>
US politics

Police launch violent crackdowns on Gaza protests at US campuses

<p>USC Public Safety Officers detain a protester during a Gaza solidarity occupation on campus to advocate for Palestine in Los Angeles, California</p>
Americas

Seniors say crackdown on USC protests has ruined their final weeks

Americas

USC cancels main commencement ceremony after pro-Palestine protests

<p>The murders of Alex Carter (left) and Susan Carter (right) in West Virginia were solved after more than two decades following a deathbed confession from Larry Webb (centre) </p>
US Crime News

Deathbed confession finally solves 24-year-old missing persons case

US Crime News

Deathbed confession finally solves 24-year-old missing persons case

<p>The murders of Alex Carter (left) and Susan Carter (right) in West Virginia were solved after more than two decades following a deathbed confession from Larry Webb (centre) </p>
<p>Andrea Dos Passos, thanks 37, was found beaten to death outside the Miami City Ballet on Tuesday</p>
US Crime News

Man arrested after homeless transgender woman beaten to death in Miami

<p>Gilgo Beach murder probe expands with new search of wooded area in Long Island</p>
US Crime News

Gilgo Beach murder probe expands with new search of wooded area

<p>Fugitive ex-police officer Elias Huizar, wanted over two murders, has been found with gunshot wound while the infant with him is safe</p>
US Crime News

Fugitive ex-police officer wanted over two murders found

<p>Two people confirmed to be on board Douglas DC-4 plane that crashed into river near Fairbanks, Alaska, and burst into flames </p>
Americas

Plane crashes near Fairbanks, Alaska with rescue efforts underway

<p>Two people confirmed to be on board Douglas DC-4 plane that crashed into river near Fairbanks, Alaska, and burst into flames </p>
Americas

Plane crashes near Fairbanks, Alaska with rescue efforts underway

<p>Chicago Police have released CCTV footage of a person of interest after officer Luis Huesca was fatally shot on Sunday, two days before his 31st birthday</p>
US Crime News

Video released of person of interest in fatal shooting of Chicago cop

<p>Doctor Sexual Abuse MSU Gymnastics</p>
US Crime News

Larry Nassar victims strike $138m deal with justice department

<p>Siblings Lana and Zayn were killed by a drunk driver at a birthday party this weekend in Michigan</p>
US Crime News

Pictured: Siblings, aged five and eight, killed at birthday party

<p>Maxwell Anderson, 33, (pictured) pleaded not guilty to the murder of 19-year-old Sade Robinson during a brief court hearing in Milwaukee on Monday </p>
US Crime News

Man accused of murdering student on first date pleads not guilty

<p>Man taken into custody after breaking into LA Mayor’s official residence</p>
US Crime News

Man arrested for breaking into LA Mayor’s home while she was there

<p>Max Azzarello posted anti-establishment conspiracies online. He set himself on fire outside Trump’s trial moments later</p>
Americas

Max Azzarello: What we know about man who died after self-immolating

<p>Students hold up a photo of University of Southern California 2024 valedictorian Asna Tabassum in protest of her cancelled commencement speech </p>
Americas

USC cancels all graduation speeches amid uproar over valedictorian

<p>Milwaukee student Sade Robinson’s body was found dismembered on a beach after she sent a Snap to friends from a first date </p>
US Crime News

Body of Milwaukee student found dismembered on beach

<p>Trump campaign falsely claimed twice this week that he’s stormed out of court</p>
Americas

Trump campaign claims twice this week that he’s ‘stormed’ out of court

<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press briefing, 16 February 2024, in New York</p>
Americas

Trump’s $175m bond in fraud case should be voided, says New York AG

<p>Students occupy the campus ground of Columbia University in support of Palestinians, in New York City, on April 19, 2024. Officers cleared out a pro-Palestinian campus demonstration on April 18</p>
US politics

‘Squad’ slam Columbia for suspending Ilhan Omar’s daughter at protest

US politics

‘Squad’ slam Columbia for suspending Ilhan Omar’s daughter at protest

<p>Students occupy the campus ground of Columbia University in support of Palestinians, in New York City, on April 19, 2024. Officers cleared out a pro-Palestinian campus demonstration on April 18</p>
<p>Trump aides lose bid to dismiss charges related to classified documents hoarded at Mar-a-Lago</p>
US politics

Trump aides lose bid to dismiss charges over hoarded Mar-a-Lago docs

<p>Zaynab Joseph, 40, fell to her death off a cliff on Bear Mountain in Sedona, Arizona, while hiking with her husband and toddler </p>
Americas

Mother falls to her death while hiking with family in Arizona

<p>The National Reconnaissance Office awarded a $1.8bn contract to Musk’s SpaceX for the classified project, a planned network of hundreds of satellites, in 2021, according to Reuters</p>
Americas

SpaceX to partner with Northrop Grumman on US spy satellite system

<p>Maulik Pancholy’s speech at a middle school in Pennsylvania cancelled after school board vote </p>
News

Gay actor’s talk cancelled by school board due to his ‘lifestyle’

<p>Maulik Pancholy’s speech at a middle school in Pennsylvania cancelled after school board vote </p>
News

Gay actor’s talk cancelled by school board due to his ‘lifestyle’

<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis) has hinted that death threats against him have played a part in his decision to reign early on 19 April</p>
US politics

Mike Gallagher hints death threats may be behind his early resignation

<p>Trump prospective juror excused after raising comparisons between ex-president and disgraced Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi</p>
US politics

Potential juror excused after comparisons between Trump and Berlusconi

<p>Moises Tejada, who was on the OSI New York’s ‘most wanted’ list, was captured by police in Rome last week</p>
US Crime News

US ‘most wanted’ fugitive captured by Italian police in Rome

<p>President Joe Biden speaks at Stupak Community Center on March 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He made the surprising suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by <a href="/topic/cannibals">cannibals</a> after being shot down during World War II </p>
US politics

Biden suggests his uncle was eaten by cannibals after WWII plane crash

<p>Ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) cover their faces during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing as part of the House of Republicans’ impeachment probe into President Joe Biden</p>
US politics

Chaos at House hearing as congressmen clash over Biden ‘corruption’

<p>OJ Simpson’s remains cremated as lawyer says disgraced star didn’t want anyone to ‘feel sorry’ for him</p>
Americas

OJ Simpson’s remains cremated says lawyer

<p>Alleged incident took place at Veteran’s Barrington Park in Los Angeles, California</p>
Americas

LA billionaire embroiled in alleged dog-park extortion case

<p>Media Black Americans News</p>
US politics

Potential Trump juror hints at his infamous Central Park Five ads

<p>Ansa Tabassum, USC’s 2024 valedictorian has been barred from speaking at this year’s commencement ceremony due to safety concerns amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East</p>
Americas

USC’s Muslim valedictorian’s speech cancelled over safety concerns

<p>Trump campaign furiously denies claim former president fell asleep in court</p>
US politics

Trump campaign denies claim former president fell asleep in court

<p>Fourth body recovered from site of Baltimore bridge collapse</p>
Americas

Fourth body recovered from site of Baltimore bridge collapse

<p>Trump campaign furiously denies claim former president fell asleep in court</p>
US politics

Trump campaign denies claim former president fell asleep in court

<p>Supreme Court rules that Idaho can block transgender healthcare for minors</p>
Americas

SCOTUS rules that Idaho can block transgender healthcare for minors

<p>‘There is nothing I hate more, but it must be done’: Elon Musk to cut 14,000 jobs from Tesla</p>
Americas

Elon Musk to cut 14,000 jobs from Tesla

<p>LA astrology influencer and murdered partner argued so much even the mailman noticed, neighbour says</p>
US Crime News

Astrology influencer and murdered partner argued a lot, neighbour says

Americas

OJ Simpson’s life after the trial of the century

<p>‘There is nothing I hate more, but it must be done’: Elon Musk to cut 14,000 jobs from Tesla</p>
Americas

Elon Musk to cut 14,000 jobs from Tesla

<p>LA astrology influencer and murdered partner argued so much even the mailman noticed, neighbour says</p>
US Crime News

Astrology influencer and murdered partner argued a lot, neighbour says

Americas

OJ Simpson’s life after the trial of the century

<p>On the day of the total eclipse, Danielle Johnson stabbed her boyfriend and then fled down a busy California highway, where she pushed her two children into the path of oncoming traffic</p>
US Crime News

The alarming beliefs of the astrology influencer-turned killer

<p>Michael Bray, right, of Slidell, looks at the pine tree that fell onto his car parked in front of his home on Thursday, April 11, 2024</p>
Climate

East coast facing multiple tornado threats after storms batter south

<p>People clean up debris at the scene of a shooting at an Eid al-Fitr event in Philadelphia</p>
LiveUS Crime News

Three shot and five arrested at Eid event in Philadelphia

<p>Police and officials gather on a cordoned off street at the scene of a shooting at an Eid festival in Philadelphia </p>
US Crime News

Multiple people shot during Eid festival in Philadelphia

<p>Trump indulges one of his hobbies – handing out fast food - as he hits a Chick-fil-A and buys lunch for fans</p>
US politics

Trump orders food for everyone as he hits a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta

<p>Mexican news outlet accidentally broadcasts clip of man’s testicles during eclipse coverage</p>
Americas

Mexican news outlet broadcasts man’s testicles during eclipse coverage

<p>More than 50 protesters arrested over protest in Senate building which shut down cafeteria </p>
Middle East

Around 50 protesters arrested over protest in Senate building

<p>Biden calls Netanyahu’s approach to Gaza war as a ‘mistake’</p>
US politics

Biden brands Israel’s actions in Gaza a ‘mistake’

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