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Graeme Massie

Reporter and editor@graemekmassie

Graeme Massie is a Los Angeles-based reporter and editor at The Independent, covering US news and politics. Graeme came to The Independent after 15 years as a reporter at Splash News in New York and California. Email him at graeme.massie@independent.co.uk

<p>Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis reacts during a vigil remembering the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Denver</p>

Columbine victims remembered at 25th anniversary vigil

<p>Former President Donald Trump gestures as he returns to the courtroom following a break in his trial, Friday, April 19, 2024, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.</p>

Trump denied request to halt hush money trial by appeals court

<p>Madeline Soto, 13, disappeared on 27 February in Kissimmee, Florida and officials believe her mother’s boyfriend Stephan Sterns killed her</p>

Madeline Soto’s body found days after 13-year-old disappeared

<p>People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in the blowing snow in Manhattan </p>

New York blanketed in snow after powerful winter storm