<p>Investigators provided an update into the death of Gene Hackman and his wife and revealed both died from natural causes</p>

Gene Hackman's Death

Gene Hackman had advanced Alzheimer’s and possibly didn’t know his wife died a week earlier from hantavirus, medical examiner says

<p>France Rape Trial Australia</p>

NEWS

Gisele Pelicot tells sex abuse survivors: ‘You will never be alone’

<p>At least 12 people have been injured in a shooting at a pub in Toronto</p>

LiveTORONTO SHOOTING LATEST

At least 12 injured in Scarborough pub with three suspects still at large

<p>Bankman Fried FTX</p>

crime

Crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried lands in solitary confinement as he angles for Trump pardon: Report

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

Ivanka Trump, who vowed to stay away from politics, is making a lot of appearances at Dad’s events

Ivanka has said she ‘hates’ politics and plans to stay away from the White House during her father’s second term

<p>Ivanka Trump has attended several events related to her father in recent months despite saying she ‘hates’ politics</p>

<p>Sir Ben Wallace delivered a powerful message on Saturday over Nato</p>

UKRAINE

‘Not the end of the world if US quits NATO,’ says British former defense secretary

Latest: Trump says Putin is ‘doing what anybody would do’ before 14 killed in Russian strike

<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk got into a heated argument at Thursday's cabinet meeting, according to a new report</p>

Trump's first 100 days

Marco Rubio has meltdown with Elon Musk in heated Cabinet meeting: Report

<p>Brad Sigmon, 67, is the first person to be executed by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years</p>

Crime

South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years

<p>Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent</p>

politics

Treasury secretary calls economy slowdown just ‘detox’ as government spending switches to private sector

<p>A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag during a transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital last month</p>

politics

Trans women being moved to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump's executive order

<p>DOGE staffers Bryton Shang (left) and Tyler Hassen flew to California to turn on a major water pump system themselves in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, according to a new report</p>

politics

Musk’s DOGE ‘whiz kids’ flew to California amid LA fires to try to release water themselves

LiveTrump's first 100 days

Trump threatens Iran with military action if nuclear deal can’t be reached

Trump threatens Russia with more sanctions after missile strike

<p>Christopher Thieme is accused of cyberstalking a woman while serving a 17-year sentence</p>

News

He’s in prison for trying to order a hit on his online crush. Cops say he’s still targeting women from behind bars

<p>Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Ada County, where executions are performed. The state is currently working to renovate its execution chamber to accommodate firing squad deaths </p>

Crime

Idaho can’t find contractor to build its execution firing range

<p>NASA’s science programs budget could be slashed in half, according to sources </p>

Trump's First 100 Days

‘Extinction level’ cuts coming to NASA, report says

<p>From left: Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke</p>

Crime

New texts reveal key details from night of Idaho murders

<p>South Carolina Forestry Commission law enforcement officials arrested Alexandra Bialousow, 40, of Myrtle Beach on Thursday on two charges related to the escape of a residential yard debris burn that is alleged to have ignited the Carolina Forest Fire near Myrtle Beach. The blaze spread over 2,059 acres</p>

Crime

Myrtle Beach area woman accused of starting blaze that sparked wildfire

<p>Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in an episode of Netflix’s ‘With Love, Meghan’</p>

Royal Family

Meghan Markle’s Netflix series is getting a second season

<p>D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! performing in Nashville, Tennessee in 2014</p>

Tony! Toni! Toné! singer and guitarist D’Wayne Wiggins dies aged 64

<p>Ohio Governor Mike DeWine told reporters this week that the federal government will have to accelerate bird flu research to respond to the current spread of the virus. The state has seen more than 15 million of its commercial poultry birds killed since December</p>

News

Ohio governor tells the Trump administration to hurry up bird flu response

<p>Tucker Carlson tells NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo that he's "definitely more sympathetic to Putin than Zelensky."</p>

Tucker: I’m ‘definitely more sympathetic to Putin than Zelensky’

<p>Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that 7 percent of adults in the U.S. have been at the scene of a mass shooting. And, more than 2 percent been injured during one</p>

Crime

One in 15 U.S. adults have been on the scene of a mass shooting, report finds

<p>Fernando Barreto-Hernandez, 24, of Los Angeles was arrested this month for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl while he was working as a delivery driver for Amazon</p>

crime

Amazon driver accused of sexually assaulting victims as he delivered orders

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>Trump asked aides about moving the original Declaration of Independence to the Oval Office</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump asked ‘alarmed’ aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office

<p>Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett ruled against the Trump administration in a ruling this week, making her persona non grata among some of Trump’s MAGA allies</p>

Trump's first 100 Days

MAGA targets Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she rules against Trump

<p>Donald Trump said that changing daylight saving time is a ‘50/50 issue,’ and insinuated he may leave the clock as is. In December he said he planned to eliminate the practice</p>

Trump's first 100 days

Will Trump change daylight saving time? He says it’s a ‘50/50’ issue

<p>Elon Musk’s DOGE staffers are allegedly sleeping in a General Services Administration federal office building</p>

Trump's first 100 Days

DOGE workers are using four rooms at a federal office building for sleeping — with IKEA beds, lamps and dressers

<p>Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo warns that the American economy could be heading into a recession, but that Joe Biden would be to blame.</p>

Trump's First 100 days

Maria Bartiromo says a ‘recession’ is coming — but ‘it would be Biden’s recession’

US economy adds 151,000 jobs but unemployment up in first Trump report

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Trump Shooting

What Trump said when he saw his raised-fist assassination photo for the first time

<p>Twenty attorneys general sued the Trump administration over mass firings of federal workers saying proper notice wasn’t given</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

20 states sue Trump over mass firings saying Musk's DODGE skipped required notice

<p>Elon Musk, pictured at CPAC last month, celebrated the firing of a state agency worker who refused to comply with his company’s pronouns policy </p>

Trump's First 100 days

Elon Musk celebrates after Texas man loses job over refusal to remove gender preferences from email

<p>President Donald Trump could enact a new travel ban as soon as next week</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump wants to revive a travel ban. Here are the countries that could be on it

<p>‘I have multiple tumors in my brain that weren’t able to be removed via surgery. I also have 2 tumors in my lung,’ Mellencamp revealed</p>

Real Housewives’ Teddi Mellencamp shares alarming update after undergoing brain surgery

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<p>Luigi Mangione has written a letter from jail to a mom who is struggling to pay for her daughter’s healthcare</p>

Crime

Luigi Mangione pens jailhouse letter after mom’s story of daughter’s healthcare ‘made him tear up’

<p>ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith said he doesn’t ‘like the fact’ he voted for Vice President Kamala Harris</p>

News

Stephen A Smith lands new $100 million contract at ESPN

<p>Pamela Alcantara was last seen in security footage entering her Bronx apartment's elevator early Sunday. There is no footage of her leaving</p>

Crime

Body of missing Bronx woman who had asked mother to ‘pray for her’ in final phone call found in suitcase in creek

CBS show canceled for third time – but this time it’s ‘permanent’

<p>Ryan Wedding now features on the FBI’s most wanted list for drug trafficking and murder charges </p>

Crime

Canadian snowboarding star and ex-Olympian added to FBI's 10 most wanted

Ryan Wedding ‘went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets,’ the FBI says

<p>Fans have pointed out parallels between Lady Gaga’s song ‘How Bad Do U Want Me’ and Taylor Swift’s work </p>

Lady Gaga fans share same Taylor Swift theory after new album release

<p>Twitch Trio, pictured left to right, Cinna, Valkyrae and Emiru, endured the horrifying ordeal on the Santa Monica Pier last weekend </p>

News

Twitch streamers receive death threats during live stream

<p>Millions of Americans are expected to travel for spring break this year. Health officials are telling people to remain cautious amid the transmission of the measles virus</p>

News

Doctors worry about spring break as measles cases spread: Not ‘dealing with business-as-usual’

<p>Elon Musk attends a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday</p>

News

Elon Musk's assets plummet $122bn as Tesla stocks sag

<p>Andy Samberg recalled an awkward bathroom run-in with a member of the Backstreet Boys at 'SNL50'</p>

Andy Samberg apologizes to Backstreet Boy for awkward bathroom encounter at SNL50

<p>Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is facing trial on sex trafficking charges</p>

Crime

Diddy hit with new claims in sex trafficking case

Independent Women 2025 – The Influence List

Marking International Women’s Day for a third year running, The Independent has compiled a list of the 50 most influential women across the worlds of politics, sports, the arts, media, business, fashion and activism

Gisèle Pelicot named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025

<p>Trailblazers, changemakers and inspirations are just a few of the words that describe the 50 exceptional women celebrated in The Independent’s 2025 Influence List, marking International Women’s Day for a third year running</p>

<p>The number of McDonald’s restaurants all over the world is around 41,800</p>

News

McDonald’s dethroned as world’s largest fast food chain by company with no restaurants in the US

<p>Pierce Brosnan will take on the role of former union activist Ron Richie in Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club (Suzan Moore/PA)</p>

Pierce Brosnan ‘interested’ in returning as James Bond following Amazon takeover

<p>The victim was walking her dog along Sonoma Avenue (pictured) when the brutal attack occurred</p>

Crime

Probation for man who sexually assaulted and disfigured woman in front of her daughter

<p>Ryan Hackney, 31, is one of the sons of YouTuber Machelle Hobson, whose channel featured her seven adopted children. Hobson was charged with more than 30 counts of child abuse and later died in jail awaiting her trial</p>

Crime

A ‘YouTube mom’ died after being accused of torturing her kids. Now, her son is going to jail for child sexual abuse

<p>Searchers return to the spot in 1999, where they believed the Martin family may have disappeared and compared the scene with a photo of it from 1959.</p>

Crime

A family disappeared while out for a drive in 1958. Their car might have just been pulled from an Oregon riverbed

STARBUCKS-DESPIDOS

ExclusiveNews

Fired Starbucks manager claims he faced ‘egregious’ discrimination for being heterosexual

<p>This image released by the NTSB in February shows the site of initial impact of the Learjet 55 that crashed January 31 in Philadelphia</p>

Air Disasters

NTSB releases preliminary report on Philadelphia plane crash

<p>William Yovic, the husband of a Florida state representative, has been accused of not paying more than $100,000 in sales taxes </p>

Crime

Husband of Florida Republican lawmaker accused of massive tax fraud

<p>Kimberley Mills, 37, and Andre Walker, 36, both appeared in court on charges of child abuse</p>

Crime

Mother and boyfriend arrested as 10-year-old suffers heart attack following ‘unspeakable’ campaign of abuse, police say

<p>One in five butterflies in the U.S. disappeared between the year 2000 and 2020, researchers announced on Thursday. The alarming findings were based on data from more than 76,000 surveys</p>

Over the last 25 years, 20 percent of America’s butterflies have vanished. Will they soon be gone?

<p>Candles outside the Gemelli clinic where the Pope is being treated</p>

World

Audio message shows Pope’s frailty as hospital stay hits three-week mark

<p>US government issues travel advisory to popular vacation destination</p>

News

US government issues travel advisory to popular vacation destination

<p>Virtually all cases in measles outbreak have been among those who are unvaccinated or of undeterminate vaccine status</p>

news

Unvaxxed New Mexico resident dies after testing positive for measles

Sabien DeMonia started out as an Instagram model, before moving onto OnlyFans, and then opening conversations with EVA AI

ExclusiveNews

She was an OnlyFans creator. Then she got an AI clone

They thought they were chatting with models. The truth was much darker

<p>Neil Young and Crazy Horse performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2024 </p>

Neil Young risks trying our patience on ‘Oceanside Countryside’

<p>Attorneys for Hunter Biden have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against a former aide to Donald Trump. In the filing, the reveal Hunter’s current financial position</p>

POlitics

Hunter Biden reveals his dire financial situation after selling one piece of art this year and lackluster book buys

Woody Allen Chef Lawsuit

60s icon reflects on ‘humiliating’ Woody Allen experience

<p>Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher</p>

Isla Fisher and Chris Hemsworth among celebrities caught up in cyclone Alfred

<p>Walton Goggins in The White Lotus</p>

White Lotus actor reveals he was bitten for real during snake scene: ‘Am I dying a slow death?’

<p>Kim Kardashian and Damon Thomas divorced in 2004</p>

Kim Kardashian makes rare comment about 2004 divorce from Damon Thomas

<p>Die-hard Trump supporter and pillow hawker is getting raked over the coals in court</p>

News

Judge finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in contempt in Smartmatic lawsuit

<p>The USX-1 Defiant has been deployed into Washington waters after its construction finished last month</p>

News

Mysterious unmanned warship spotted off of Washington state coast

<p>Adnan Syed will go free after a judge reduced his life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999 to time served</p>

Crime

‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed to go free despite standing murder conviction, judge rules

<p>Charlie Cox in 'Daredevil: Born Again'</p>

Daredevil fans left making the same complaint about new show: ‘This makes me so mad’

Mercy Culture Pastor Landon Schott posted an Instagram video this week that celebrated the Texas church’s partner school reportedly having the state’s lowest vaccination rate for measles. His video has drawn support and criticism amid a measles outbreak in West Texas

News

Outrage after Texas pastor brags online about his school having the state’s lowest measles vaccination rate: ‘We celebrate it’

Inside The Beltway

<p>This image of the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II is marked for deletion by by Pentagon’s DEI eradication operation apparently because the name of the plane includes the word ‘gay,’ according to The Associated Press.</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge

<p>Trump is facing pushback from Senate Republicans over his stop-and-start tariff policy </p>

Trump's First 100 Days

These Republican senators have broken from Trump on tariffs

<p>Elon Musk, pictured at a previous Cabinet meeting, was in attendance when Donald Trump told department heads they make the decisions over firings</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump warns his Cabinet that Musk can’t actually fire workers

<p>President Donald Trump has attacked Republican legislative priorities.</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump is bulldozing some Republicans’ priorities. They should be nervous

<p>A Canadian Senator has challenged Donald Trump Jr. to a round in the boxing ring over President Donald Trump’s latest “bogus” tariffs</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Senator challenges Donald Trump Jr. to boxing match over 'bogus tariffs'

<p>Jimmy Kimmel and Donald Trump</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump for ‘dumb’ claim about transgender mice

<p>Deputy Department of Defense press secretary Kingsley Wilson has a ‘long history’ of bigoted social media posts, according to a report</p>

Trump's first 100 days

Pentagon press secretary has a ‘long history’ of bigoted social media posts and now faces calls to resign

Culture

US TV show cancelled for third time – but this time it’s for good

<p>Authorities have revealed how the actor and his wife died</p>

Full timeline of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths

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LiveNews

Gene Hackman: Authorities reveal causes of deaths of actor and wife

<p>Jeremy Clarkson in ’Clarkson’s Farm’</p>

Jeremy Clarkson excites fans with Clarkson’s Farm update

<p>LA Premiere of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F"</p>

Kevin Bacon asks DJs not to play this song at weddings

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Sex pistols recall hedonistic final days that led to break-up

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Lorraine Kelly hits out at ‘hurtful’ lazy presenter claims

Lifestyle

<p>Americans will lose an hour of sleep on Sunday, March 9, 2025</p>

Daylight saving time 2025: When do the clocks move forward in the US?

Jamie Redknapp felt ‘relief’ after career-ending football injury

Alexander Armstrong ‘out of touch’ for ‘extremely poor’ comment

<p>Cleo Davies was found unresponsive on January 8 </p>

Health & Families

Woman, 22, unable to walk or talk after leukaemia went undiagnosed

<p>Film Review - The Idea of You</p>

Widening age limits on dating apps could be key to finding THE one

<p>A toast to trailblazers: Five exceptional wines crafted by leading women winemakers, each bottle a testament to talent, innovation, and the changing face of the industry</p>

Meet the women reshaping the wine world – one glass at a time

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Drew Barrymore surprises Meghan with photo of Diana in live interview

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Arsonist sets himself on fire while torching car in gated community

<p>Jasmine Crockett speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention </p>

Crockett trolls Trump with question about criminals

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Meghan reveals advice she follows to keep marriage to Harry alive

Travel

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The secret Californian islands that escape most tourists’ radars

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The insider’s tour of the city at the heart of Renaissance painting

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How to visit each seven wonders of the world

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