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Trump shares video of workers allegedly damaging stone in the Rose Garden

Politics

Trump lashes out at Rose Garden worker for damaging stone in controversial redesign - and shares video of the culprit: ‘Stupid’

Stephen King shares theory about how Donald Trump will be remembered in history

<p>Eating potassium-packed bananas can help lower blood pressure </p>

HEALTH

These foods can help maintain a healthy blood pressure

Harry Potter director says reunion ‘will never happen’ due to JK Rowling’s trans views

<p>Even if you have no truck with it, AI therapy is fast becoming unavoidable</p>

HEALTH

‘I had no other choice but to go to A.I’: The free ‘therapy’ filling the gaps in America’s broken healthcare system

<p>Camp Social is held just outside the Pocono Mountains — in Equinunk, Pennsylvania</p>

I went to an adult summer camp for women who want to make friends — and it’s worth the $900 price tag

Iran Israel Mideast Wars

Two months after its war with Israel, Iran braces for another showdown

<p>Cuba relies on overseas visitors to sustain its economy </p>

TRAVEL

Cuba is crumbling and Trump twisting the knife could be killing its tourist dream for good

<p>Arjun Malaviya set off from his home in California on his 17th birthday with the aim of ‘seeing the world alone, before turning 20’</p>

Teenager who solo-traveled to 118 countries reveals how he did it, where has the best food – and the tropical island that bored him

<p>Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has broken away from some of his Democrat colleagues to endorse a popular oyster farmer and former U.S. Marine Graham Platner on his run for the Senate in Maine</p>

politics

Bernie Sanders breaks with Democrats and endorses popular oyster farmer running against Susan Collins

<p>All UN Security Council members, except the US, have agreed that the famine in Gaza is a ‘manmade crisis’</p>

COMMENT

Gaza is proof the United Nations is no longer fit for purpose

<p>A Texas teenager was rushed to hospital with severe burns all over his body after a TikTok experiment went horribly wrong</p>

news

Texas teen hospitalized with severe burns after TikTok experiment goes horribly wrong: 'My shirt was on fire'

<p>Suspected shooter Robin Westman questioned in journal entries why authorities hadn't looked further into his strange behavior </p>

Minnesota shooting

Trump administration cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting

<p>The comedian and presenter said that in the present day, everything is ‘very adversarial and everyone flies off the handle much more quickly’</p>

Michael Palin claims Monty Python’s Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today due to cancel culture

<p>The New York Times's headquarters in New York City. Executive Editor Joseph Kahn’s apartment building was vandalized Friday with a message that read: 'Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies'</p>

NEWS

Apartment building of senior New York Times editor vandalized over paper’s Gaza coverage

<p>Two brothers Pradeep and Kapil Negi marry Sunita Chauhan in Shillai in Himachal Pradesh </p>

Keeping it in the family: Inside the Indian tradition of polyandrous marriages

news

Florida man driving a special truck designed to safely absorb the impact of crashes killed after car plows into the vehicle

20th Anniversary of hurricane katrina

20 years after Hurricane Katrina killed 1,400 people, the Trump administration's own staff says it couldn't handle such a devastating storm

20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Trump Reshapes The World

COMMENT

Trump has become the most power-hungry president of all time

<p>The Social Security chief data officer who blew the whistle on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, claiming it uploaded 300 million people’s data to the digital cloud in a ‘serious data security lapse,’ has quit</p>

politics

Social Security whistleblower who claimed DOGE uploaded 300 million people’s data to the cloud quits post

<p>Tulsi Gabbard (left) criticized Jen Psaki, accusing her of a “hatred of God” after the Minneapolis school shooting</p>

politics

Gabbard calls Psaki ‘agent of darkness and hatred’ for suggesting prayer alone won’t solve gun crime epidemic

<p>Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to take “immediate, drastic action” to protect its people</p>

politics

Chicago mayor announces measures to ‘protect our people’ from imminent influx of federal agents on Trump’s orders

<p>US president Donald Trump holds a photograph he said was given to him as a gift by Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office </p>

politics

Trump compares Zelensky and Putin to children and says ‘maybe they have to fight a little longer’

<p>Rep. Robert Garcia of California said that Jeffrey Epstein’s estate would comply with the subpoena issued earlier this week by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee and turn over the 2003 book and ‘other documents’</p>

politics

Epstein estate will hand ‘birthday book’ at center of Trump defamation case to Congress

Politics

Trump vows to appeal court ruling striking down ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs claiming it ‘would literally destroy’ the country

Bulletin

<p>Three Scottish brothers (L-R) Lachlan, Jamie and Ewan MacLean celebrate as they arrive into Cairns</p>

Mark Wahlberg congratulates record-breaking rowing brothers

<p>Bananas could help lower the risk of heart disease, a study has found</p>

Could bananas be the key to fighting heart disease?

<p>Protesters walk by as the local parliament building is engulfed in flames during a protest in Makassar, Indonesia</p>

Protests in Indonesia turn violent as parliament building set alight

<p>Gordon Ramsay has had treatment for skin cancer</p>

Gordon Ramsay opens up about skin cancer scare

The 2025 Climate 100 List

The Independent announces the return of its acclaimed Climate 100 List

Following on from last year's inaugural Climate 100 List, nominations for its Reader's Choice category are once again open for suggestions of unsung climate heroes from around the world who have made a significant contribution to protecting the environment

<p>Despite more awareness than ever, the climate crisis is worsening and it's never felt more urgent to react to protect areas like the Ecuadorian Amazon Environment</p>

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<p>Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis</p>

Bruce Willis’s wife hits back at criticism after moving Die Hard star into home

<p>The author performing as a performative male or simply enjoying a drink and a stack of good books</p>

In an age of toxic masculinity, the ‘performative male’ should be encouraged

<p>Since being ousted from the U.S. government following a very public fallout with President Donald Trump, Musk has turned his attention back to stoking the flames in the U.K., which is currently engulfed in an immigration race row</p>

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Musk appears to compare UK police to Nazi war criminals after five masked men were arrested trying to get into refugee hotel

<p>Customers reported that their phones were stuck in SOS mode and complained to the company on social media</p>

news

Verizon outage strikes thousands across the US as customers can’t send texts or make calls

<p>‘You have to be tough as old boots to play the role, because not everyone is going to be happy with you’</p>

Pierce Brosnan: ‘A seventysomething Bond? They know where to find me’

<p>Elizabeth Hurley in ‘Serving Sara’, ‘Bedazzled’ and ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’</p>

I spent a long, confusing week watching every single Elizabeth Hurley movie

<p>Kim Novak is portrayed by Sydney Sweeney in a forthcoming biopic</p>

Kim Novak highlights issue with title of new biopic starring Sydney Sweeney

<p>Michael Perry of Kentucky won the top prize on a scratch-off ticket</p>

Lottery winner reveals secret that led him to $250,000 prize

<p>A jellyfish rests on the sand at Savannah Beach in Delaware. Jellyfish sightings have spiked along the U.S. Atlantic coast this summer</p>

NEWS

Why there are more jellyfish on US beaches this year – and what to do if you’re stung

<p>State officials have reportedly put a plan in place to provide Kamala Harris with dignitary protection after Trump pulled her Secret Service detail last week</p>

politics

California Highway Patrol to protect Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail: report

<p>A helicopter drops water over the Bear Gulch Fire. The lawyers for a firefighter who U.S. border agents arrested are now demanding his release</p>

politics

Firefighter arrested by border agents while tackling blaze was on track for legal status, lawyer says

<p>Beta blockers, a type of drug used to help treat heart attacks, do not work on the majority of patients and may actually contribute to hospitalization and death for women, new research has found</p>

health

A common drug used to treat heart attacks may not help and could have fatal consequences for women: study

<p>Alan Alda pictured in 2020</p>

Alan Alda reveals ‘main thing’ that keeps him alive after Parkinson’s diagnosis

<p>The Food and Drug Administration has expanded a previous warning that some packages of frozen shrimp are being recalled due to potential contamination by a radioactive isotope</p>

News

More potentially radioactive shrimp recalled from brands sold at Walmart and Kroger

GUILLLERMO DEL TORO

Guillermo del Toro insists new Frankenstein film is not AI metaphor

<p>Christopher Rodriguez, 40, was taken into custody on Thursday </p>

Crime

Convicted murderer charged with kidnapping after missing 15-year-old girl found safe

<p>Suspect Robin Westman, seen here in a screengrab from a video posted on YouTube, idolized Adolf Hitler and obsessed over other mass killings even as far back as middle school, a former classmate has said</p>

news

Middle school classmate say Minnesota school shooter idolized Hitler

<p>Target warehouses are so large that workers spend up to half an hour walking from the entrance to their work station, and are not paid for it – which could be costing them up to $2,000 per year, a new lawsuit alleges</p>

news

Target distribution center is so large employees say they spend 30 minutes walking to their station and should be paid for it

<p>Spirit Airlines announced it is filing for bankruptcy in what is the second time the company has filed for Chapter 11 protections in the last year</p>

news

No-frills Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy for the second time in a year

<p>Vanessa Esquivel, 27, of Dallas, allegedly left her child in her hot car for two hours while she was at work</p>

news

Mom went to work and ‘intentionally’ left her 15-month-old child in a hot car to die, cops say

<p>TCE Rights Management LLC, the company that filed the ‘Gold Digger’ trademark, is owned by Bill Belichick and managed by Jordon Hudson</p>

news

24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick, 73, files trademark application for ‘gold digger’

<p>A fire juggler at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. Kayla Thompson was at the annual desert party on Wednesday when she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl in the bathroom of her RV</p>

neews

Mom who didn’t know she was pregnant gives birth at Burning Man: ‘I was yelling for anyone to come help us’

<p>Emily Long is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Ryan, and two of their children before turning the gun on herself earlier this month</p>

Crime

Business owner says mom who killed husband and children in murder-suicide stole more than $600K from company

<p>The flesh-eating bacteria can infect humans through open wounds in coastal waters or by eating raw seafood, potentially causing severe illness with fever, septic shock, and blistering skin lesions</p>

News

Two more dead - now six in total - after eating Oysters tainted with flesh-eating bacteria

<p>Heidi Gardner</p>

culture

SNL cast shake-up: Major star becomes latest shock exit

<p>CVS and Walgreens pharmacies are reportedly restricting who can receive Covid-19 vaccines amid ongoing uncertainty over federal vaccine policy</p>

news

Pharmacies are not offering Covid-19 shots in 16 states as unclear guidance from FDA leaves them in limbo

news

JD Vance ‘worried’ NFL will throw ‘Super Bowl wedding’ for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

IndyBest

<p>The Breville bambino plus is perfect for those wanting a simplified coffee machine</p>

I’ve used Breville’s bambino plus for a year — here’s my review

<p>I tested the L’Or barista coffee and espresso system for taste, quality and price</p>

L’Or’s coffee maker is affordable — but is it worth buying?

<p>Growth factors are fast becoming the next buzz-worthy skincare ingredient</p>

The Ordinary’s anti-aging serum delivered results in very little time

<p>From single-serve machines to drip coffee makers, I’ve tried and tested the lot</p>

Best coffee makers for 2025, tried and tested

Culture

David McCall lifts lid on wild new BBC dating show: ‘It’s carnage’

Emmerdale unveils shock twist as missing character revealed as alive

Coronation Street star Adam Hussain explains why he quit series

<p>This month, Tinie Tempah released ‘Eat It Up’ – a fierce, frantic track in collaboration with Skepsis</p>

Tinie Tempah: ‘I was always scared of becoming a one-hit wonder’

<p>Adam Kay: a doctor with funny bones</p>

Adam Kay on the NHS, the Labour government, and his dark new novel

<p>Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming in ‘I Fought the Law’</p>

The harrowing true story behind Sheridan Smith drama I Fought the Law

Lifestyle

Robin Wright opens up about difficulty of co-parenting with Sean Penn

<p>Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is the highest building in the world</p>

Is Dubai’s glossy expat lifestyle all it’s cracked up to be?

<p>A Costco Wholesale warehouse sign is seen outside of a store in Silver Spring, Maryland, on August 5, 2023</p>

Costco set to enforce new rule starting September 1

<p>Bacopa is an Ayurvedic herb that’s been used for centuries. Researchers say now that it can reduce inflammation, keep you calm, and even protect the brain</p>

This herb can improve brain function and slash stress

<p>Gordon Ramsay has undergone surgery to remove basal cell carcinoma</p>

Gordon Ramsay reveals skin cancer scare after undergoing surgery

Vernon Kay reveals his and Tess Daly’s unusual parenting tactic

Peter Andre speaks out on ’saintly’ image amid feud with Katie Price

<p>Designer Shelly Gates is giving college dorms major makeover</p>

College students are paying up to $15,000 for dorm makeovers

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Latest videos

Pilot pulled from plane wreckage underwater in dramatic rescue

<p>Speaker Mike Johnson says cause of mass shootings is 'the human heart'.</p>

Mike Johnson says ‘human heart’ is responsible for mass shootings

Video shows inside Selena Gomez’s bachelorette ahead of wedding

<p>Newsom says world leaders laugh at Trump behind his back</p>

Newsom says world leaders laugh at Trump behind his back

Travel

Best under-the-radar beaches in the US for 2025 coastal vacations

From a paradise island in Florida to California sands covered in gems, these are shore bets for bustle-free beach breaks

<p>Keewaydin Island makes our list of top under-the-radar U.S beaches</p>

<p>The Pacific country’s vineyards, tree churches and private lakes are the ‘perfect’ setting for the pair to exchange rings, said Tourism New Zealand </p>

New Zealand make ‘official petition’ to host Taylor Swift’s wedding

<p>Park guests will be suspended in gondola-style seating</p>

New $25 million simulator ride opens at Niagara Falls

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This Scottish sculpture park will now be open year-round

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