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‘Banal horror’: Judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan rape survivor ‘wrongfully’ deported to Mexico

<p>People watch as ships sail by on the Hudson River during Fleet Week in New York City, U.S., May 21</p>

BREAKINGNEWS

Boat explodes on Hudson River during NYC Fleet Week, multiple injuries reported

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Sabotage suspected as Cannes Film Festival struck by major power outage

<p>Harmony Montgomery, a five-year-old girl who police believe was killed by her father in 2019. The state has agreed to pay her mother, Crystal Sorey, $2.25m</p>

Crime

Mother of murdered five-year-old Harmony Montgomery awarded $2.25m in wrongful death lawsuit against state

<p>Jennifer Farber Dulos (right) has been missing for six years. A local journalist decided to write a book (left) about her life before she vanished.</p>

CRIME

Jennifer Dulos dreamed of the perfect life – and then everything fell apart: A new look into her life before she vanished

<p>The Independent spoke to 10 people about being 'sober-ish'</p>

Soberish: 10 people on why they (mostly) stopped drinking booze

Caitlin Hornik talked to a group of young people about why they try to avoid booze — and their answers may surprise you

<p>Anti-abortion groups are promoting a report that claims dangerous complications from widely used abortion drug mifepristone. Public health scientists are extremely skeptical</p>

POLITICS

Millions of women use abortion drugs safely. Experts warn anti-abortion groups are pushing ‘bogus’ science to get them banned

<p>Footage released by Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office shows the inmates escape from The Orleans Parish jail </p>

Crime

New arrest over escaped Louisiana prisoners as five fugitives still on the run

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised Sir Keir Starmer for siding with Hamas</p>

Criticising Netanyahu is not antisemitic – this Jewish rebellion shows why

<p>Recent college graduates are having a tough time in the job market as artificial intelligence begins to take over roles and the unemployment rate rises</p>

NEWS

College graduates this year are not finding jobs. AI is partly to blame

<p>Tony Revolori and Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’</p>

Wes Anderson ranked, from The Phoenician Scheme to The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Sirens creator explains origins of Kiki’s strange catchphrase

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Freddie Mercury had secret child, new biography claims

<p>It was announced this week that Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced, incurable prostate cancer</p>

Jill Biden has questions to answer – her husband was never fit to run for a second term

<p>A Ukrainian woman holds photos of servicemen in captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine</p>

LiveUKRAINE

Kyiv accuses Moscow of executing more than 150 prisoners of war

<p>A record 45.1 million Americans are expected to travel over Memorial Day weekend. But, much of the U.S. will be soaked by thunderstorms</p>

TRAVEL

Thinking about traveling over Memorial Day weekend? Millions of Americans will have to prepare for rain

ALEMANIA-APUÑALAMIENTO

Hamburg stabbing: All 18 people injured now in a stable condition

<p>Social media site X, formerly known as Twitter is suffering a mass outage (Yui Mok/PA)</p>

TECH

X down: Site not working as thousands of users report issues

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>Donald Trump attends a dinner for the top 220 buyers of his meme coin, which featured lackluster food and him speaking from a lectern emblazoned with the presidential seal.</p>

Politics

Inside Trump’s big-spender meme coin dinner: Presidential seal and food that looked ‘worse than Spirit Airlines’

Trump may have skirted the law with presidential seal at crypto dinner

<p>A sight among the protesters outside Donald Trump’s crypto pitch dinner</p>

POLITICS

Trump may have skirted the law addressing his crypto investors using the presidential seal

<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing back his September deadline to find the root cause of autism. While researchers will be able to ascertain “some” information by the original deadline, Kennedy said it will take more time to obtain the “most solid” information</p>

RFK Jr is already backing off his deadline to find the cause of autism by September

Politics

Apple stocks sink after Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs unless they build iPhones in America

<p>Kari Lake, the White House senior adviser overseeing Voice of America, has installed a bare-bones staff at the network in recent weeks. They say “no one’s really in charge.”</p>

politics

Kari Lake brought back a skeleton crew to Voice of America. They’re ‘angry most of the time’

Politics

Judge blasts Trump push to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students as a ‘blatant violation’ of the Constitution

Harvard sues Trump administration over international student ban

<p>The Trump administration has launched a probe into Media Matters that essentially parrots Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the liberal watchdog.</p>

Politics

Elon Musk’s vendetta against Media Matters morphs into Trump administration investigation

Bulletin

<p>X, formerly known as Twitter, was down on Saturday</p>

Why are thousands of users struggling to get onto X?

<p>Kate has been praised by her brother for supporting him over the years</p>

What James Middleton has to say about his supportive sister Kate

<p>Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden in 2014</p>

What you need to know about Billy Joel’s rare brain condition

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery

The truth about Kim Kardashian’s law school ‘graduation’

More news

<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called the governor of Texas personally to request he veto proposed changes to the state’s online child safety laws</p>

POLITICS

Apple CEO Tim Cook called Greg Abbott to press him to stop the state’s proposed online child safety laws, report reveals

<p>Kokeshi is one of the many sex dolls at Cybrothel</p>

Cyber brothels, AI girlfriends, and VR intimacy: How worried should we be about the sex tech industry?

<p>The former prime minister’s long-time adviser spoke at Hay Festival </p>

IRAQ WAR

Alastair Campbell insists he and Tony Blair didn’t lie over Iraq: ‘It turned out to be untrue’

<p>‘Dear AA girlies, thank you for the love, hospitality and handwritten note — you know me well,’ Meghan’s note read</p>

Flight attendant shows off handwritten note from Meghan Markle after duchess flies commercial

<p>Kate Wilson won a long-running legal battle with the Met after she was deceived into a relationship with an undercover officer (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>

News

How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me

<p>Damien Hirst with his girlfriend Sophie Cannell</p>

Damien Hirst says he used to buy property ‘a bit like Monopoly’

<p>Elon Musk's X is suing a so-called click farm for allegedly obtaining fraudulent payouts from the social media platform based on bogus engagement.</p>

ExclusiveTech

X’s ‘Creator Revenue Sharing’ gets ‘pwned’ by Vietnam click farm

<p>Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in ‘Grease’</p>

20 movie romances that were actually completely toxic

<p>Britney Spears reportedly lit a cigarette onboard a private jet </p>

News

Britney Spears reportedly triggers police response after lighting a cigarette on flight

<p>Something’s scaring travelers</p>

News

Travelers avoiding Japan because of dire comic book prediction

<p>The Freedom of the Press Foundation says it intends to sue Paramount if the production company settles with Donald Trump over his 60 Minutes lawsuit</p>

politics

Freedom of the Press Foundation to sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit

<p>Beef prices had soared to a record high in April, up almost 50 percent from five years ago.</p>

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Beef prices reach record high, up almost 50% in five years

<p>James Williamson, 44, from Atmore, Alabama, has been charged with animal cruelty for the alleged incident</p>

Crime

Owner killed his Chihuahua by ‘stuffing it in the oven and turning it on because the dog barked too much’

<p>Tiffany Slaton claims she survived for three weeks in the California wilderness, despite losing all of her gear, before being found in a cabin. People online are starting to doubt her claims</p>

News

A missing woman was found against the odds in the California mountains. Now, people are doubting her story

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Politics

DNC set to vote in weeks on removing David Hogg after young progressive announces plans to fund challengers

<p>Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025</p>

Politics

Musk and DOGE expand use of Grok AI in government - prompting conflict of interest concerns

<p>The Army is rolling out a new fitness test from June 1. In a significant shift, the new fitness standards will be the same for men and women, officials said</p>

News

Could you pass the army’s new physical fitness test?

<p>Feliz Enrique, 31, punched the girl in Queens the day before Mother's Day, authorities say. Video captured the shocking moment. </p>

News

Suspect randomly punched a 9-year-old girl in the face then bit off a cop’s finger who tried to intervene

<p>The U.S. Steel plant outside of Pittsburg</p>

politics

Make Japan Great Again: Trump announces his approval of Nippon 'planned partnership' with US Steel

Universal Orlando Resort's $6 billion Epic Universe park is finally open after six years of construction

Inside Epic Universe: Photos unveil Universal’s $6 billion Florida park as it finally opens to the public

<p>Rodney Hinton Jr, left, is accused of intentionally killing Deputy Larry Henderson, right, with his car just hours after watching body cam footage of his son being shot dead by police. </p>

News

A Black father killed a cop after seeing his son shot dead in a police chase. Now he's gone viral with more than $100G in donations to his cause

LiveDC SHOOTING

Suspect charged with murder after Israeli couple shot at ‘21 times’ near Jewish Museum

Elias Rodriguez appears in court charged with murder

<p>Avid hiker Hannah Moody was found in an Arizona mountain range on Thursday </p>

news

‘Heartbreak’ as police find body of hiking influencer Hannah Moody in Arizona nature preserve

<p>A photogrammetric reconstruction shows the USS F-1 submarine on the San Diego, California, seafloor. New images and video of the sunken vessel were released this week</p>

news

Lost WWI submarine captured in never-before-seen images off the California coast

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Film

Lilo & Stitch producer delivers verdict on potential live-action sequels

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news

'Love you forever': Tributes to music agent Dave Shapiro and drummer Daniel Williams after fatal San Diego plane crash

Devil Wears Prada drummer’s final Instagram post before plane crash

<p>Joe Rogan has revealed that the former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities was the worst guest he's ever had on his show</p>

News

After 16 years, Joe Rogan reveals the worst guest he’s ever had on his podcast

<p>‘I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict,’ Keoghan said</p>

Lifestyle

Barry Keoghan makes honest confession about addiction as he talks about mom’s heroin struggles

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news

Terrified passengers film plane’s engine cover breaking apart mid-air

<p>Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of orchestrating a hate crime hoax, agreed to pay $50,000 to a local charity as part of a settlement with the city of Chicago </p>

Crime

Jussie Smollett to pay $50K to charity to settle lawsuit over cost of police investigation into his ‘hate crime claim’

<p>Brandon Rumbaugh was arrested this week for raping a 13-year-old girl multiple times, police said. </p>

crime

Marine who lost both of his legs in Afghanistan is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl

<p>Costco Combo Calzone is currently available in Michigan and has Costco food fans rejoicing on social media. </p>

Lifestyle

Costco fans rejoice as a new menu item arrives at stores - here is the new treat

<p>Ximena Arias-Cristobal poses for a senior portrait provided by family friend Hannah Jones. The Georgia college student is facing deportation after she was mistakenly arrested by local police and put into ICE custody</p>

News

‘It’s changed me as a person’: College student detained for deportation after traffic stop speaks

<p>Amtrak’s Acela trains are being hailed as an important step towards converting Americans to train travel</p>

Is America finally on track for a high-speed rail network?

Inside The Beltway

<p>Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s new head of the Social Security Administration, admitted that, prior to accepting the position, he had had to look it up online</p>

Politics

‘I’m one of the great Googlers on the East Coast’: New head of Social Security had to look up his job after it was offered

<p>Radio host Charlamagne tha God said that President Donald Trump is using the Justice Department to go after Letitia James in retaliation for the charges she brought against him in 2022. </p>

Politics

'Trump has a list’: Charlamagne tha God says Letitia James investigation is ‘retaliation’

<p>Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, California</p>

Politics

Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms

<p>Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira gave his first interview since he was arrested over two years ago and used it to plead with Donald Trump to give him a pardon.</p>

Politics

Pentagon leaker begs Trump for pardon in jailhouse interview, calls himself a ‘patriot’

<p>Lamar Odom was booed by protesters on his way into the $TRUMP meme coin gala. He was one of the 220 highest bidders of the coin, earning him a place at the president’s glitzy black-tie dinner in Virginia.</p>

Politics

NBA and Kardashians star Lamar Odom savaged as he joins mega-bucks Trump coin cryptocurrency dinner

<p>Melania Trump announced an AI-narrated audiobook of her 2024 memoir on Thursday. </p>

Politics

Melania Trump turns to AI to narrate audiobook in her own voice

<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said that House version of the bill is likely to be tweaked </p>

Politics

Why Republicans are angry about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Culture

<p>Chris Packham pictured in 2024</p>

Chris Packham calls government bill a ‘licence to destroy nature’

<p>Misha Glenny at Hay Festival 2025</p>

Europe at risk of becoming ‘technological supplicant’ to US and China

<p>Film Review - The Ballad of Wallis Island</p>

Creators behind British comedy react to ‘mad’ Richard Curtis praise

<p>Kylie’s 69-date Tension tour has already thrilled audiences in Australia, Asia and North America</p>

Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour proves she’s an all-time pop great

<p>Stan Yanevski, who starred as Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter franchise, underwent surgery to treat his 'inability to breathe'</p>

Harry Potter star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery

<p>Rosamund Pike in 'The Wheel of Time'</p>

The Wheel of Time fans devastated after Prime Video decision

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The longest standing ovation at Cannes? A whopping 22 minutes

Avengers: Doomsday now to be released on same day as another huge film

<p>Robert Downey Jr. onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H at SDCC in San Diego, California on July 27, 2024</p>

Next two Avengers movies both hit with huge delays by Marvel

<p>‘I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict,’ Keoghan said</p>

Barry Keoghan makes honest confession about addiction

IndyBest

<p>If you’re looking to dip your toe into wearables, don’t miss this Memorial Day saving</p>

The Oura ring has $100 off in the Memorial Day sales

<p>I’ve found the best of the early deals</p>

Best deals in Amazon’s Memorial Day sale 2025

<p>I swear by the setting spray to lock my make-up in place</p>

Charlotte Tilbury’s Memorial Day sale sees 20% off with this code

<p>I added the glycolic acid toner into my evening skincare routine three times a week after cleansing and before moisturising — here’s what happened </p>

The Ordinary’s $8 glycolic acid ‘transformed my skin’ in one month

Lifestyle

<p>Boris Johnson has welcomed another child with wife Carrie (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>

Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie announces birth of fourth baby

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Health & Families

How many children does Boris Johnson have?

<p>The Dubai chocolate is a bar of milk chocolate stuffed with a creamy concoction of pistachio cream and shredded pastry known as kataifi</p>

Trader Joe’s adds viral Dubai chocolate to shelves

<p>Nero has been missing since July 2024</p>

Couple spend over $20,000 in search for missing cat

<p>The warmer weather is the perfect opportunity to dust off the barbecue and grill a juicy steak</p>

Planning a BBQ this weekend? This is how to cook the perfect steak

<p>‘Dear AA girlies, thank you for the love, hospitality and handwritten note — you know me well,’ Meghan’s note read</p>

Flight attendant shows off handwritten note from Meghan Markle

<p>Their kids drinking too much on holiday is a common concern for parents </p>

Health & Families

This is the age you can let your teen go on holiday without you

<p>Most historians believe Richard III killed his nephews in the summer of 1483, although there is no hard evidence linking him to the murders</p>

The Princes in the Tower: Has 500-year-old murder mystery been solved?

Latest videos

<p>Donald Trump’s savage swipe at NOTUS reporter during live broadcast goes viral.</p>

Trump’s savage swipe at reporter during live broadcast goes viral

Trump

Watch: Kids at White House Take Your Child to Work Day quiz Trump

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Inside the MAGA conspiracy about Biden’s health

<p>Capuchin monkeys abducting baby howlers</p>

Monkeys caught on camera ‘kidnapping’ another species’ babies

Travel

<p>Some American cities champion bike use no matter the weather</p>

Eight American cities that are surprisingly great for cycling

<p>The Skyrider 2.0 is shaped like a saddle</p>

Paying to stand: Are vertical seats the future of budget air travel?

<p>It can be the call of the baked goods alone that drives people to visit a destination, whether that's Paris for its pastries or to Austria for its sachertorte</p>

Top bakery destinations around the world and which treat to eat

<p>File. An Indigo aircraft</p>

Passengers scream as flight hits severe turbulence during Delhi storm

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Ms Rachel shares sweet video with Gaza refugee after UN announces 14,000 babies at fatal risk

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Mutated tribe can swim to bottom of ocean after developing 'sea nomad gene'

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Hogwarts Legacy 2: Everything we know so far

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Trump loses it at NBC reporter over Qatari jet

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Trump loses it at NBC reporter over Qatari jet

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'What radicalized you?' TikTok trend sees people share eye-opening moments in their life

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Brad Pitt impresses grid stars with skills in racing blockbuster F1