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<p>Videos clandestinely recorded by detained immigrants show conditions inside the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which houses immigration courts</p>

NEWS

Brutal video reveals makeshift ICE detention facility in Manhattan where immigrants sleep on floors next to toilets

<p>President Donald Trump gestures to a 'Gulf of America' graphic in the Oval Office. The U.S. Geological Survey, a federal agency in charge of the country's geographic names, told its staff not to respond to journalists' questions after Trump first announced the change, a new report reveals.</p>

politics

Trump’s Gulf of Mexico rebrand caused chaos in agency tasked with explaining it

<p>The Empire State Building is a beloved New York City attraction, but a longtime tour guide claims getting stuck in one of its elevators left her with severe PTSD.</p>

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Empire State Building tour guide sues over ‘career-ending PTSD’ after getting stuck in elevator 67 floors up

<p>In-N-Out headquarters will be out of California by 2030, the CEO has said. The decision has drawn the ire of local residents. </p>

news

Californians boycott In-N-Out over plans to move HQ out of state

<p>Sandra Lee Reeder claims her husband Phillip Reeder told cops that he couldn’t breathe three times as he was being restrained</p>

crime

Woman compares husband’s death to George Floyd after cops allegedly kneel on his neck during restraint

<p>A liquor store in Canada urges customer to ''Buy Canadian Instead'' in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the U.S.’s northern neighbor</p>

politics

Tapped out: Canada kicks American booze as US alcohol sales plunge by 66% amid tariff war

<p>Six-year-old Lily Goligowski has been hailed a hero for calling 911 and saving her mother’s life as she was being attacked by two dogs. </p>

news

6-year-old calls 911 to help mom after two pit bulls attacked: ‘She definitely saved her mom’s life’

Epstein fallout

Trump administration in talks to meet with jailed Ghislaine Maxwell over Epstein files

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

<p>Elon Musk's Tesla diner has opened in Los Angeles</p>

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Robots serving popcorn, cybertruck food boxes and 66ft movie screens: Inside Elon Musk’s Tesla diner

<p>Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which made cuts to Medicaid and the food assistance program SNAP.</p>

news

One Big Back Breaker: Trump law to COST millions their healthcare and add $3T in debt while rich see tax CUTS

“It's actually almost unheard of ... that juxtaposition of taking from the poor while giving to the rich,” one analyst said

<p>Malcolm-Jamal Warner tragically drowned in Costa Rica while on a family vacation</p>

Malcolm-Jamal Warner death: Second man in critical condition after both were ‘dragged by water current’ in Costa Rica

<p>Prince William and Harry with Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle</p>

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Prince William and Harry’s cousin, 20, found dead at her family home

<p>A California family grieving the loss of their beloved dog Rufus, adopted another similar-looking dog, Ziggy, and was shocked to learn Ziggy was Rufus’ father. </p>

news

Family adopts shelter dog and learns he’s the father of their late pup

<p>Coca-Cola announced that it will revive a cane sugar version of its iconic beverage in the U.S. </p>

news

Coca-Cola to launch cane sugar line after Trump promised its return

<p>Bravo star Scheana Shay spoke to 'The Independent' ahead of the release of her new memoir</p>

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Bravo star Scheana Shay reveals the ‘biggest secret’ she’s ever kept — and it’s not about her marriage

<p>The suspect accused of killing Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca used a gun that was owned by the couple and called 911 on himself after the shooting. </p>

news

Suspect in American Idol exec killing used couple’s gun, called 911

The man accused of killing American Idol executive Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, used a gun that was owned by the couple in the shooting, authorities revealed.

<p>TV-South Park Anniversary</p>

South Park creators strike $1.5bn streaming deal

<p>Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Bernice King, has called on Trump to release the Epstein files </p>

news

MLK Jr’s daughter tells Trump ‘now do the Epstein files’ after 230,000 pages released on civil rights leader

<p>Researchers at Columbia University developed a process called 'robot metabolism' to allow machines to feed off each other</p>

Scientists just invented robots that feed on other robots

<p>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</p>

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Jon Stewart says ‘this is not the moment to give in’ during passionate defense of Stephen Colbert

<p>Etan Patz was among the first of the missing “milk carton kids,” whose pictures were printed on milk cartons to help locate them</p>

news

What to know about the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz and the hunt for his killer

<p>Hunter Biden is interviewed by YouTuber Andrew Callaghan on Monday July 21 2025</p>

Politics

Hunter Biden says his father was on Ambien before 2024 debate disaster

Hunter Biden curses out George Clooney for pushing out dad

<p>Researchers have reported an "unusually high" number of gray whale sightings in the region recently</p>

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Scientists work to understand why dozens of whales have recently died in the San Francisco Bay Area

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<p>The United States will again pull out of UNESCO because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias</p>

politics

Trump to pull America out of UNESCO once again

<p>A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on July 21 ordered Donald Trump’s administration to ‘stop violating the law!’ in the latest legal blow to the president’s agenda</p>

politics

‘Stop violating the law!’: Exasperated judge blasts Trump for blackout over public money

<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, right, has a challenger in Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, left, who took to X to show off a snake-hunting adventure in true ICE Barbie fashion</p>

politics

ICE Barbie’ gets a challenger: AG Secretary Brooke Rollins takes to X to show off snake-hunting adventure

<p>U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says administration is more concerned with ‘high quality deals’ than set deadlines </p>

politics

White House suggests August 1 tariff cutoff flexible despite it being ‘hard deadline’

<p>President Donald Trump called for the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians to revert to their original names — the Redskins and the Indians, respectively — during a recent Truth Social rant</p>

Politics

Trump threatens NFL stadium deal unless Washington Commanders change name back to Redskins

<p>HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a new initiative to reform the nation’s organ transplant system. The move comes after an investigation led to ‘horrifying’ conclusions, he said</p>

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RFK Jr orders changes for organ donation network as report finds dozens were not dead when harvested

<p>Donald Trump reignited battles with Barack Obama, Rosie O'Donnell and the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Indians to distract from his Epstein files flop</p>

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Redskins and Indians and Obama (Oh, my): How Trump is deflecting from his Epstein Files bungle using MAGA greatest hits

<p>In approximately 34 percent of cases in which a federal judge ruled against the Trump administration, judges have accused lawyers for the government of defying orders </p>

Politics

What order? Trump team ignoring 1 in 3 major judicial rulings against them, analysis finds

<p>Laura Loomer embodies the ideal loyalist to President Donald Trump, his biographer says</p>

politics

Laura Loomer hits ‘trifecta’ in Trump’s loyalty test, biographer says

<p>A still from an AI video of former president Barack Obama in prison posted by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sunday July 20 2025</p>

POLITICS

Trump posts bizarre AI clip of Obama being arrested: ‘No one is above the law’

<p>Tulsi Gabbard released declassified emails Friday and claimed that they reveal a “treasonous conspiracy” committed by former President Barack Obama and his officials over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.</p>

politics

Tulsi Gabbard openly accuses Obama of longstanding effort to overthrow Trump in coup

<p>A judge is set to decide whether the Trump administration can pull more than $2 billion in federal funding from the nation’s oldest university</p>

politics

Trump team ‘cooked up’ basis to go after Harvard funding, judge hears

<p>Justin Fulcher, a senior Pentagon staffer and adviser to Pete Hegseth, has been ousted from the role, six months after the former Fox News personality took office. </p>

news

Senior Pentagon adviser, who alleged colleague called the cops on him, fired by Hegseth: report

<p>Donald Trump, Jr. and brother Eric Trump are entitled to round-the-clock Secret Service protection and a recent trip to the Middle East cost taxpayers </p>

Politics

Don Jr. and Eric Trump’s Middle East jaunt cost US taxpayers over $40,000 in hotel rooms and rental cars

Epstein Files Fallout

<p>Ghislaine Maxwell (right) is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for her role in financier Jeffrey Epstein’s (right) abuse of minors, a conviction she is appealing</p>

epstein fallout

Ghislaine Maxwell’s family says renewed Epstein interest has made her a target in prison

Bondi ‘could have tried Epstein’ while Florida AG, law professor says

epstein fallout

Epstein lawyer says Ghislaine Maxwell should get immunity to testify

<p>Rather than ask Karoline Leavitt about her boss' lawsuit against Fox News' owner or her ban against the Wall Street Journal, Martha MacCallum instead wanted to get a reaction to Hunter Biden's latest comments</p>

epstein fallout

Fox News tosses softballs at Karoline Leavitt - right after Press Secretary bans sister outlet Wall Street Journal over Epstein bombshell

<p>A man wears a QAnon T-shirt in New Hampshire in August 2020</p>

epstein fallout

The rise of the QAnon conspiracy and why the Epstein files matter

<p>Obama-appointed federal judge Darrin P. Gayles was randomly drawn to oversee the president’s lawsuit against <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> over its claims that he wrote a sexually suggestive birthday greeting to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003</p>

Epstein Fallout

Obama-appointed Florida judge to preside over Trump’s $10B suit against Murdoch and WSJ

<p>Artist Maria Farmer said she urged the FBI to look into people in Jeffrey Epstein’s social circle, including Donald Trump, after the alleged encounter in the 90s</p>

Epstein fallout

Epstein accuser claims she met Trump in disgraced financier’s office

<p>White House officials and staffers tried to prevent the Wall Street Journal from releasing its report about President Donald Trump’s birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report</p>

epstein fallout

White House was on a ‘f***ing warpath’ to stop Trump letter story

<p>Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report</p>

epstein fallout

Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was only guest, says report

Bulletin

<p>Ground beef is not the only favorite foodstuff to see a surge in price in the past year, with the cost of <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-egg-prices-shut-up-b2712527.html">eggs</a> becoming a key talking point in the 2024 presidential election campaign. </p>

Why are ground beef prices in the US increasing?

<p>A person holds an umbrella in front of the parliament building during a heatwave in Athens</p>

Greece tells outdoor workers to down tools amid extreme heatwave

<p>Two existing cancer drugs may help lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease</p>

The cancer drugs that could lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

<p>Sandler revealed that although Peterson died in the original film, he had planned to bring Weathers back for a significant role in the sequel.</p>

Adam Sandler says Carl Weathers was set to appear in Happy Gilmore 2

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<p>Anthony Caruso has been arrested in connection with the murder of his mother, Elizabeth Caruso. She flew from New Jersey to Florida to check on him and police say officers found her body in a dumpster at Anthony's apartment complex</p>

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Mom flies from NJ to Florida to check on son. Then cops found her murdered body in a dumpster

<p>The new Astronomer CEO has called the media attention ‘surreal’</p>

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New Astronomer CEO describes ‘unusual’ attention after Coldplay kiss cam scandal

<p>This photo shows an uncollared adult female mountain lion photographed with a motion sensor camera in the Verdugos Mountains in in Los Angeles County</p>

news

Child airlifted to hospital after National Park mountain lion attack

<p>The tuna recall from Reser's Fine Foods has impacted seven U.S. states </p>

news

Two types of tuna recalled over listeria contamination fears

crime

Man convicted of killing Etan Patz, one of the first boys featured on missing milk carton, gets sentence tossed

<p>Target is ending its policy of matching competitors’ prices on July 28</p>

news

Why Target is ending its long-running ‘price matching’ policy

<p>A new study of thousands of employees, and more than 100 international companies, has highlighted the perhaps unsurprising benefits of shortening the workweek to just four days. </p>

lifestyle

Researchers agree! A four-day work week is better for your mental health

<p>Billy Joel appeared on Bill Maher's 'Club Random' podcast to speak about his life, career, and the making of his new HBO documentary, 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes' </p>

health

Billy Joel issues rare health update about brain disorder

<p>Women are now calling perimenopause ‘cougar puberty’</p>

health

Perimenopause is being given a rebrand: Meet ‘cougar puberty’

<p>Ted Lasso returns to coach a second division women’s league</p>

news

Ted Lasso season 4 has started filming – how to catch up for free

We’ve got all the details on the Emmy-winning comedy’s fourth season

News

Washington Post exodus grows as MSNBC host and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Capehart takes Bezos buyout

<p>Researchers combed through a database of more than 13,000 candidate drugs</p>

health

These two cancer drugs may help lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study shows

<p>Tesla's first (and so far only) branded diner in Hollywood neighborhood, pictured on July 8, 2025 in advance of its opening</p>

news

Elon Musk is looking at creating a network of Tesla diners to charge electric vehicles and fill you up on long-distance trips

<p>The wedding was a complete surprise for some passengers</p>

News

Couple tie the knot at 35,000ft on United Airlines flight

<p>A boat crashed into the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, causing $100,000 in damages.</p>

crime

Boat crashes into USS Midway, causing $100,000 damage to historic ship

<p>Charles Byrd, 49, is accused of killing his wife and living with her body for over a month </p>

crime

‘Go big or go home’: Husband accused of killing his wife and hiding remains for a month

<p>Historically, rosemary has been linked to memory and mental clarity</p>

Health

The herb linked to better memory and lower anxiety

<p>A summer cold can really suck. Staying hydrated and getting enough sleep can be the difference between staying at home and taking a trip</p>

health

Five steps to help you avoid the dreaded summer cold

<p>Adam Sandler in Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’</p>

Adam Sandler reveals sad reason why Happy Gilmore 2 was rewritten

<p>Five million pools have been recalled over possible drowning risk after nine children have died since 2007. </p>

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5 million pools recalled after being linked to the death of 9 kids

<p>Upgrade your photography gear sustainably with a chance to win one of three MPB vouchers </p>

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<p>Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Phantom Thread’</p>

culture

The vanishing of Daniel Day-Lewis: How a genius lost the will to go on

<p>Keith McAllister died after attempting to help his wife, Adrienne Jones-McAllister, get out of an MRI machine </p>

news

Woman having MRI scan describes how her husband was killed after being sucked into machine

<p>A groundbreaking tool aims to predict future obesity during childhood. Tens of millions are affected by the chronic condition around the world</p>

New tool can predict which children are likely to become obese

<p>Morgan Wallen addressed the Coldplay 'kiss cam' scandal at his latest concert telling fans they were ‘safe’ at his show.</p>

culture

Morgan Wallen tells fans they’re ‘safe’ with ‘side chicks’ at his show

Culture

<p>Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’</p>

The Fantastic Four is no disaster – but it’s no Superman, either

<p>Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite for ‘Freakier Friday’</p>

Jamie Lee Curtis had one condition to do Freakier Friday

Tom Jones postpones show with hours to go after contracting infection

The 17 most underrated sequels of all time

Diane Morgan says she wasn’t asked to join cast of Motherland spin off

Watch: Billy Joel reveals details of brain condition for first time

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Best drugstore makeup 2025, tried and tested

<p>Whether you’re backpacking solo or feeding the family, these tried and tested camping stoves are up to the job</p>

Best camping stoves 2025, tried and tested

<p>I’ve used some of these products for more than a year</p>

Beyoncé’s Cécred review 2025, tested on curly, heat-damaged hair

<p>I’ve been using drugstore makeup for as long as I can remember</p>

Best drugstore foundations 2025, tried and tested

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<p>Ward still has to wait for Finglass’s approval on whether the ponytail will be permanent</p>

Dallas Cowboys cheerleader reveals truth about her hairstyle

<p>Pepsi launches new drink following acquisition of Pippi</p>

Pepsi reveals new drink after buying soda brand Poppi for $2 billion

<p>Strawberry ice cream popsicles on a plate</p>

Over 110,000 cases of popular ice cream affected by recall

<p>After undergoing bariatric surgery in 2022, Tammy had skin removal surgery in January</p>

Tammy Slaton is unrecognizable in new photos after 500-lb weight loss

<p>Britain Theater Dear England</p>

Joseph Fiennes held a woman as she died after a ‘horrific accident’

<p>The government is rolling out new guidance for ME/CFS to help sufferers get the support they need</p>

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I have ME. Here’s what I wish people knew about living with it

Prince George plays with Louis and Charlotte in 12th birthday video

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Shaq reacts to Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion’s relationship

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Murder, mysteries, and martinis: Virgin Voyages launches true crime cruise

<p>NASA test pilot Nils Larson performed the X-59’s first low-speed taxi</p>

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NASA tests new ‘quiet’ supersonic jet capable of London-NYC in 3 hours

<p>Malaysia has recorded a 20 per cent increase in international tourist arrivals</p>

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