Watch: Joe and Jill Biden light candle to mark October 7 anniversary

Trump claims voters want him to ‘go after’ people if he wins, Harris says she owns Glock on 60 Minutes: Live

Donald Trump again attacks immigrants as Kamala Harris continues media blitz with appearances on several major shows

Published: 2024-10-08 08:19:15

Israel-Hezbollah latest: Israel expands ground invasion of Lebanon amid fresh wave of airstrikes in Beirut

Israel has pushed into south-west Lebanon after days of fighting on the eastern side of the country

Published: 2024-10-08 08:18:15

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Harris sets terms for Putin peace talks as Kyiv faces hypersonic missile attack

Kamala Harris was asked if she would consider one-on-one talks with Russian leader

Published: 2024-10-08 08:16:01

Flaming Lips issue urgent appeal after bandmember’s daughter goes missing

Frontman Wayne Coyne shared the appeal from his Instagram page

Published: 2024-10-08 07:57:15

Hurricane Milton ‘explodes’ into Category 5 storm as Florida braces for ‘life-threatening’ 180-mph winds: Live

Hurricane Helene weakens to Category 4 but can regain strength

Published: 2024-10-08 07:56:13

Kamala Harris issues Hurricane Milton warning to residents as ‘life-threatening’ storm heads for Florida

Kamala Harris has issued an urgent warning to residents as “life-threatening” Hurricane Milton heads for Florida.

Published: 2024-10-08 07:32:01

Melania reveals the four qualities that first attracted her to ‘magnetic’ Trump

Former first lady describes ‘undeniable spark’ she felt when first introduced to Donald Trump in 1998

Published: 2024-10-08 07:09:29

‘I’m not going to tell you what to do’: Trump breaks silence over abortion rift with Melania

Former president revealed he’s ‘not going to tell’ his wife what to do after she announced her support of abortion rights

Published: 2024-10-08 07:05:34

Trump slams Harris for not visiting hurricane hit North Carolina - while she is there

Donald Trump hit out at Kamala Harris for not visiting hurricane hit North Carolina - while the vice president was there.

Published: 2024-10-08 06:54:41

Watch live view of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

Watch a live view of Gaza’s Khan Younis city on Tuesday (8 October) as NHS volunteers warn of a catastrophic healthcare collapse.

Published: 2024-10-08 06:15:16

What are the latest allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as he’s arrested in New York?

Shocking video footage shows the music mogul attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, as two more women come forward with allegations, reports Andrea Cavallier

Published: 2024-10-08 06:09:31

UAE flight delays: How is the unfolding Middle East conflict affecting international flights?

Exclusive: Airlines flying from Europe to the Gulf on Tuesday night into Wednesday experienced severe disruption

Published: 2024-10-04 05:55:00

Donald Trump’s ‘shifting’ excuses for refusing to sit down with 60 Minutes revealed

60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley said the former president had broken a decades-long tradition by pulling out of a scheduled interview last week

Published: 2024-10-08 04:41:35

Russia sentences 72-year-old American for fighting in Ukraine

A Russian court has sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine

Published: 2024-10-08 03:52:06

Kamala Harris reveals what kind of gun she has in 60 Minutes interview

Kamala Harris followed up on an interview with Oprah Winfrey by telling 60 Minutes that she owns a Glock

Published: 2024-10-08 03:43:49

Republican in key Senate race claims young women are ‘indoctrinated’ on abortion in unearthed recording

Montana GOP candidate Tim Sheehy claimed abortion was ‘all young women want to talk about’

Published: 2024-10-08 03:41:55

Trump says Israel has ‘to get smart’ and back him and whines they don’t support him

During an interview on Monday the former president complained that he had done more for the nation and Jewish people ‘than anybody’ but wasn’t getting the credit he thought he deserved

Published: 2024-10-07 23:20:56

Georgia mayor suspended from office after cops say he gave alcohol to jail inmates

Authorities said Thomson Mayor Benjamin Cary Cranford left liquor in a ditch for inmates

Published: 2024-10-07 23:01:00

Weekend wildfires lead to 1 death, large areas burned in western North Dakota

One person has died and more than 100 others evacuated from their homes as wildfires raged through parts of western North Dakota over the weekend

Published: 2024-10-07 22:32:29

Wife of journalist killed in Gaza wears husband’s press vest as she continues his work

The wife of a Palestinian journalist described how she feels close to her husband by wearing his press vest as she continues his work in Gaza under Israeli bombardment.

Published: 2024-10-07 22:05:47

Michael Moore - who correctly called the 2016 election result - says ‘Trump is toast’

Moore claims ‘vast majority of the country’ wants Trump out

Published: 2024-10-07 21:59:08

Congress Democrats push to stop ‘shrinkflation’ and target major food companies for the practice

Elizabeth Warren and Madeline Dean have written letters demanding that Coca-Cola, General Mills, and PepsiCo stop “profiteering”

Published: 2024-10-07 21:48:50

Ron DeSantis ‘refused to take call’ from Kamala Harris on hurricane relief

Denial comes as prominent Republicans politicize disaster aid after Hurricane Helene

Published: 2024-10-07 21:47:30

Trump goes into third person to talk about how Barron ‘likes his father a lot’ to describe moment teen learned of rally shooting

‘Your father’s been shot. He’s been shot,’ Trump said an aide told his son

Published: 2024-10-07 21:42:46

One year on from October 7, Washington can’t offer a clear path forward

With no end in sight to the fighting, hostage families and civilians in the region lament failures of leadership in Jerusalem and Washington

Published: 2024-10-07 21:37:39

Israel state ceremony performs dramatisation of moment October 7 attack begins

A dramatisation of the moment the October 7 attack began was performed at an official Israeli state memorial on the first anniversary.

Published: 2024-10-07 21:27:39

Joe and Jill Biden send message of hope to those impacted by Hurricane Helene

Joe and Jill Biden sent a message of hope to those affected by the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

Published: 2024-10-07 21:03:52

Pregnant woman shot dead while running from an argument outside a Wawa store

Evelena Williams, 30, allegedly shot and killed the pregnant woman, 32-year-old Latoya Davis

Published: 2024-10-07 20:59:42

Trump’s transition team will require ‘loyalty’ if people want to work in possible White House return

Prospectice appointees will be handed roles based on ‘fidelity and loyalty to the policy, as well as to the man,’ Trump transition co-chair says

Published: 2024-10-07 20:44:38

US diver feared dead after body parts found inside shark off Indonesia

Colleen Monfore, 68, was with six friends exploring the ocean around Pulau Reong island on September 26 when she was dragged away by strong currents

Published: 2024-10-07 20:44:03

Florida residents fill sandbags as Hurricane Milton approaches after Hurricane Helene

Florida residents filled sandbags as they prepared for Hurricane Milton's approach to the state this week.

Published: 2024-10-07 19:27:38

Trump says immigrants have ‘bad genes’ in latest bigoted slam of migrants

Former president has previously said migrants were ‘poisoning the blood’ of America

Published: 2024-10-07 19:18:19

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest ‘weird’.... promoting raw milk

CDC advises that ‘consuming raw milk can lead to serious health risks’

Published: 2024-10-07 19:08:53

National grantmakers bet this rural education program can scale

The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond

Published: 2024-10-07 19:06:51

Custodian followed home and shot ‘execution-style’ after argument over gym etiquette

Maarji Afridi, 21, is accused of following Rolando Viray Yanga, 60, home from the gym on Sunday and shooting him ‘execution style’

Published: 2024-10-07 18:57:36

NHS medics volunteering in Gaza warn of catastrophic collapse of healthcare system

‘The situation is extremely desperate... humanitarian access and supplies remain severely restricted,’ the medics tell Bel Trew

Published: 2024-10-07 18:35:26

MAGA superintendent says he was fired for promoting Kirk Cameron book fair featuring ‘anti-woke’ titles

Ousted Spotsylvania County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Taylor is taking his former bosses to court over his extracurricular religious activities

Published: 2024-10-07 18:30:01

X handle @America now used to promote Musk PAC that is pushing to get Trump elected

World’s richest person has been accused of turning X into a ‘pro-MAGA’ social media platform

Published: 2024-10-07 18:13:32

NFL's Buccaneers relocating ahead of hurricane to practice for Sunday's game at New Orleans

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are planning to relocate to the New Orleans area to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Saints with Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall along Florida’s west coast this week

Published: 2024-10-07 18:12:13

Belarusian-American has his prison sentence extended amid continuous crackdown on dissent in Belarus

A Belarusian-American has had his prison term extended to a total of 13 1/2 years in the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent by Belarus’ authoritarian government

Published: 2024-10-07 18:00:36

Cornell international students did $200k damage to Airbnb in 8 days during summer program, lawsuit claims

EXCLUSIVE: Eliza VanCort, a motivational speaker and best-selling author, says her home was defiled in ‘bizarre’ ways

Published: 2024-10-07 17:57:23

Park Ranger dies in Minnesota while trying to rescue three people from lake’s rough waters

The ranger fell into the Minnesota lake along with the three passengers who called 911 in distress

Published: 2024-10-07 17:56:11

Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash

Accounts obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal a large number of elderly supporters of the former president have fallen foul of such schemes.

Published: 2024-10-07 17:45:45

Gaza hostage families blast air raid siren outside Netanyahu’s home as wake up call to agree release deal

Relatives march in Jerusalem on anniversary of Hamas attack in which their loved ones were taken to urge Israeli PM to bring them home, writes Bel Trew, while airstrikes continue in both Gaza and Lebanon

Published: 2024-10-07 17:38:59

Watch: Joe and Jill Biden light candle to mark October 7 anniversary

Watch as Joe Biden and Jill Biden marked one year since the October 7Hamas attack on Israel.

Published: 2024-10-07 17:19:41

Biden marks anniversary of October 7 attacks with White House candle-lighting ceremony

Biden says his administration ‘will not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures Israel’s security, and ends this war’

Published: 2024-10-07 17:19:00

Antisemitic incidents reach highest level since 1979 one year on from October 7 terror attacks, data shows

According to preliminary data collected by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), there were more than 10,000 instances of antisemitism between October 7, 2023, and September 24, 2024

Published: 2024-10-07 17:17:15

Michael Cohen claims Trump will get Seal Team 6 to ‘round up critics or opponents’ if he wins 2024 race

‘I suspect that there’s going to be many, many more people that will be incarcerated at simply Donald’s whim,’ former Trump fixer says

Published: 2024-10-07 17:16:41

Stockpiling abortion pills and protecting same-sex marriage: How states are ‘Trump-proofing’ ahead of possible second term

With less than a month to go until the election, blue states are preparing for their worst-case scenario of another Trump presidency

Published: 2024-10-07 17:15:07

Menendez brothers juror breaks silence to reveal why trial would be ‘very different today’

Erik and Lyle Menendez were found guilty of killing their parents in August 1989

Published: 2024-10-07 17:11:26

In bizarre interview, Mike Johnson refuses to say Biden won in 2020 and backs blaming Democrats for Trump shooting

‘I’m not going to play that game,’ the Speaker said, during a concerning appearance on ABC News

Published: 2024-10-07 16:57:05

Man, 40, dies from 150-foot fall at Zion National Park

Authorities extracted two other people in the man’s group following the incident

Published: 2024-10-07 16:35:54

How Joe Biden helped fuel a Middle Eastern war and ‘collapse American credibility’

President said he wanted to avoid a regional war in the Middle East, but his unconditional support for Israel has allowed it to happen, Richard Hall writes.

Published: 2024-10-07 16:16:38

Huge hack shuts down Russian online state media on Putin’s birthday

A Ukrainian official said the cyberattack was waged to congratulate Vladimir Putin who turned 72 on Monday

Published: 2024-10-07 16:11:27

Panera settles lawsuit with family of woman who died after drinking Charged Lemonade

Roommate says student went into cardiac arrest hours after drinking beverage

Published: 2024-10-07 15:36:14

Pizza Hut worker executed manager ‘in cold blood’ then stuffed body in trash bag over $7k inheritance

Kavonn Ingram was sentenced to 45 years for the killing of 55-year-old Alexander Stengel

Published: 2024-10-07 15:04:44

A man was shot near a homeless encampment. Police then found a suitcase with a missing woman’s body stuffed inside

Shannon Marie Caslin Reeder, 37, was last seen alive in November 2023

Published: 2024-10-07 15:03:58

Eggs recalled after multistate outbreak of salmonella infections

The egg recall was undertaken by Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC of Bonduel, Wisconsin, the CDC said

Published: 2024-09-10 19:14:00

Trump’s rambling and angry speeches raise questions about his age and fitness to serve four years

Former Trump administration staffer says she ‘definitely had my moments where I personally questioned’ if Trump was fit to serve

Published: 2024-10-07 14:51:14

Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Kyiv as Ukraine hits major oil depot in Crimea

Ukrainian troops down at least two of the eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles

Published: 2024-10-07 14:39:48

Melania says she quizzed military leaders in the Situation Room during mission to eliminate ISIS leader

Former first lady recalls watching the mission to take out Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019, despite not having necessary security clearance

Published: 2024-10-07 14:39:45

The real turf surf owners: Southern California city takes its beach back after legal battle over ‘surf gang’

Eight years ago, two surfers said a surfing gang had taken over a local beach, harassing outsiders who tried to ride the waves. The lawsuit finally came to an end last month, with the city promising to improve access, Katie Hawkinson reports

Published: 2024-10-07 14:36:15

A six-year-old girl was kidnapped 30 years ago. Hair found in a truck has finally led to a suspect

Billy Jack Lincks has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of six-year-old Morgan Nick, who went missing in 1995. Andrea Cavallier takes a look into the convict’s criminal past

Published: 2024-10-07 14:35:06

Portugal prison escapee arrested in Morocco but ‘very dangerous’ Brit still at-large

The inmates escaped Vale de Jedeus jail using a ladder

Published: 2024-10-07 14:28:00

Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers arrested on assault and drugs charges

Police say Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was arrested over the weekend for assault, strangulation and other charges following a disturbance at a home

Published: 2024-10-07 14:10:44

‘Very aggressive sucker’: Trump gets distracted by fly during campaign rally – then compares it to himself

It marks the second time in a just over week that Trump has become frustrated with a fly while on stage at a campaign rally

Published: 2024-10-07 14:04:18

Mapped: Charting Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads for Florida

Floridians are preparing for a second hurricane in as many weeks after Helene made landfall last month

Published: 2024-10-07 13:59:12

Watch: Israeli hostages’ families march to Netanyahu’s home on 7 October anniversary

Families of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas today marched to Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to demand the prime minister sign a deal to bring the remaining 101 hostages home.

Published: 2024-10-07 13:28:16

Mental health experts sound the alarm on Trump’s potential ‘cognitive decline’ as he’s ‘lost touch with reality’

Exclusive: After President Biden’s cognitive decline was heavily scrutinized, mental health experts tell The Independent they have similar concerns about Trump

Published: 2024-09-25 13:24:00

‘This is a tense life’: Teenager speaks from Gaza’s bombed humanitarian zone

A teenager from north Gaza has shared what her life is like living in a tent after she was displaced under Israeli bombardment.

Published: 2024-10-07 13:17:18

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent

Published: 2024-10-07 13:15:06

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 13-19

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 13-19 include singer Usher, actor John Lithgow and "South Park” co-creator Trey Parker

Published: 2024-10-07 13:13:48

Harris sees betting odds shrink over Trump to razor-thin margin less than a month before the election

Harris’s lead over Trump has significantly narrowed to a single point as bets surge in favor of the Republican, according to a betting odds tracker

Published: 2024-10-07 13:10:35

Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas, 19, dies in car crash which leaves five teammates injured

The 19-year-old rodeo queen died when the car she was traveling in struck trees in rural Kansas

Published: 2024-10-07 12:57:28

Here’s how college campuses are prepping for October 7 after Israel-Palestine turmoil interrupted last year

As universities look to beef up security and warn of risks ahead of anniversary of Israel-Hamas war, some students say new protest restrictions are shutting them off campus entirely—and silencing their free speech.

Published: 2024-09-29 12:56:00

Pope names 21 new cardinals – including a 99-year-old previously held hostage

The College of Cardinals will one day elect his successor

Published: 2024-10-07 12:54:42

Donald Trump says he is an ‘aggressive sucker’ as former president compares himself to a fly

Donald Trump called himself an “aggressive sucker” as the former US president compared himself to a fly.

Published: 2024-10-07 12:10:39

Nostradamus pollster predicts how an October surprise could impact election

Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the result of nine out of 10 presidential elections since 1984

Published: 2024-10-07 11:35:36

Gisèle Pelicot: Judge shocks France after decision to allow public to see video evidence in mass rape case

Gisèle Pelicot has come face-to-face almost daily with her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot and 49 other alleged rapists

Published: 2024-10-07 11:20:32

Melania Trump breaks silence over rumors Barron is autistic

Melania claims in her new memoir that Barron was bullied online over the viral 2016 video

Published: 2024-10-07 10:54:10

Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why

Study points to a river some 75km away from the peak as the surprise culprit for Everest’s changing height

Published: 2024-10-07 10:14:16

Greenland Inuit stopped from addressing Danish Parliament amid native language row

Greenland was a colony under Denmark’s crown until 1953

Published: 2024-10-07 10:11:25

Oysters are mysteriously dying off in the millions and scientists are struggling to figure out why

Oyster farms are losing millions of molluscs each year, putting livelihoods in jeopardy. Scientists are racing to understand why

Published: 2024-10-07 10:04:53

Hurricane Helene: Tributes to nurse and his dog who died trying to save man from rapids

Boone McCrary was one of 215 people killed by Hurricane Helene’s raging waters and falling trees across six states

Published: 2024-10-07 09:59:42

I profiled Diddy. His rebranding as ‘Love’ was a ‘psychopath move’

Sean Combs sat down three years ago for a magazine profile in which he applauded #MeToo while waxing lyrical about this love of women – as he launched a rebranding as ‘Love’ himself in his latest name change. The entire interview was performative, the writer tells Sheila Flynn – and revelatory in new ways as Diddy faces a litany of civil and criminal charges

Published: 2024-10-07 09:58:54