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The Morocco trip that helped me take my first step into solo travel

Having never travelled alone, Olivia Kerley was nervous to leap into the unknown – but a group adventure through Morocco proved the perfect combination of solo but supported

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Fans sue DraftKings and FanDuel saying they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to ‘addictive’ gambling sites

The lawsuit claims live microbetting can ‘hijack gamblers’ brains and keep them immersed in ceaseless betting action’

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House Speaker Mike Johnson still says US isn’t at war with Iran — troop deployments be damned

ANALYSIS: Republicans are uneasy about sending ‘boots on the ground,’ Eric Garcia reports from Capitol Hill ... and that has them in a tough spot with President Donald Trump

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Family of girl, 4, who drowned in Florida Airbnb pool plan to sue rental giant over home’s ‘lack of safety features’

Under Florida law, swimming pools must have a fence or barrier surrounding them, or there must be alarms on the doors leading to the water

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Far from Iran, Donald Trump’s impact on the world will be felt for decades

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As The Independent reports from Rubaya, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the president is trying to make foreign mines his own, the fingerprints of this fortune-hunting administration can be seen from one end of the planet to the other

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Moses Itauma knows the real sacrifices required to be heavyweight champion: ‘I can’t stay a caterpillar’

Interview: The young heavyweight talked to outlets including The Independent, who then spoke exclusively to promoter Frank Warren

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As TSA airport chaos rolls on, here’s the best financial tips for protecting your travel plans

Missed a flight because of long TSA lines? Your options for compensation may be limited

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TSA alerted ICE to mother and daughter at San Francisco airport before viral arrest

TSA is sharing certain traveler information with ICE as part of Trump’s expansive deportation efforts

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What ICE in airports really means for passengers — and why it won’t shorten security lines

Armed ICE agents have been deployed to more than a dozen airports across the U.S.

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Kalshi and Polymarket are using influencers to lure in the 50% who don’t bet on sports gambling sites: women

IN FOCUS: Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have shifted their business model to lure in younger women through a network of social media influencers, reports Rhian Lubin

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Texas cemetery buried stranger in family plot instead of daughter, $1 million lawsuit claims

Exclusive: Clota Rainey says an unknown person was interred next to her late parents instead of her 78-year-old sister, according to a state lawsuit reviewed by The Independent

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Hope Street’s Finnian Garbutt, 28, enters hospice care in incurable cancer update

BBC One actor found out his cancer was incurable two weeks before daughter’s birth

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The clever psychological tricks which could send Ireland to first World Cup in 24 years

Troy Parrott holds the key as Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson looks to conjure up another memorable away-day triumph in Prague on Thursday night

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Britons more concerned about violence against women and girls than immigration, poll shows

Exclusive: Around nine in 10 adults say they are concerned about violence against women and girls – ahead of both immigration and unemployment

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Viral video shows violinist entertaining Atlanta airport’s weary travelers with live music amid 3-hour lines at TSA

‘People have really enjoyed the music,’ Atlanta-based violinist, Michelle Winters, told The Independent

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UK ‘strongly disagrees’ with US approach over health aid, says Yvette Cooper

Giving evidence to parliament’s International Development Committee, the foreign secretary said that the UK would continue to prioritise those areas that the US has said it will no longer fund under Donald Trump

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Married and hitting retirement? Here’s how to increase your Social Security payment by thousands of dollars

‘Social Security gives you two doors, your benefit and your spouses, and the great thing is that you get to walk through the better of the two,’ one expert says

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Decades of near misses at NY airports all but predicted LaGuardia runway tragedy as pilots pleaded: ‘Please do something’

‘LGA is starting to feel like DCA did before the accident there,’ a pilot wrote last summer, referencing the crash over the Potomac that killed 67

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‘Shameless cruelty’: Father held under indefinite jail term for stealing phone faces being sent back to prison

Exclusive: Devastated relatives say Thomas White, who has served 14 years stealing a mobile phone, has been told he is going back to prison without a release date

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Should I be concerned about shigella in Cape Verde? What you need to know as cases rise causing diarrhoea and fever

Exclusive: Recent reports of shigella outbreaks on the islands off the coast of West Africa have caused alarm among holidaymakers – but how worried do we really need to be? These are the facts and figures, as well as expert advice

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Chappell Roan and the changing boundaries of celebrity: ‘Stars don’t feel inclined to play the fame game’

The singer made headlines this week after an alleged incident between her security and Jude Law’s daughter

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The Repair Shop scraps Bob Monkhouse notebook segment over ‘inappropriate’ jokes

Comedian’s handwritten quips, dating back to the 1960s, were described as ‘of their time’

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Airport chaos and lines will only get worse as Trump keeps the Senate laser-focused on his SAVE act

ANALYSIS: The president’s demand that Republicans link a bill that cannot pass the Senate to Homeland Security funding is sure to backfire, writes Eric Garcia — and Americans are paying the price

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How GPS spoofing is creating chaos in the Middle East as Iran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz

IN FOCUS: Jamming and spoofing are becoming increasingly common on the modern battlefield. They can also have devastating effects on civilian transport, writes James C. Reynolds

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‘I would pack up and go tomorrow’: How Golders Green arson attack fuelled fear in ‘deepest heart of Jewish community’

The early morning attack left shattered windows and torched ambulances in its wake – and sent shockwaves through a close-knit community

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