The case against 37-year-old Desiree Hamm goes back to 2009 when prosecutors say she made contact with minors online and proceeded to groom them through role-playing games

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President Donald Trump signed an order to put tariffs on U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, as well as China, starting Tuesday

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Exclusive: Former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent after volunteering to serve in the Ukrainian military

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Watch as Punxsutawney Phil makes his much-anticipated Groundhog Day 2025 prediction.

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Watch a live scene of the Philadelphia plane crash site on Sunday (2 February) as victims of Learjet55 tragedy are named.

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Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem pledged to “get the dirtbags out of here” as she paid a visit to the Texas and Mexico border.

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Beijing criticises Trump's 10% levy on Chinese goods and says it will challenge the tariffs at the WTO

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Moscow sent 55 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday

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Watch Groundhog Day 2025 live today (2 February) as Punxsutawney Phil gives his end of winter prediction.

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Music mogul Clive Davis has held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California

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New aerial footage shows a gaping crater and debris scattered across street following an air ambulance plane crash in Philadelphia.

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Punxsutawney Phil’s team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck’s weather verdict as the sun rises

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Swarms of Iranian-made Russian Shahed unmanned drones target Ukraine almost every night – it is up to these men and their World War Two-style machine guns to shoot the UAVs out of the sky. World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley reports from the Kyiv region

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This is the harrowing moment an oxygen tank explodes inside a garbage truck as a bin collector makes a narrow escape.

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Prominent banker Mark Garney labelled Donald Trump a “bully” after the president signed executive orders implementing 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada.

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The pope tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience on Saturday

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Justin Trudeau has issued a plea to Canadians after Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada.

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Donald Trump called Canada a “great place” as he imposed a 25 percent tariff on imports from the country.

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Independent journalists live outside the mainstream and their numbers are growing

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Luka Doncic is being traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, a person with knowledge of the agreement said early Sunday

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