Ex-employee of Trump shooting suspect recalls previous police standoff

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I don’t know what he was thinking,' Tina Cooper told The Independent of former employer Ryan Wesley Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. She’d worked for Routh in 2002 when he’d been arrested after a three-hour long police standoff

<p>Law enforcement officers work after reports of shots fired outside Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 15, 2024</p>

<p>Selena Gomez roasts Steve Martin and Martin Short at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on 15 September 2024</p>

Actors call out JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comments at Emmys

Celebrities at the 2024 Emmys took a jab at the Republican vice presidential nominee’s ‘childless cat ladies’ remark

<p>JD Vance appears on CNN’s State of the Union on September 15, 2024, to face questions about a wave of anti-migrant hate and threats of violence sparked by his and Donald Trump’s claims that Haitians are stealing and eating family pets</p>

2024 election

JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up as he loses cool with CNN host

Kids Killed Doomsday Plot Trial

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Strangers bought Chad Daybell’s house to turn it into a ‘healing’ place – despite family begging them not to

<p>Nevaeh Goddard, 17, left, was allegedly killed by their boyfriend, Shane Curry, right</p>

crime

Boyfriend accused of fatally stabbing teen partner with sword after ‘hitting didn’t work’

space

As eight days become eight months, what is it like to be stranded on the International Space Station?

Rationed clothes and freeze-dried food might not sound like the height of luxury – but the astronauts stuck in space because of the troubled Boeing Starliner insist they’re having a ‘great’ time, writes Andrew Griffin

<p>Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose on 13 June 13 2024 inside the vestibule between Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft</p>

<p>‘Trump would drastically change the character of our country – it’s scary that it’s this close’ </p>

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John Legend: ‘It was riskier for Taylor Swift to speak out about politics than it is for me’

<p>Last fall, 68-year-old Debbie Fox (pictured) was scammed out of $58,000 by a man posing as a wealthy scientist and businessman with dual passports</p>

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Here’s how one victim was swindled out of $58,000 in a cryptocurrency scam

<p>Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show’</p>

The US talk show problem goes further than ‘creepy’ Drew Barrymore

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How Barron Trump became a crucial power player in Melania and Donald’s next move

<p>Barron Trump, only child of Donald and Melania, gives a thumbs-up at his father’s campaign event in Florida </p>

<p>Donald Trump and Laura Loomer pose at LIV golf event in August 2023</p>

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Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting affair with Trump

<p>JD Vance continued on Saturday to pour gasoline on an already combustible situation </p>

2024 election

‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’: People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats

<p>Martha Stewart, center, congratulated Donald Trump after he was elected in 2016 - but endorsed Kamala Harris this time. </p>

2024 Election

Martha Stewart makes her endorsement in the 2024 presidential race

<p>Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview on Friday </p>

2024 election

Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview as the nominee. Here’s what we learned

<p>Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, delivers remarks at an election campaign event in Superior, Wisconsin, on September 14, 2024</p>

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’ as he salutes ‘smart women’

<p>Harris now has a 2.8-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

2024 Election

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Emmy Awards

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Perry Farrell was involved in an altercation with his Jane’s Addiction bandmate Dave Navarro

Perry Farrell’s wife reveals reason singer threw punch at Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on stage

<p>The space capsule landing in the Gulf of Mexico</p>

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Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

<p>River otter drags child underwater in horror Washington marina attack</p>

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River otter drags child underwater in horror Washington marina attack

<p>Kobe Jones hangs a missing poster for his mother Dymashal Cullins, mother of five who went missing in 2003, from the Atlanta area</p>

Crime

After 21 years, the case of a missing Atlanta mom has been reopened

Liveroyal family

William and Kate’s surprise birthday wish to Harry as royal turns 40

<p>William, Kate, and Harry celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday, June 12, 2016</p>

<p>‘We all immediately erupted into laughter at the end of every take’ </p>

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Friends star Aisha Tyler: ‘Matthew Perry gave me this unbidden moment of emotional generosity’

Aisha Tyler: Friends reflected attitude that ‘only white stories sold’

<p>Angel Marie Thompson was arrested and charged with concealing the death of her friend Nicole Alston, whose remains were found in 2007</p>

Crime

Woman’s dismembered remains were found in 2007. Her friend then ‘stole her identity'

<p>Leonid Volkov says Alexei Navalny’s death left a huge hole in Russia’s opposition </p>

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Navalny ally calls on West to invest in Russia’s next generation to beat Putin

<p>Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among those who died when the superyacht sank </p>

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Bodies of billionaire and daughter flown back to UK after Sicily yacht disaster

Key unanswered questions around the sinking of the Bayesian

LiveF1

F1 Azerbaijan GP LIVE: Race result after huge late crash between Sainz and Perez

<p>James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty for involuntary manslaughter — and now Colin Gray, whose son is accused of the Georgia school shooting, has been charged</p>

Crime

The accused Georgia shooter case is ‘eerily similar’ to James and Jennifer Crumbley

<p>Michaela DePrince performing ‘Giselle’ with the English National Ballet in January 2017</p>

Ballet star Michaela DePrince, who danced for Beyoncé ,dies at 29

Justin and Hailey Bieber celebrate first anniversary as parents

<p>Attendees at this year’s ‘Lighting in a Bottle’ music festival in Kern County, California. Multiple people who went to the festival were infected with Valley Fever, eight were hospitalized. Valley Fever is a potentially fatal lung infection from a fungus that grows in the soil</p>

Valley Fever cases are on the rise and scientists are beginning to figure out why

Mac and cheese brand recalled from US stores over spoilage fears

<p>Aysenur Eygi was killed while in the West Bank to protest Israel’s ongoing military presence there and the expansion of settlements </p>

Middle East

White House says US activist’s death in Gaza ‘should have never happened.’ But don’t expect accountability

<p>Happy pictured in her enclosure at The Bronx Zoo on October 19 2022 </p>

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Where’s Happy? The mystery surrounding Bronx Zoo’s famous elephant

<p>Mourners pray during a candlelight vigil for the slain students and teachers at Apalachee High School, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)</p>

Crime

Guns leading cause of death for children and teens for third year in a row

<p>GoodSkin clinics was allegedly treating clients without a properly qualified physician to oversee the procedures, accordng to a whistleblower</p>

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Medspa operated under influencer surgeon fired for malpractice

Race for the White House

<p>Haitian refugees in Springfield, Ohio say Donald Trump’s wild claims have turned their day-to-day lives upside down</p>

2024 election

Tensions in Springfield have simmered for months. Trump’s rhetoric now has Haitians there in a ‘panic’

<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes remarks at the Fraternal Order Of Police’s National Board Of Trustees meeting. on 6 September, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina</p>

2024 Election

Trump to unveil crypto project amid scams and fears of ‘huge embarrassment’

Trump is only running to stay out of jail, says 9/11 responder

US broadcaster David Muir smiles at the end of a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024

2024 election

Trump obsesses at golf course event over ABC anchor for fact-checking him during debate: ‘Foolish fool’

<p>Robert De Niro and Donald Trump</p>

2024 Election

Robert De Niro attacks ‘idiot’ Donald Trump: ‘He thinks he’s a gangster’

<p>Paige Cognetti, Mayor of Scranton, the birthplace of US president Joe Biden, speaks during an interview at her office in Scranton, Pennsylvania in March 2023</p>

2024 election

Can Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

<p>US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gives a thumbs up as she boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 12</p>

2024 election

Harris’s betting odds surge past Trump in wake of debate

<p>Former president Donald Trump continued to raise unsubstantiated fears that immigrants in Ohio were leading to crime </p>

2024 Election

Trump says his mass deportation will begin in Ohio town where he falsely claimed Haitians were eating pets

<p>Trump delivered the wild remarks during a campaign event at in Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday </p>

2024 Election

Trump drags new animal into false claims migrants are eating pets

<p>Seth Meyers joked that Robert F Kennedy Jr might not be the best person to defend Donald Trump’s debate meltdown over eating pet dogs and cats </p>

2024 election

Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr might not be the best person to defend Trump over wild pet-eating claim

<p> U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) was one for the first Democrats to say President Joe Biden needs to step aside, along with Rep Hillary Scholten (D-MI) (Right). </p>

2024 Election

‘The other side are talking about eating dogs’: Democrats still delighted about what happened at Trump-Harris debate

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<p>Air Canada’s 5,200 pilots had voted overwhelmingly to walk out in a long and bitter dispute in which they were seeking pay</p>

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Air Canada strike off as ‘tentative’ deal is struck with pilots’ union

<p>‘For me, <em>Emily in Paris</em> is a comfort show. I watch it when I am sick, during gloomy, winter days, or when I’m feeling low’</p>

Emily in Paris is the perfect antidote for the horror real women are facing

<p>The three-year-old was reportedly playing with his brother and a neighbor when the incident took place </p>

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Three-year-old boy dies falling into septic tank

<p>Nenquimo is a Waorani leader, which she considers a huge honour but one that weighs heavily on her shoulders </p>

Nemonte Nenquimo, the warrior protecting huge swathes of Amazon rainforest from drilling

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<p>Tokyo researchers said that pigs and rodents have the ability to breathe through their anuses. The researchers hope to be able to use a similar test on humans some day </p>

Pigeon-guided missiles and animals breathing through their anuses: Ig Nobels celebrate science’s wackiest discoveries

<p>Sean “Diddy“ Combs claims he was never served the lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting the claimant in 1997 </p>

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Diddy files emergency appeal against $100m ruling in sexual assault lawsuit

<p>Ben Havoc (pictured) was surprised when a piece of Lego came out of his nose </p>

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Man finds source of decades of breathing difficulties: a Lego lodged in his nose

<p>ER nurse Miles Crawford stands outside University Medical Center in New Orleans on Thursday. Crawford hurt himself freeing a man whose car was slowly submerging under floodwaters from Hurricane Francine on Wedneday</p>

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Dramatic video captures ER nurse rescuing man from Hurricane Francine floodwaters

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Boeing factory workers vote to strike for higher pay in blow for embattled planemaker

<p>A man from Norco, California faces nine charges for allegedly igniting the Line Fire in San Bernardino County</p>

Crime

Mom defends son accused of starting California blaze that’s torched 37,000 acres

<p>Jose Alcides Vasquez’s booking photo. The 47-year-old pastor was arrested on several sexual assault charges</p>

Crime

Southern California church pastor accused of sexually assaulting several girls

United States men's national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino talks to the media during a press conference introducing him as the new head coach for the United States men's national team at Warner Bros. Discovery Hudson Center

Soccer

Mauricio Pochettino sets sights on USA winning World Cup: ‘We need to believe’

<p>From left: before (August 2023) and after (September 2023) photos of the mountain peak and glacier, taken from the fjord</p>

Climate

Landslide that hit Greenland was so powerful it left Earth vibrating for 9 days

<p>Burt Jones didn’t have criminal intent, according to special prosecutor </p>

Politics

Special prosecutor declines to charge Georgia lieutenant governor who served as false Trump elector

Justin Timberlake speaks to the press after a court hearing, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Sag Harbor, N.Y

CRIME

Justin Timberlake publicly admits drunk driving ‘mistake’ after guilty plea

<p>Johnny Wactor was shot in downtown LA in May </p>

crime

Suspect in deadly shooting of General Hospital star Johnny Wactor pleads guilty

<p>Watch moment billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX rocket after historic mission.</p>

Watch: Billionaire Jared Isaacman returns to Earth on SpaceX rocket

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The name’s Bond…‘Biffy’ Bond? The real-life spy who inspired 007

A Russian soldier fires from D-30 howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine

Zelensky vents anger at long-range missile delay as Putin ‘burns down our cities’

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<p>Krispy Kreme announced a deal where customers can purchase a dozen original glazed donuts for only 13 cents</p>

How to get Krispy Kreme donuts for 13 cents on Friday the 13th

<p>Tiffany Haddish sparks debate for her unofficial NYFW runway debut </p>

Why Tiffany Haddish’s Monse runway walk is the most talked-about moment from NYFW

<p>Jenna Bush Hager tries to set Hoda Kotb and Lenny Kravitz up together </p>

Jenna Bush Hager attempts to set Lenny Kravitz up with Hoda Kotb

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