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The reaction to Brian Thompson’s murder reveals a deep anger among many Americans about the unfairness of the US health insurance industry, Richard Hall writes

VIRTUAL EVENTS SERIES: The panel, chaired by The Independent’s Caroline Gammell, includes BBC presenter Nikita Kanda, Refuge’s interim CEO Abigail Ampofo, head of development Rachel Shuter, and our women’s correspondent Maya Oppenheim, who will all offer unique perspectives on domestic abuse and the transformative power of refuges

As their phones blew up with disaster warnings, some Bay Area residents ran for the hills – while others faced death with a shrug. Io Dodds reports on the fear and the farce of the great tsunami that wasn’t

Sources told The Independent that the groundswell of support Hegseth has received from his old Fox News friends suggests that he might be looking to return to the network if his nomination flames out.