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‘I’m trying to be a bit more like Brianna because she was happy being who she was,’ teen’s mother says

Fentanyl is now responsible for one in five youth deaths in California. Schools – and parents – are finally catching up. Mike Bedigan and Josh Marcus report

Infectious disease experts say the best way to protect yourself from the JN.1 subvariant is to get the updated Covid 19 vaccine

Jimmy Lai, 76, a life-long critic of Beijing, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated

The schoolgirl was able to finish her studies and leave school with English and maths qualifications once she reguarly got a good night’s sleep

Hundreds of Palestinian Christians already faced dwindling food, dirty water and the constant fear of bombs as they sought shelter from Israel’s war on Hamas in northern Gaza, before a mother and daughter were shot trying to reach the toilet at the Holy Family Church. Bel Trew speaks to the…

‘I’m mad he wasn’t tougher than that,’ Sen Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) tells The Independent

Members of Congress want Department of Justice to challenge Texas law

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