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‘To deny someone the right of comfort and dignity is a whole different level – he hasn’t got his legs, the chair is his legs,’ said Kirsty Diaso

Exclusive: The biweekly use of ayahuasca by Juliana Reis, a member of Christian reincarnationist sect União do Vegetal, is ‘very similar to Native Americans with peyote,’ her attorney Kevin Owen told The Independent

NEWS ANALYSIS: Sanders says ‘the American people are sick and tired of supporting a racist extremist government in Israel.’ The democratic socialist is trying to move Democrats to match voter sentiment, Eric Garcia writes

Police did not say whether the gun sale was illegal

From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz – better known as the notorious serial killer “Son of Sam” – terrorized New York City. Nearly five decades later, The Son of Sam Tapes, a gripping new three-part Netflix docuseries premiering July 30, revisits the killings through prison recordings and interviews with survivors.…

A pro cyclist aspiring to compete in the Tour de France was car-doored, ruining his career dream. Now, he is suing for over £1 million.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump saying there’s ‘real starvation’ in Gaza has not led to a change of heart from most Republicans in the final bastion of conservative foreign policy in Washington, Eric Garcia writes

‘I had to Google who this person is,’ a White House spokesman told The Independent, while calling Jessica Williams’s broadside an ‘outrageous commentary’

Automakers will never admit it, but cost-cutting has reared its ugly head in modern car interiors. Access to most functions has shifted from physical buttons to a touchscreen, which in some cases has absorbed nearly all conventional switchgear. Some automakers, like Volkswagen, have pledged to reverse course following customer criticism…