Rain from a powerful winter storm that swept across Southern California has begun to taper off

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King Charles III has chosen Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day speech

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Millions now get updates on Santa’s journey around the world

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Fresh blast rocks site in Moscow where Russian general was killed on Monday

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national bravery award to honor those who confronted an antisemitic terror attack

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The president celebrated the season of goodwill to all by crowing about his election victories while vowing to protect the U.S. from being ‘infiltrated’ by a ‘bad Santa’

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A grand jury in the Houston metro area indicted Dr Azul Jaffer for placing his patient ‘at a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm’

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North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology

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Editorial: Our readers have generously donated £165,000 in our Christmas appeal, so Missing People is now well on its way to launching SafeCall to give a supportive ear to a young person in distress

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Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

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Officials at Colorado's Telluride Ski Resort say it will close Saturday due to a labor dispute

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Trump’s new White House plaques call Obama ‘one of the most divisive political figures in American history’ and Biden the ‘worst’ ever president

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For families of missing children, Christmas can be the hardest time of all. As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign reaches £165,000, parents and siblings open up about the ‘horrific’ pain of the festive season. Tara Cobham and Harriette Boucher report

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An extraordinary public response means the free, round-the-clock service can now be launched, reaching the 72,000 young people who go missing every year

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The woman’s car hit the central reservation and overturned

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Federal agents have been involved in at least nine shootings this year during immigration enforcement

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The president has called worries about high prices a ‘hoax’ and a ‘Democrat scam’. Many of his own voters disagree

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Her pregnancy was an abdominal one, where the foetus grows in the abdomen rather than the uterus, a condition occurring in just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies

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A recurring, terrifying dream is the theme of this year’s tale from Mark Gatiss, starring Lumley and Tobias Menzies

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Delaware authorities have identified a state trooper who was shot to death at a DMV on Wednesday

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Kennedy’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, has pledged to remove Trump’s name once he leaves office

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