Author: INDEPENDENT

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailWhile the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial gets under way in New York, the former president himself appears to be far less enthralled by the proceedings.Jury selection got under way on Monday in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.…

Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp and captain Virgil van Dijk laid wreaths at the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield on Monday, 15 April, to pay their respects on the 35th anniversary of the tragedy.Ninety-seven men, women, and children died in the disaster at the FA Cup semi-final between the Reds and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.Inquests into the deaths, held after the original verdicts were quashed, concluded in 2016 and found the victims were unlawfully killed and errors by the police and ambulance service caused or contributed to the deaths. Source link

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSir Salman Rushdie has laid bare his horror at lying in “a spectacular quantity of blood” after the frenzied on stage knife attack that very nearly claimed his life two years ago. The British Indian author, 76, was stabbed “13 or 14 times” in August 2022 while preparing to deliver a lecture on free speech at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. In a frank memoir, Rushdie recalled “this murderous shape rushing towards me”, a…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterEverton have formally lodged an appeal against the two-point penalty imposed on the club earlier this month for breaching Premier League financial rules.The Toffees indicated their intention to appeal last Monday, the same day the sanction was announced, and the PA news agency understands that appeal has now been lodged.The club admitted breaching the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) for permitted losses by £16.6m for the assessment period ending with the 2022-23 season.The independent commission which imposed the sanction disclosed…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USTrump Media shares plummeted more than 13 per cent on Monday after the company filed to register millions of additional shares – the latest development in the stock’s struggle.The fall arrives the same morning the former president headed to Manhattan Criminal Court for jury selection in his criminal trial. Donald Trump is the majority stakeholder in the company.Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, filed a preliminary plan to register 21.4…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterRodri had got the game off he requested. “Absolutely, he is going to rest on Wednesday as well,” deadpanned Pep Guardiola. The chances are that Carlo Ancelotti was not fooled. Manchester City, after all, are unbeaten in the last 66 matches in which Rodri has featured. They snapped a four-game losing streak without him in the Premier League by defeating Luton 5-1 on Saturday.If nothing else, they have proved they can hammer Luton without the man Guardiola calls the world’s best midfielder:…

Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan court for the first day of a historic criminal trial stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.He will become the first American president to stand trial on criminal charges.Mr Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, to silence her over an alleged affair in 2006.The trial, which begins with jury selection today in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom, could keep Mr Trump in court for…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterThe battle for automatic promotion to the Premier League took a series of fresh twists over the weekend as the contenders endured differing fortunes.Leaders Ipswich, second-placed Leicester and Leeds in third are separated by just two points with the Foxes having played a game fewer, while Southampton, who have two matches in hand on both the Tractor Boys and United, lie six points further back.Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the remaining weeks of an increasingly tense Championship run-in.Ipswich…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsFour people, including a bishop, were injured in a stabbing inside a church in Sydney in the second major knife incident to hit the Australian city in a matter of days.The incident happened at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley at around 7.15pm local time (9.15am GMT).Footage from the incident, broadcast live on the church’s YouTube page, appeared to show the church leader stabbed repeatedly by a man who approach the altar before worshippers…

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releasesGet our food and drink newsletter for freeThe new US Track & Field kits have come under fire for leaving female athletes ‘exposed’ ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games. The Nike outfits were slammed by former professional athlete Lauren Fleshman, 42, in a side-by-side comparison post that appears to demonstrate how covered-up male athletes will be compared to female competitors.While the women will seemingly have to wear a one-piece suit with a small piece of fabric covering their pubic area, the men apparently get to enjoy being…