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Madeline Sherratt
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US reporter for @the-independent.com | London-based | (I quite enjoy talking to strangers across the pond) | views own | Got a story? madeline.sherratt@independent.co.uk/ sherratt.mdn@proton.me
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#journorequest Looking to speak to Gen-Z’ers in the US who have used AI to boost their dating app profile!

If you have used ChatGPT or other sites to boost your game drop me a line @

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July 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Two years after Titan disaster, OceanGate advisor reflects on how Stockton Rush swerved ‘every single rule’

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Two years after Titan disaster, OceanGate advisor reflects on CEO’s mistakes
The 2023 OceanGate explosion killed five people and captured the world’s attention — a millionaire’s trip to the Titanic wreck that questioned the future of the submersibles. Madeline Sherratt speaks ...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Three young sisters dead and their army vet father wanted for murder: All we know about the Travis Decker manhunt

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Three sisters dead and a father on the run: All we know about Travis Decker manhunt
Decker is suspected of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters in Washington state - now the FBI is involved as the manhunt enters its second week
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June 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I spoke with Twitch streamer and political pundit, Hasan Piker, weeks before he revealed he’d been detained upon returning from overseas.

Read the full interview regarding his views on President Trump and the Democrats here:

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Hasan Piker is begging Democrats to ‘get angry’ and fight Trump
Shortly before the American streamer was detained by U.S. border officials and questioned about his political beliefs, he spoke with Madeline Sherratt about his frustrations with the Trump administrat...
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May 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Measles has now surpassed 1000 cases in the U.S since late January, according to the CDC.

In the age of Trump and RFK Jr., I urge everyone to check their MMR status and have faith in public health.

You can read my explainer piece with Dr Evans below:

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Should I worry about measles outbreaks if I’m vaccinated? Your questions answered
Over 1,000 cases of the deadly virus have taken hold in 31 U.S. states and it is now surging in Canada and Mexico, spurred by a lack of vaccinations. Madeline Sherratt answers your burning questions
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May 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Peaceful anti-Trump and Musk protesters rallying in the centre of Madrid this morning
March 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth breaks silence over leaked Yemen war plans

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Pete Hegseth finally responds to allegations he leaked Yemen war plans to journalist
‘Nobody was texting war plans’ US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a tense interview with a reporter in Hawaii
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March 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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31 states are failing to provide vital reproductive and sexual health services to women in the US, a damning report has revealed

Stark graphics showing the dire state of affairs by @alicjahagopian.bsky.social

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31 states failing to provide vital reproductive services: report shows
‘The threat posed by the new administration is a menacing storm looming on the horizon’, director of rePROs Fight Back Jennie Wetter said
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March 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Is support for Elon Musk and DOGE starting to dwindle?

It would appear so.
March 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Police continue to appeal for leads on woman who vanished 22 years ago
Jennifer Marcum vanished without a trace after traveling to Denver International Airport, Colorado on February 17, 2003. For the past 22 years, her family and senior FBI officials were tormented by he...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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A report from the Gainesville Independent Schools District, Texas, has confirmed that 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza devastatingly took her own life after receiving a torrent of ICE-related abuse from fellow classmates

Full details of the report below:
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School district confirms ICE-related bullying of 11-year-old who took her own life
‘It was reported, on January 30, 2025, to the principal upon entering a classroom that the whole class was speaking about ICE and that Jocelynn Rojo Carranza had something she wanted to tell the princ...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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One of the most tragic stories I've come across since Trump began enforcing his mass deportation effort in the U.S.

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11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done’, despaired her mother
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February 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Mapped: How American Airlines plane collided with Black Hawk army helicopter near Washington DC airport

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Mapped: How American Airlines plane collided with army helicopter near DC airport
The death toll from the two aircraft collision is presumed to be 67 as emergency services frantically wade through Potomac River in freezing conditions to desperately search for bodies
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January 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Elon Musk is not happy that his Wikipedia page now refers to the gesticulation he made at a rally at the Capital One Arena as “a Nazi salute or fascist salute” – something the Tesla/X CEO vehemently denies.
Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his gesture a ‘Nazi salute’
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted on his social media platform X
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January 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Will Trump reinstate the 'Global Gag Rule'?

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Abortion rights hang in balance as Trump yet to declare stance on ‘Global Gag’ policy
The ‘Global Gag Rule’ has been reinstated by every single Republican president and rescinded by every Democratic president since Ronald Reagan first implemented the policy in 1984
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January 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Florida is first to use ‘Gulf of America’ in official weather advisory

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Florida is first to use ‘Gulf of America’ in weather advisory
‘An area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America, interacting with Arctic air, will bring widespread impactful winter weather to North Florida’ an official Florida weather warning read
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January 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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For anyone looking to follow today's coverage, @the-independent.com has you covered...

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How to watch Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day ceremony
Live coverage of the 47th president’s inauguration will be streamed by all major US news outlets
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January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM