Is independence a transitive property?

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If the events $A$ and $B$ are independent and the events $B$ and $C$ are independent, does this necessarily mean events $A$ and $C$ are independent?

I used coin tosses to try to model this with $A = H$, $B = T$, and $C = H$ in separate fair tosses.

I get that they are independent, but am not sure if I am correct.

I also have problems determining if $B$ is independent to $A\cap C$ and also $A \cup C$.