North Port, Florida voters rejected all five referendum questions in a May 13 special election. Low voter turnout characterized the election, with mail-in ballots exceeding in-person votes. The ...

A north suburban woman is sharing her story after being randomly attacked while walking to Union Station in Chicago’s Loop. The vicious assault happened near Washington and Franklin last month, and ...

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Find out what's holding up the trial for Rex Heuermann, who's charged with the murders of seven women whose remains were found in and around the Gilgo Beach area of Long Island. Accused Gilgo Beach ...

Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers had to re-arrest a 50-year-old man convicted of rape. The serial rapist was convicted by a jury in June but was mistakenly bonded out of the Maleng Regional ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it is actively investigating after a shipment of Walmart shrimp tested positive for a man-made radioactive material. U.S. Customs & Border ...

The first time I saw the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” error in Google Search Console, I gulped. “Oh, no. Please, not this.” Then I saw it again ...

Tristan Rogers, who starred as Robert Scorpio on “General Hospital,” died Friday of lung cancer. He was 79. Roger’s longtime manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed the actor’s death to Variety. Soodak told ...

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola said yesterday that lack of supporting infrastructure such road and rail infrastructure, and navigability challenges along the River Niger have ...

We have a winner for this year's ugliest dog contest — and wow, is she cute! Petunia was crowned as the winner of the 2025 "World's Ugliest Dog" contest on Aug. 8 with her owner, Shannon Nyman, by her ...

On Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in a split decision that ‘ghost guns’ are not required to have a serial number. The opinion written by Justice Paul Thissen says that the Minnesota ...