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 ...

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES EXPIRED IN THE NEW YEAR. TONIGHT, A WILDFIRE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO BURN AS CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN IT. THE LAKE LURE FIRE STARTED LAST NIGHT. TODAY, WE’RE ...

The Town of Lake Lure is asking residents to hand over their spent Christmas trees so they can be used to create habitat for wildlife. But not the kind of wildlife you might expect to live in a tree.

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic ...

Authorities said a detainee was killed in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility that DHS said was an attack against ICE agents. The acting ICE director said the gunman was “randomly shooting” at the ...

In September 2025, days after the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk died after he was shot during a speaking event at a Utah university, a claim (archived) circulated that investigators foun d ...

The phrase, inscribed on an unfired casing tied to the man arrested in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, was popular in Italy after World War II. It has recently resurfaced in a Netflix series and video games.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced Friday that officials arrested a 22-year-old suspect late Thursday night in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after the man confessed to ...

Investigators say they have found the rifle used to kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk, RadarOnline.com can confirm, and inside was ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology.

LAKE LURE, N.C. (WSPA) – The town of Lake Lure is working with FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to restore Lake Lure, aiming to reopen it by next summer. The restoration efforts have been ongoing ...