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There have been a lot of questions and focus on how Patriots coach Mike Vrabel has flipped the culture around the team in one season. One area that he’s emphasized: respect. Vrabel urges his players ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Following a November jury verdict that awarded former elementary school teacher Abigail Zwerner $10 million, a judge denied motions Friday seeking to overturn it. Zwerner ...

International Grammar School’s Stage 3 Head Peter Adam was arrested and charged with two counts of inciting someone to commit aggravated sex assault in company and using a carriage service to solicit ...

International Grammar School teacher Peter James Adam is accused of plotting to help Todd Soulas drug and sexually assault two children. The school in a statement said the allegations are not linked ...

One year into Donald Trump’s second reign, it is easy enough to argue that, in a short while, there won’t be much of an American republic anymore. Not long before he died in 2012, Gore Vidal predicted ...

Savitribai Phule, regarded as India’s first female teacher, was a fearless social reformer who devoted her life to education, women’s rights and the fight against caste oppression. Born on January 3, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus City Schools is looking into allegations that a first-grade teacher made students rub his feet in class. “Straight up, it’s inappropriate,” parent Jacob Jackson said. ...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. — Three first graders at Lakeview Elementary School in Colonial Heights became unlikely heroes when they sprang into action to save their teacher's life after she started choking ...