A sprawling welfare scheme that saw fraudsters steal over $9 billion in Minnesota is a damning indictment of a federal and state bureaucracy that failed at some of its most basic responsibilities to ...

A hotel fire was caused accidentally by an extractor fan, the fire service says. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) said crews responded to reports of a fire at the Imperial Hotel, in First ...

A two-year-old boy has died after a car that had broken down was hit by another vehicle. The boy, from London, had been in a Toyota Auris that had stopped on the A1 near Peterborough, and was hit by a ...

Associated British Engineering ( (GB:ASBE)) just unveiled an announcement. Associated British Engineering plans to seek shareholder approval at its next general meeting, expected to coincide with its ...

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 ...

A British woman is waiting on confirmation she has broken the world record for the biggest wave ever taken on by a female surfer. Laura Crane, from Devon, rode what she described “one of the most ...

A never-before-seen exchange between Owen Hart and The British Bulldog has been revealed. At WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 1998, a trap door was built into one of the rings for the Ultimate Warrior’s ...

When this turtle was found barely moving, the cause was immediately clear: its shell had been shattered by a massive impact. Emergency treatment was the only hope. Veterinary teams worked quickly to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and A24 are developing a small screen version of Broken Toys, the debut novel from British journalist Marie-Claire Chappet that has shades of Saltburn and One Day. There were ...

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