PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Oct. 9 marks exactly one year since Hurricane Milton hit the Tampa Bay area. Several coastal communities felt the impacts of the storm, but so did a lot of inland areas. Many ...

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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 ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But on Christmas Eve, it tackles perhaps its most important mission: tracking Santa Claus ...

ICE held more than 68,400 people as of 14 December, breaking previous high set at beginning of December The number of people in immigration detention in the US has hit an all-time high according to ...

The singer, 57, has broken records previously set by Madonna and Mariah Carey as she became the first woman to secure UK Number 1 singles in four different decades. Kylie has had Number 1's in the ...