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 ...

New York City children as young as 2 years old could get access to free child care under a proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled Thursday. The launch of “2-Care” will start in ...

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so ...

Giving a child an Apple Watch can offer extra peace of mind and tools that promote independence in a controlled way. Apple’s Family Setup feature makes it possible for a kid to use an Apple Watch ...

Recently, I planted a new deer grass, Muhlenbergia rigens. I had bought it from a nursery the day before. I dug a big hole and mixed my own compost in it. I was ready to put it in the ground. When I ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to side with President Donald Trump and allow him to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission without cause, a provocative move aimed at ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg buildings that have long sat empty could soon see new life. The former Polyclinic Hospital in Uptown and a 22-story building on Market Street downtown are both being ...

Cattle ranchers in Oregon and across the nation have found their work in the national spotlight with policy proposals from the Trump administration that have drawn both outrage and skepticism from ...

From powering search engines to securing data and optimizing networks, algorithms underpin nearly every aspect of modern technology. Understanding how efficiently they can solve problems — and where ...

Permission has been sought by the Government to convert an empty building at Southlands into a meeting and event centre for the Mirrors Programme. A recent planning application proposed renovations ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Food waste is more than just the starting material for compost. From dried-up beet pulp to millipede-digested coconut fibers, scientists are finding treasure in our trash. Four recent papers published ...