Mass heating outages caused by Russian strikes on Kyiv are set to last into the weekend, as the capital's mayor called on ...

Russian strikes cut heating to half of the Ukrainian capital on Friday, prompting the mayor to issue an exceptional call for ...

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy. In 2017, ...

Two of Vermont's top federal prosecutors in recent years were named to the Vermont Supreme Court by Gov. Phil Scott this week ...

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President Trump, would-be peacemaker on a global scale, has apparently decided he can fulfill that role with a decimated diplomatic corps that by mid-January will see more than half of the US ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration will feature Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the two most prominent leaders of the Democratic Party’s progressive ...

Swearing could boost your performance in the gym or during tests of strength and endurance, scientists say. Researchers asked 192 people to do chair pushups while saying either a swear word or a ...

Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture toward a game official, the NBA announced Saturday. Smart raised his middle finger at referees during ...

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 ...

If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...