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 think Mandarin and English are the only languages that are widely spoken, the data on Hindi will surprise you. Were you aware that more than 425 million people speak Hindi as their first ...

American Airlines quietly ended the ability for customers traveling on basic economy tickets to earn miles and status. Basic economy tickets are airlines' most restrictive and already do not allow for ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

In Carmel Highlands, Calif., an oceanfront house featured in the movie “Basic Instinct” is listing for $91.35 million, nearly double its 2019 price tag. The home is the largest of six houses on the ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...

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Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have acquired the rights to the not-yet-titled relaunch of the 1992 erotic thriller “Basic Instinct,” with the original film’s writer Joe Eszterhas ...

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...