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 ...

Driving over the Penobscot Narrows Bridge never fails to stir a certain hard-to-define feeling, a mixture of awe and calm and anticipation conjured up by the span’s swooping lines, the sight of its ...

Parts of the federal government have effectively stopped operating after congressional leaders failed to strike a deal before the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline. Despite negotiation efforts, lawmakers could ...

Brad Arnold, lead singer of American rock band 3 Doors Down, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and is cancelling the band's upcoming tour, he announced in an Instagram pos t on Wednesday. "I had ...

4chan, an infamous online forum, was taken offline earlier today after what appears to be a significant hack and has since been loading intermittently. Members of the Soyjak.party imageboard (also ...

More than 150,000 users reported outages across Meta’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram apps as of Wednesday afternoon, according to DownDetector.com. Instagram said its services were back online late ...

Meta is currently experiencing a major outage across all its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp. As noted by Downdetector.com, there has been a sharp increase ...

The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week that have taken the service offline. The Verge noticed a popup on the site today when the online database went down. The popup ...

Updates added to the bottom of the article. The PlayStation Network is suffering a global outage, with subscribers confirming that they can no longer play online games or access the company's website.

If you're seeing SOS mode on your phone today, you're not alone. Verizon, the largest wireless carrier in America, is experiencing a massive outage that's affecting users across the US. Around 10 a.m.

Did you have trouble accessing Microsoft 365 earlier today? You weren't alone. The site was down for thousands of people, according to outage tracker DownDetector. At the peak at around 9 AM ET, more ...

Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder can both involve a need for additional support. However, these are distinct diagnoses with different underlying causes and presentations. Down syndrome (DS) ...