Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

Last year, a team of American diplomats from the State Department’s Global Engagement Center traveled to two dozen countries and signed a series of memoranda. Along with their counterparts in places ...

I saw the flock of birds, hand unloaded my shotgun and leaned it up against a tree, then grabbed my camera. My grouse hunt had been interrupted by a favorite winter bird: The common redpoll. The ...

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 ...

29-hour Shanghai–Buenos Aires route reshapes ultra-long-haul travel via Auckland stop CEA operates the route with a Boeing 777-300ER. Flight MU745 (Shanghai–Buenos Aires) will depart on Mondays and ...

Winter starts Sunday. Mississippi saw multiple waves of Arctic air from the polar vortex earlier in December. But forecasts show we're getting a break from freezing temperatures and wintry weather ...

Sunday, Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a ...

In a decisive move to address long-standing promotion backlogs, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has promoted 9,548 officers to higher ranks, signalling a boost for morale and operational ...

The financial strategist and author discusses key principles for assembling a successful portfolio, concentration risk in the US market today, and why he’s an evangelist for ‘defined-duration’ ...

A 43-year-old Long Island man was indicted for one count of murder in the first degree and other related charges for the stabbing death of a CVS worker to death on Christmas Day.