January 9th holds historical significance. It marks the first women's golf event in 1811 and Mahatma Gandhi's return to India ...

ICSE History and Civics Specimen Paper 2026 for Class 10: The ICSE History and Civics Specimen 2026 exam is going to be held on 16 March, 2026 and students should start their preparation with 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 ...

History books are filled with the same familiar faces. But for every famous leader or inventor you’ll read about over and over again, there are countless other people from the past who tend to fly ...

It is a phenomenon that has swept the nation, seemingly coming out of nowhere in our country’s middle schools. The bewildering phrase "6-7" has been amusing kids and annoying parents for months now, ...

In college basketball, there are big men -- and then there is Florida's Olivier Rioux. Yes, there is a difference. Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada, made history for his size on Thursday night ...

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux made his long-awaited, hard-earned debut to become the tallest player in college basketball history on Thursday night. With the No. 3 Gators’ 104-64 win ...

The best words in sports are Game 7, and tonight's World Series winner-take-all featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays could be one of the best. The Dodgers, making their eighth ...

After seven months, it all comes down to this, the two sweetest words in sports: Game 7. And this isn't just any old Game 7; this is Game 7 of the World Series, the two best teams in baseball squaring ...

A University of Tennessee professor is offering a history course based on the Grand Theft Auto video game series. The class will examine U.S. history since 1980 through the lens of the popular game ...

Development on the RPG-7—Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot, or “Hand-Held Antitank Grenade Launcher,” later backronymmed in English as “Rocket-Propelled Grenade”—began in 1958. The weapon was ...

The worlds of academia and gaming are colliding in a bold new way. On January 20, 2026, the University of Tennessee will launch a groundbreaking new history course titled Grand Theft America: U.S.