On Monday, October 13, 2025, the Kerala High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer on September 18 that sought to halt the sale of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s ...

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 ...

Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to challenge or ban books ...

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Taiwan unveils an updated civil defence handbook instructing citizens on action if enemy troops are sighted and clarifies misinformation about surrender. The 29-page document aims to prepare the ...

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According to former FBI special agent Nicole Parker, there are two FBIs. FBI 1 is apolitical, professional, and focused on crime fighting. FBI 2 is woke, activist, and corrupt. In her forthcoming book ...

Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of pension files for the stories of Civil War soldiers and their families.

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A new lawsuit has been filed in Dallas County District Court against former megachurch evangelist Robert Morris, his family, and Gateway Church leaders, accusing them of defamation, cover-up, and ...

Anelise Chen’s genre-bending book “Clam Down” sees an insightful metaphor in a text message typo. By Chelsea Leu Chelsea Leu is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Times, The New Yorker ...