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 ...

Oil executives weighing a potential investment in Venezuela’s fields may want to check out the view from space. Satellites have detected enormous amounts of methane billowing from the country’s ...

This week, X users noticed that the platform's AI chatbot Grok will readily generate nonconsensual sexualized images, including those of children. Mashable reported on the lack of safeguards around ...

Abstract: This letter presents a novel approach to enhance image-text matching by incorporating word sense disambiguation (WSD) within the text encoder. Our method explicitly models the senses of ...

Explore body image themes through a striking makeup illusion. Senate Democrats block government funding bill for 13th time NATO intercepts Russian spy plane with transponder turned off Welcome to ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s past words have come under heavy scrutiny as the vice-presidential nominee campaigns nationally alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. The latest example centers on Walz’s ...

A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil ...

While the CDC's Immunization Safety Office (ISO) played an essential role in monitoring vaccine safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, it needs to maintain independence from its parent agency if it ...

The nation’s wealthiest real estate tycoon has disowned his son following accusations that the latter swindled investors out of more than $2 million with a fake business he pitched as the “ultimate ...

After a tumultuous week, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders showed his support for fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel. Gabriel will draw the start in Week 5 for the Browns, who are in London to ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Treasury Department is considering a plan to mint new $1 coins bearing President Donald Trump's image as part of a push to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America's founding, FOX ...

When the Cleveland Browns selected quarterback Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, they knew that the media coverage surrounding the rookie would be aggressive. That did not sway ...