Which Alabama city is safest in 2025? WalletHub ranks these 4 on its list

Safety isn't one-size-fits-all. For some Alabama cities, it means more than calm streets. It's about stability, health and community. WalletHub's new rankings show where that balance is the strongest. "When people think about safety in a city,...

National Weather Service Red Flag Warning, Special Weather Statement for Augusta County

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement followed by a Red Flag Warning about an hour later for the Augusta County region. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will...

WEIS MARKETS REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2025 RESULTS

Company's third quarter comparable store sales excluding fuel increased 2.5 percent SUNBURY, Pa., Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Weis Markets, Inc. (NYSE: WMK) today reported its financial results for the 13-week third quarter and 39-week...

A portal into another life: Photographing America's abandoned homes

The houses are worn by weather and time, photographed in isolation like forgotten monuments. They have a haunted feel: Windows are boarded on Victorian-era turrets; paint flakes off the towering composite columns of a once-grand portico;...

At least 3 dead, 11 injured in ‘catastrophic’ UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, governor says

LOUISVILLE, KY — At least three people were killed and 11 others injured after a UPS cargo plane was involved in a "catastrophic crash" in Louisville, causing a large fire that sent a plume of smoke high into the sky, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear...

2025 election results for Northwest Ohio & Southeast Michigan | LIVE

Election results are being counted across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan after polls closed Tuesday. The results that display below for contested races and local issues are unofficial and will remain so until each county board of elections...

Shapiro among governors whose states rely on PJM who want data centers to guarantee their own power

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. In a surprise move that could benefit PJM Interconnection, Gov. Josh Shapiro and three other have...

Navy eyes sonic boom noise monitoring system for test flights over Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. military base in Maryland where Naval Air Systems Command is headquartered could soon be equipped with an asset to help experts monitor, understand and reduce noise impacts from supersonic flight tests conducted in restricted airspace...

Beloved Six Flags amusement park closes after 50 years of stomach-churning thrills

Your support helps us to tell the story 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 producing our...

HEIDELBERG MONKEY WAR

A Jasper County woman shot down one of the three wild Rhesus monkeys on Sunday morning that had been on the loose since last Tuesday. The resident, Jessica Bond Ferguson, said her son woke her up just after 6 a.m., saying he believed a monkey was...

Matt Minahan: Anne Arundel is ready for a planning commission | COMMENTARY

As the Capital Gazette recently reported, there is “more or less unanimity” among county residents that the county needs a planning commission, according to Anne Arundel Community College researcher Dan Nataf. In the survey, 65% of respondents...

UMBC poll: Price of food and consumer goods a top economic concern for Marylanders

As ongoing U.S. tariffs increase consumer prices and the nation enters the second month of a federal government shutdown, two-thirds of Marylanders had an unfavorable view of the state’s economic conditions over the past year – and more than half...

JK Rowling condemns Glamour magazine for naming gender-confused men ‘Women of the Year’

News Glamour UK's 'Women of the Year' awards to nine gender-confused men sparked outrage, with critics accusing the magazine of promoting the idea that men can be better women. (LifeSiteNews) — Women are outraged after Glamour UK named a group of...

Program Spotlight 2025: The Odyssey School

Reading and Writing Tutoring Program At The Odyssey School, the individualized Reading and Writing Tutoring Program empowers students with dyslexia and language learning differences to become confident, capable learners. Every child receives...

Central Prince Georgians Launch Blue Line Corridor Coalition

Elected officials, business and nonprofit leaders, and community activists converged in central Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Oct. 29 to formally launch the Blue Line Corridor Coalition (BLCC), a locally based partnership committed to...

Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides opportunities for collective healing

In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston. They had lain hidden for some 200 years in an unmarked 18th-century burial ground. For more than two...

October’s Layoff Surge: Legal Essentials for Employers Navigating RIFs

Earlier last month, our team published an in-depth article for federal contractors on navigating WARN Act compliance amid government shutdowns and federal contract cancellations. Since then, we’ve been closely monitoring the broader wave of...

Six Flags closes park after 50 years

More than 50 years after its opening, a Six Flag amusement park is no more. Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland, officially closed Nov. 2. It opened in 1974 as a wildlife center and changed ownership several times before Six Flags took over in...

Magoobys Joke House is a Hub of Top-Notch Comedy

Sketches of two giants of comedy stare down from the front wall at the stage of Magoobys Joke House. Richard Pryor has a wry smile on his face, like he’s amused slightly. The look on George Carlin’s mug is a bit more quizzical, as if he can’t...

Business-friendly cities like Las Vegas and Nashville are fueling Musk's tunnel plans 

Elon Musk's Boring Company is proposing a "Music City Loop" tunnel project in Nashville after finding success in Las Vegas. Previous tunnel projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore failed due to political opposition, environmental concerns,...