ST. LOUIS — A ZIP code reflecting much of Clayton, 63105, stands alone as the wealthiest ZIP code in the St. Louis region. That’s according to The Business Journals' latest rankings of the wealthiest ...

What drives social mobility? The answer matters to policymakers and families alike. A wave of highly publicized research has led public policy and public discussions astray. It claims that the ...

It’s early days in the era of generative artificial intelligence—early enough that most people are still figuring out what it’s good for and how to use it. So the time seems right for a guide to how ...

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that two cold-case home invasion rapes in the 1980s have been connected to four similar sexual assaults in other states, though the ...

WASHINGTON — National Guard members have been spotted doing clean up duty around D.C., including picking up trash and even doing landscaping. Troops were in McPherson Square Thursday morning laying ...

LIVONIA, Mich. — It might look like something you'd see in a James Bond movie (or perhaps one of the gadgets with which Mater is equipped in Cars 2), but "the Grappler" is real, and it's in Michigan.

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 ...

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones. Under pressure ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Even the men and women of the National Guard seemed flummoxed, at times, over what exactly they were supposed to be doing in the nation’s capital. “We’re the ...

WASHINGTON - On a sultry early September afternoon in Washington, D.C., tourists pulling suitcases and office workers rushing between meetings dodged past dozens of National Guard troops standing at ...