‘We lost so many along the way’: Horizon scandal victims welcome inquiry report

Twenty-three years on from his wrongful conviction, the toll taken on Parmod Kalia was still clear as he attended the publication of the first findings from the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Even by the horrific standards of the falsely-accused post …

If You've Lost A Parent, Tell With Us How You Dealt With It And The Things You've Learned About Grief

Musk has lost $20bn - and his investors have lost $100bn more - since his falling out with Trump last month

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 …

Latin America: A Lost Century For Catch-Up Growth

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 4:56 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay It is common in talking about 1980s to refer to it as a “lost decade” for economic growth, when many developing economies around the world were trapped in destructive patterns of debt and inflation. …

Dallas church community mourns young lives lost in Central Texas floods

Green ribbons line the trees throughout North Dallas — a quiet but powerful tribute to the young lives lost in catastrophic flooding that swept through Central Texas. At least eight girls from North Texas were among the victims, including six who were …

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World

Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. Illustration of Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré. (Wikimedia Commons) By Chris Hedges …

SCAM ALERT: Face-swapped dog photos used in ‘lost pet’ reward money scam

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A Belleville man says he was nearly scammed out of reward money while desperately searching for his missing dog over the Fourth of July weekend. Diontye Harris’ one-year-old dog, Spicy, took off Friday night after getting …

Vigil mourns lives lost in Eaton fire, urges equity for community during recovery

Castelar Fortich, center, and Tracey Phillips Fortich, who lost their Altadena home to the Eaton Fire, attend a press conference and memorial ceremony for the lives lost to the Eaton Fire and support wildfire survivors as they rebuild their lives, in …

Wedding Ring Lost on Virginia Christmas Tree Farm Returned After 15 Years

credit – Wayne Corprew There are so many other ways it could have happened: they could have thrown away the sticky note containing Wayne Corprew’s phone number; they could have tilled the ground three inches to the left, they could have taken the ring they …

Connecticut family cat found lost lottery ticket worth $150K

WALLINGFORD, Connecticut -- A Connecticut man's lottery ticket was found by his cat weeks after he lost it, and to his surprise, it was worth $150,000. On Friday, June 13, Russell Ruff, a school bus driver in Somers, Connecticut purchased a Powerball …