The Alabama Legislature is holding a special session this week to change the state's congressional map. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a central part of the Voting Rights Act.

Skiing star Lindsey Vonn's Olympic downhill comeback in February ended in a spectacular crash that shattered her leg. Most people wouldn't want to appear in public. Vonn is built differently.

Tuesday will be a test of President Trump's political power as voters in Indiana decide whether to back state senate incumbents Trump wants out or the challengers he has endorsed.

The abortion pill mifepristone is being challenged in court again, and the Supreme Court has delayed restrictions on it from going into effect by a week.

Individuals running for Springfield mayor and city council seats are now limited to a total of $2,825 in both monetary and in ...

Extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their way up the famous Met staircase Monday evening. The fundraiser is ...

The Fair Grove shops, including Festoons & Filigree, Fairly Groovy Fab Home Decor and (soon-to-come) The In-Between ...

Just two weeks before their scheduled trial date, actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their nearly two-year ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stanford education economist Thomas Dee about the latest study on schools banning cellphones.

In this episode of our local program Making Democracy Work, host Dr. Hueping Chin speaks with Dr. Dan Ponder, Drury ...

Lawmakers must finish work on spending bills for the coming fiscal year by Friday. The Independent has identified more than ...

President Trump has thrown his support behind challengers to Republican state senators who opposed his redistricting push.