Yesterday, Apple announced that its longtime CEO, Tim Cook, will step down in September, with John Ternus, the current senior vice president of hardware engineering, taking over. The move marks the ...

Since July 2025, the European Space Agency's pair of Proba-3 satellites has already created 57 artificial solar eclipses. So far, the mission has collected more than 250 hours of high-resolution ...

The hottest housing market in America isn’t a Sunbelt boomtown or a fast-growing Midwestern capital, such as Columbus, Ohio. It’s the suburbs surrounding the old industrial hub of Hartford, Conn. The ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday discussed his knowledge surrounding aliens, telling a Newsmax host he would be “up at night” if “the things that I’ve seen” were released. “I’ve been briefed ...

Salt substitutes offer a simple, low-cost way to reduce sodium intake and improve blood pressure, yet very few Americans actually use them—even among those who need them most. A large national ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

As we lean into the prospects of summer (note this week’s Summer Camp preview issue of the Independent), anticipations of festivals to come begin to foam at the brain. Two of the major, widely ...

Most of us — an estimated 8 out of 10 people in the United States — will experience back pain at some point in our lives, and the number of people who describe their pain as chronic has been on the ...

Cook told ABC's "GMA" that reports he was preparing to step aside were a rumor and said he “can’t imagine life without Apple.” His comments follow a turbulent stretch for Apple’s leadership team and ...

Barbara Morrow Lerch, 96, passed away on February 14, 2026, in Woodland, California. Until a year before, she had lived independently in the home where she raised her large family with Kenneth E.

Apple may have perfected splashy product-launch keynote events, but it’s never been wed to them. In terms of sheer quantity of new stuff, this week was about as eventful as it gets. And yet the ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told “MAGA voters” concerned about Iran turning into another “forever war” to “stay concerned” and “vigilant” about holding leaders’ feet to the fire, including President ...