For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world's smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados ...

Ichiro Suzuki was always known for his meticulous preparation during his 19-year career. For his induction into the Hall of ...

The Rev. Mike Ruffin recalls a Buddist column that said it didn't matter which God you worship, but it does matter.

Israel killed at least 53 people in Gaza overnight and into Saturday, Palestinian health officials and the ambulance service ...

"Our children, whom we carried for nine months and then gave birth to, have become just numbers," her mother lamented.

The man who drafted the definition called the university's move "appalling," predicting it would spur litigation against the ...

A 76-year-old Cabarrus County man was shot and killed early Friday morning in rural Cabarrus County. A suspect was ...

Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — ...

Kristol Dalton Swayze was going through some old things and found this clipping from The Daily Independent April 9, 1986. The ...

A child custody exchange in Rowan County escalated into a shooting that left one person hospitalized and led to multiple ...

No. 1 The annual Tour de Saints is set. We’re less than a month away from the annual Tour de Saints charity cycling event.

A laundry-stealing cat with expensive taste has puzzled and delighted a neighborhood in Auckland, New Zealand, by committing ...