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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors slapped insider trading charges against a Google employee this week, alleging the software engineer used confidential company information to pocket more than $1.2 ...

A Raleigh nurse’s North Carolina license was suspended this month after the filing of fraud and larceny charges related to Medicaid fraud in another state. Karen L. Wurst, 71, was charged with health ...

(NEW YORK) -- A Google employee fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google, according to a federal criminal ...

Ayden, 16, is in stable condition after he was shot while retrieving grocery carts at Cosentino’s Price Chopper in Pleasant Hill on Memorial Day, May 26, 2026. Screenshot GoFundMe A 16-year-old is in ...

Public attitudes toward AI seem to be evolving as quickly as the technology permeates society. That dynamic was on full display on Sunday, when University of Arizona students jeered former Google CEO ...

Federal law enforcement officials are urging the public to be on high alert for a rising imposter scam. In a notice issued by the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, ...

Next week, Meta is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen current and former employees about what it's like inside a company where “everyone is unhappy.” As Meta ...

Police in Southbridge are investigating after a video went viral online showing a local McDonald’s employee stuffing french fries in her mouth before putting them back in a serving box. “We are aware ...

A metro Atlanta Chick-fil-A employee was arrested after an alleged refund scheme, highlighting internal theft risks for large restaurant operations. Authorities say Keyshun Jones, a Chick-fil-A ...

As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off. Credit...Doug Chayka Supported by By ...