Powerball’s current $1.7 billion jackpot is the longest a mega-prize has gone without being claimed — but experts say there’s a 50-50 chance someone will buy a winning ticket from here on out. The ...

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 ...

Record number of small boat crossings to UK in first half of 2025 The UK recorded its longest period without small boat migrant arrivals across the Channel in seven years, lasting 28 days until 12 ...

The UK has recorded the longest period without migrants arriving on small boats crossing the Channel for seven years, official figures now show. The most recent date on which people reached the ...

Migrant arrivals in small boats have resumed after 28 days without crossings. Home Office figures showed a stretch between 14 November and yesterday (12 December) without arrivals, making it the ...

Enterprise Java platform Azul Systems Inc. today announced the acquisition of Payara Services Ltd., a global enterprise-grade provider of Java applications and microservices, to expand the company’s ...

New York City went 12 days -- Nov. 25 to Dec. 7 -- without a homicide. New York City has tied its record for the longest stretch without a homicide in recorded history. The city went 12 calendar days ...

The Big Apple just went 12 days without a single reported homicide — matching a historical record set nearly a decade ago, the NYPD said Monday. The zero-homicide stretch ended Sunday night when a ...

Michelle Yeoh returns as the evil Madame Morrible in 'Wicked: For Good,' out now The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/Youtube Michelle Yeoh has inadvertently made herself into a meme while promoting ...

The past eight decades have been the longest period without a war between great powers since the Roman Empire. This anomalous era of extended peace came after two catastrophic wars, each of which was ...