Hello, dear friends and neighbors. As you may have noticed, my column was missing from last week’s print edition of the Daily Independent. Proving, once again, that Ridgecrest is a happening place, ...

Cooking can be a relaxing, meditative act—that is, until your eyes start to sting unbearably. Cutting an onion often leads to an involuntary stream of tears, but a new scientific discovery has ...

New Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran, left, is trying to shake things up at the central bank, but he's a lone wolf for now. The Federal Reserve is a house divided on how aggressively to cut ...

California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter found herself in an uncomfortable spotlight Tuesday after a tense exchange with CBS News reporter Julie Watts spiraled into an on-camera confrontation ...

A Borderlands 4 dataminer has found evidence to suggest that one of the most hated characters from Borderlands 3 was cut and replaced relatively late in development. Borderlands modder and dataminer ...

Direct mail marketing can connect agents with customers through tangible items like letters, flyers and branded gifts to boost engagement and ROI. NEW YORK — Direct mail marketing services are a ...

Flora claimed more than $85,000 in per diem in 2024 and early 2025 despite doubts over his residency. Campaign records show Flora spent heavily on meals, drink, and travel outside his district. Court ...

WASHINGTON, DC (25News Now) - Peoria area manufacturers Caterpillar and Komatsu are losing millions of dollars in business because the federal government is cutting clean energy programs, primarily in ...

Amal’s makeover was the work of celebrity stylist Dimitris Giannetos Mike Marsland/WireImage Amal Clooney is experimenting with a new look for fall, chopping eight inches off her brunette locks and ...

The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize ...

J. B. Nicholas runs a news website called The Free Lance from his home in upstate New York, and, near the end of last year, he started obsessively tracking one story: a man confined at a state prison ...

Actor Luke "Tiger" Fafara, 80, is opening up about his time on the beloved family series, Leave It to Beaver, which ran from 1957 to 1963. In an August 2025 interview on That's Classic, Fafara, who ...