RICHMOND, Va. — Five years ago, Virginia reported its first COVID-19 death marking the beginning of a pandemic that would claim the lives of 26,000 people in the Commonwealth. Community members ...

Maddie Pitts finished ninth in the country, tying her own No. 3 mark in school history with 4,229 points in the pentathlon. She became an All-American for the first time in her career, earning ...

For over a century, a south London factory has employed former military personnel to make Remembrance Poppies, and as part of VE Day 80, they will have a free open afternoon. The factory is based in ...

There's no national remembrance day for the 1.2 million people who've died from COVID. Five years after the pandemic started, an advocacy group made up of people who lost loved ones to COVID is ...

Former Economy Minister Conor Murphy has hit out at the “double standard” he says he faces when paying tribute to veteran republicans when they die. The Sinn Fein politician, who left Stormont ...

The Royal British Legion has turned to the strong stuff to fire up this year's annual Poppy appeal. For the first time in its 80-year history, the ex-servicemen's charity is marketing its own ...

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 ...

Poppy Atkinson (left), 10, and brother Edward, seven. Credit: Family photo. A 40-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by dangerous driving has been ...

Billy Horschel proved he could tame a trespassing alligator, but when Bay Hill bared its teeth he became the hunted. Arnold Palmer’s demanding course sent golfers running for cover and ...

March 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1836, Mexican forces captured the Alamo in San Antonio, killing the last of 187 defenders who had held out in the fortified Texas mission for 13 days.

The Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year Field Day attracted 350 guests to Dirranbandi on Wednesday, March 5. Neave is a QCL journalist based in Roma. She grew up in Kununurra in the Kimberley region ...

Melbourne’s Greek National Day events were announced today with the popular parade set to march to the Australian Hellenic Memorial in view of the Shrine of Remembrance. The 2025 Greek National ...