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Pirate Bay co-founder Carl Lindstrom has died in a place crash at the age of 64. The controversial Swedish businessman was killed when the small plane he was flying crashed in Slovenia, according ...

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 ...

Get ready to set sail on the open seas. This list will cover the best-anticipated pirate games coming our way in 2025. When it comes to pirate titles, the feeling that many want to invoke is that ...

For the second day in a row, flags around Iowa will remain at half-staff. All flags at the State Capitol Building as well as flags on public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the staff ...

Gov. Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts today, March 7 to honor United States Navy Ensign Oliver Cole of Beverly. A graduate of the ...

How does one go about purging a federal department of all references to diversity, equity, and inclusion? At the Department of Defense, it seems that the tactic is to simply input icky woke words ...

A bill that would ban pride flags from Utah schools and on government property throughout the state has passed both chambers of the Utah Legislature and now awaits approval or veto by the governor.

Apple has replaced the flag used by the ousted regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with the Syrian independence flag associated with the 2011 revolution and used by the current Syrian interim ...