JACKSON, MI — The city of Jackson will consider expanding down payment assistance for its 100 Homes program in hopes of helping more residents become homeowners. In 2023, Jackson allocated $4.5 ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a $100 million federal investment Monday aimed at reducing homelessness, combating opioid addiction and improving public safety ...

The H-2A foreign worker program saw another year of growth in 2025, with the number of certified positions increasing by 13,300 workers to 398,258, a nearly 3.5% rise from the year before, 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 ...

Revelations about apparent subterfuge in planning for a new Interstate 5 Bridge should draw sharp scrutiny from taxpayers. The shocking part is not necessarily a new price tag for construction, but ...

What was once considered one of the most violent cities in the country is now seeing a resurgence. Police said last year, Camden saw its lowest number of homicides in 40 years, and the city is ...

Participants in the group mentoring program of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, along with an adult volunteer mentor, work on creating a structure out of dried spaghetti and marshmallows ...

Cass Technical High School's harp program is the longest-running public-school harp program in the nation. Founded in 1925, the program has a legacy of teachers mentoring their students to eventually ...

Santa Claus is coming to town tomorrow night — and so is a chance to win one of the biggest Powerball jackpots in US history after the pot jumped to $1.7 billion after no winning numbers were drawn ...

The signup for the latest random draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway, and Boston-area soccer fans can see how much ticket prices might be for a chance to attend the iconic tournament. FIFA’s ...

According to Andrej Karpathy on Twitter, the Python random.seed() function produces identical random number generator (RNG) streams when seeded with positive and negative integers of the same ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...