The Independent - News
German company aims for rocket launch every month from Shetland Islands
Rocket Factory Augsburg is one of several firms planning to use launch pads at SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst.
The Independent - News
Mahomes, Kelce are headed to the Super Bowl after Chiefs shut down Ravens 17-10
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were at their magnificent best in the first half, and Kansas City’s defense delivered another masterpiece against Lamar Jackson and Baltimore, helping the Chiefs reach the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years with a 17-10 victory in the AFC championship game
The Independent - News
A woman stuck for 15 hours on a ski gondola screamed for help until she lost her voice
She was reported missing after snowboarding in Lake Tahoe. Turns out, she had spent 15 hours trapped inside a ski lift gondola overnight – and no one heard her cries for help
The Independent - News
Republicans releases articles of impeachment against Biden Homeland Security secretary Mayorkas
House Republicans target Biden DHS official even as Senate Republicans work with him on border security deal
The Independent - News
Kenneth Smith’s nitrogen execution was ‘textbook’ and will be used again, Alabama AG says: updates
Attorney General Steve Marshall said that after Thursday night, ‘nitrogen hypoxia as a means of execution is no longer an untested method. It is a proven one’
The Independent - News
Meet the skier swapping Les Trois Vallées for Welsh valleys in hunt for perfect powder
Off-piste? There is no piste in Pembrokeshire for Chris Morris and his crew of Welsh skiiers
The Independent - News
Taylor Swift gets an early reason to celebrate at AFC title game as Travis Kelce makes a TD catch
Taylor Swift celebrated Travis Kelce's latest touchdown catch in the playoffs early in the AFC championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens
The Independent - News
Ex-NHLer Alex Formenton has been charged by police in Canada and turned himself in, his lawyer says
Former NHL player Alex Formenton has turned himself in to police in connection with an investigation into an alleged sexual assault by several members of Canada's 2018 world junior team
The Independent - News
Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham could face Premier League Newcastle in FA Cup
Ryan Reynolds could get a taste of big time soccer after Wrexham was drawn to potentially play Premier League Newcastle in the FA Cup
The Independent - News
Israel's president says the UN world court misrepresented his comments in its genocide ruling
Israel’s president has accused the U.N. world court of misquoting him in a ruling that ordered Israel to take steps to protect Palestinians and prevent a genocide in the Gaza Strip
The Independent - News
Court stormings come in waves after Caitlin Clark incident. Expert says stiffer penalties are needed
Fans storming the court after big wins in college basketball and the safety risks associated with that have received more scrutiny in the week since Iowa star Caitlin Clark collided with an Ohio State fan after the Buckeyes’ upset of the Hawkeyes in Columbus
The Independent - News
AOC and Pelosi clash over ‘genocide Joe’ label flung at Biden by Gaza protesters
Divide over treatment of Gazans deepens in Biden’s party as he seeks re-election
The Independent - News
Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham could face Premier League Newcastle in FA Cup
Ryan Reynolds could get a taste of big time soccer after Wrexham was drawn to potentially play Premier League Newcastle in the FA Cup
The Independent - Culture
Meet the 2024 Dancing on Ice contestants as Holly Willoughby returns to host ITV series
Willoughby is set to return as the show’s host, alongside ‘Deal or No Deal’ presenter Stephen Mulhern
The Independent - News
Revealed: The sex abuse scandal that shames our NHS
A major investigation by The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas and Sky News’s Rob Mulhern has revealed the horrific scale of sexual abuse and assault within the UK’s psychiatric system
The Independent - News
Oklahoma trooper violently thrown to the ground as vehicle on interstate hits one he'd pulled over
An Oklahoma trooper who was thrown to the ground when a vehicle he’d pulled over for a traffic stop was hit by another vehicle says he feels lucky that he was able to walk away
The Independent - News
Biden vows to ‘respond’ after drone attack kills three US troops in Jordan
President Joe Biden has vowed to respond to the attack which left three US troops dead in Jordan, as well as 25 injured in an unmanned drone strike.
The Independent - Europe
Ukraine would win war quicker if it could use British missiles to strike Russia, says Kyiv’s naval chief
Ukraine’s top naval commander says they must be allowed to use Western missiles to hit military targets in mainland Russia
The Independent - News
Disposable vapes to be banned in Britain to protect children’s health
The number of children vaping has tripled in the last three years
The Independent - Culture
Trigger Point season two review: Twisty Vicky McClure thriller is back with a boom
Nail-biting ITV drama makes no attempt to reinvent itself. But it doesn’t have to, it sticks to what it does best – lots of bombs and unbearable tension
The Independent - News
Ukraine would win war quicker if it could use British missiles to strike Russia, says Kyiv’s naval chief
Ukraine’s top naval commander says they must be allowed to use Western missiles to hit military targets in mainland Russia
The Independent - News
Travis Kelce scored a touchdown and yes the cameras immediately cut to Taylor Swift
The winner of Sunday’s game in Baltimore will advance to the Super Bowl on 11 February
The Independent - News
Terrifying video shows moment Maryland boy was attacked by a shark at Bahamas resort
The attack comes as the US embassy in the Bahamas issued a warning against traveling to the island nation after 18 people were murdered in this year so far
The Independent - News
Taylor Swift gets an early reason to celebrate at AFC title game as Travis Kelce makes a TD catch
Taylor Swift celebrated Travis Kelce's latest touchdown catch in the playoffs early in the AFC championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens
The Independent - News
Statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from Kansas park
‘Our community is devastated,’ Wichita police say
The Independent - News
See the moment climate activists throw soup at the 'Mona Lisa' in Paris
Two climate activists have hurled soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system
The Independent - News
Labour MP Kate Osamor has whip suspended over Holocaust memorial post referring to Gaza
A Labour MP has been suspended over a Holocaust Memorial Day post suggesting the Israeli action in Gaza is genocide.
The Independent - News
Bullfighting set to return to Mexico City amid legal battle between fans and animal rights defenders
Bullfights are set to return to Mexico City after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with human rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a half
The Independent - News
‘There was this constant fear: My sexual abuse hell on a NHS mental health ward’
In a joint investigation, The Independent and Sky News have uncovered hundreds of rape and sexual assault allegations by female mental health patients since 2019
The Independent - News
USA Hockey will mandate neck laceration protection for players under 18 effective Aug. 1
USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the age of 18