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All 21 crew members have been stuck on board the ship since it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge nearly two months ago

Cross-party peers take up cause of ‘inhumane’ sentences highlighted by The Independent – but proposals fall short of resentencing

Firm says any shipments sent to Russia after 2 March were due to ‘contractual obligations’

A private WhatsApp group of high-profile, powerful financiers, business leaders and CEOs received briefings from Israeli officials, and discussed shaping public dialogue around Israel crisis

With an influx of influencers sharing their children’s unique-sounding names on social media, it seems like baby names have become weirder than ever. Meredith Clark asks baby name consultants if names like ‘Onyx’ and ‘Atlas’ are the new norm, or if our TikTok feeds are simply lying to us

The Independent has taken the decision to name the controversial words used in the diversity handbook for clarity and transparency

Exclusive: Figures reveal huge rise in deaths from drugs up to 500 times stronger than morphine – and experts fear true toll is much higher

This comes after The Independent revealed that the Jamaican government is lobbying Britain for curbs to be lifted.

Following shock resignations of Miss USA 2023 and Miss Teen USA earlier this month, accusations of a toxic work environment at the beauty pageants has swirled. Sources close to both women tell Mike Bedigan that not only did concerns fall on deaf ears, they were often actively dismissed