The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced a temporary lane shift on a section of Boston Road (Route 3A) extending from south of Danforth Village to north of Simmons Lane. The lane shift ...

Herman Melville will stand in a swirl of waves and whale ribs in a new statue to be placed outside the Seaman’s Bethel in New ...

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the novel “How to Build a Boat” written by Elaine Feeney has been released in the ...

Sublime paintings from Siena, the birth of Impressionism and more dazzling exhibitions in New York and Washington, D.C., to catch before they’re gone.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, was shot at around 10pm Saturday after he pulled a handgun on two Kannapolis Police officers and failed to ...

Are you ready to amp up the excitement for NFL Wildcard Weekend? Imagine combining the thrill of playoff football with the ...

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release. One of the officers recognized the ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

A Librarian’s Legacy" tells the story of a remarkable individual and her relationship with a remarkable institution.

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. Tom Lamont’s debut novel, “Going Home,” considers the joys and ...

Today will be a dry, bright day with little in the way of cloud and plenty of wintry sunshine. Another mild and breezy day. Tonight Tonight will remain largely clear and breezy, with only the odd ...

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...