By way of a story, of course. Happy 2026 to you and yours. Stress eating an entire bag of harvest cheddar Sun chips and ...

While the festive and new year buzz may be winding down, the January sales are just getting started. And as The Independent’s ...

For the past few months, I've watched Frontier Fiber crews mark utility lines, bury conduit, and install utility pedestal boxes throughout my neighborhood. The promise of symmetrical speeds up to ...

These mechanical symphonies of rotary phones, dial-up modems, and typewriter keys aren't just nostalgic noise—they're the DNA ...

I'm a parent and teach writing. Watching my kids adopt new slang gives me a window into how expressions go viral, burn out, ...

Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

Social media and mobile phones are major disruptors of face-to-face conversations. Recent research has conclusively ...

Alexis Munoz — a 13-year-old with wavy hair and a smile threaded with braces — ambled away from the scene and up to a busy ...

Dear Annie: Lately, I feel like I am running everyone’s life but my own. I work full time, I have two school-aged kids, and my husband is a good man but seems to think the house, the calendar, the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For kids in their final years of high school, the pressure starts to build about what they plan to do following graduation. Some have no idea what they will do. Orlando Health ...

Small steps to protect student learning time can have big payoffs.