This year’s best and most-read stories range from investigative pieces to unforgettable personal narratives. These are the stories our readers loved the most in 2025.

Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. "The architects of AI" are the latest recipients ...

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 ...

This year artificial intelligence stopped being all about the future and roared into the present. Time announced exclusively on TODAY Dec. 11 that it has recognized AI’s seismic impact by naming the ...

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Matthew Dowd complained to Katie Couric during a podcast interview on Friday that so many more people seem to care about ABC's "cancellation" of Jimmy Kimmel than about Dowd being fired by MSNBC. In ...

Ethel Caterham was born Aug. 21, 1909. The world's oldest living person is celebrating turning 116 on Thursday. Ethel Caterham, who was born Aug. 21, 1909, was recognized in April by Guinness World ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Microsoft Corp. appears poised to launch a major project in North Carolina. The Redmond, Washington-based technology giant on Thursday plunked down approximately $26.85 million for about 1,385 acres ...

A hate symbol was painted on a Trump sign in Cohasset, Massachusetts, police said. Screengrab via NBC Boston A man accused of vandalizing a large Trump sign with a hate symbol had black spray paint on ...

Vector-borne diseases cause roughly 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. Vectors can carry different types of pathogens, including viruses and bacteria. Tropical and subtropical regions report large ...