(RNS) — An image helped me see. Fuzzy, tiny, black and white, the picture flickered across the screen of an old television, atop a cart set at the front of the church sanctuary where I was sitting.

If asked to put a dollar amount on a loved one’s life, it’s priceless. Up until last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated a monetary value of $11 to $13 million to human life in ...

Ohio began enforcement of its distracted-driving law in October 2023. It didn’t take long for the measure to have a significant impact in the Buckeye State. By October 2024, a report by the Columbus ...

What is the value of a human life? How can one describe its value or calculate it? The question haunts me as I view the massive slaughter of over 42,000 human beings in Gaza. I wonder — how can a ...

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 ...