The New Orleans Saints have a massive quarterback problem right now. Derek Carr entered retirement earlier in the offseason, and the Saints were left with Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler, and Jake ...

Travis Hunter is something of an enigma for the Cincinnati Bengals to solve. Hunter is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and a two-way-player phenomena for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who visit Paycor ...

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle T.J. Slaton Jr. has a good -- if debatable -- reason for why he has always been pretty big. He was once hit by a car. When he was a year old, he ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns’ heart-wrenching 17-16 loss to Cincinnati in their season opener has ignited serious concerns about rookie kicker Andre Szmyt’s future in Cleveland — and according to ...

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 ...

We are bombarded with the message that higher education faces impending death. This predates Ohio’s Senate Bill 1 and President Donald Trump’s unprecedented 2025 assaults. The groans are repetitive ...

“Puzzles are not a waste of time. Doing puzzles can make us better thinkers, more creative, more incisive, [and] more persistent,” argues journalist and avid puzzler Jacobs (The Know-It-All) in this ...

Leaders in the town of Canton are seeking its next permanent police chief, inviting residents in the Greater Boston suburb to participate in the search process in the interest of transparency. An ...

The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently said it has two potential plans to replace the “Mixmaster” interchange in Waterbury, an area that has been a source of frustration for decades due ...

Former Michigan quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings youngster J.J. McCarthy will make his first start in the NFL on Monday night against the Chicago Bears. McCarthy will be thrown right into the ...

An Ocean County man admitted to traveling to Europe to have a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Jacob Bauer, 29, of Toms River, pleaded guilty in ...

After two months of contentious negotiations, Gov. Phil Murphy and public labor union leaders have agreed to scrap a plan that would have required public workers in New Jersey to pay much more for ...