Kristin Risher, principal of Paul Knox Middle School, was named principal of Strom Thurmond High School for the 2025-2026 school year by the Edgefield County Board of Education on March 11.

The 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s famous March 15, 1965, voting rights speech is an important reminder of the power of moral suasion when applied in support of basic democratic ...

In 2019, Johnson & Johnson, hoping to compete in the growing surgical robotics field, signed a multibillion-dollar contract with a small biotech company called ChemImage. Based in Pittsburgh ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jessica Thurmond's dream started in a bathroom stall. But now, it is out of hiding and into the light. Thanks to viral videos on social media, the North Lawndale College Prep ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is sponsoring legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 502, ...

Healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday kicked off a bankruptcy-court trial on its third attempt to resolve one of the largest-ever mass tort lawsuits through a chapter 11 case.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that 83 schools have been designated as a ...

The Thurmond Amendment denies Fair Housing protections ... co-sponsored by Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson. Opinion: Doctors battle misinformation. RFK Jr. is wrong — and measles may only be ...

LYNDON, Vt. (WCAX) - A Northeast Kingdom town is coming up short on road salt. The town of Lyndon posted on its Facebook page that they were unable to get more salt for the roads. In that post ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson formally unveiled plans on Saturday for a government funding stopgap through September 30 — a measure intended to stave off a potential March 14 shutdown and buy time ...

President Trump is tapping Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency in his first term over long-ago drug offenses, to be his "pardon czar." "You've been an inspiration to ...

Bryan Johnson wants to live forever. And for just $349 per ticket and your Saturday afternoon, he promises to share the secrets of his age-defying body with us ordinary folk. The Silicon Valley ...