A 26-year-old man is awaiting sentencing for buying a handful of guns used in a violent West Philadelphia gang war several years ago, prosecutors said Wednesday. Calvin Gatewood pleaded guilty last ...

Cynthia Denise Melvin, 59, pled guilty to stealing millions from the Department of Education in federal student loan aid.

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys ...

A Kansas woman charged with making a straw purchase of a firearm reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Annelies Ness, 51, Colwich, Kan., pleaded the case down to disorderly conduct Making a straw ...

Stuart on Monday repealed a ban on the commercial use of plastic straws, citing health concerns with alternative straws.

Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

Paper straws sit on shelving in a warehouse at Guy’s E. Paper in Woodstock. The company is owned by 75-year-old Guy Spinelli who put his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw ...

President Trump signed an executive order to phase out paper straws nationwide. Environmental groups argue that plastic straws harm marine life and take hundreds of years to decompose. Some ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to issue an executive order pushing the government back toward plastic straws. Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global ...