Harvard University hired a drag performer as a new professor — who is expected to teach a class on TV show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in the spring semester, the Ivy League school announced over the summer.

Harvard University announced the hiring of a new visiting gender and sexuality professor who happens to be a drag queen and goes by the name of "LaWhore Vagistan." In a recent press release, Harvard ...

Apple Inc.’s iPhone launch earlier this month featured a critical mistake, according to an analyst — and shareholders will pay the price. At $799, Apple’s AAPL iPhone 17 base model is the same price ...

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man is in custody for throwing pieces of asphalt from an overpass onto cars traveling on Interstate 44. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s probable ...

For the first time since 2019, drag racers will peel out and compete along Garfield Avenue. The Duluth Drag Races are back on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27 and 28. Races start at 10 a.m. and end at ...

One performance night before a sparse crowd entered the bar, Will Lattman spent more than an hour perfecting his makeup. His eyes, flittering with fake eyelashes, took the longest. His transition from ...

Bot networks are now a brand problem, too. Coordinated webs of fake social-media personas have historically been the domain of fraudsters and state-based actors, such as the infamous Russian troll ...

The next big expansion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game has been steadily gearing up. Phantasmal Flames lands on 14 November 2025, and collectors are already scrambling to secure their favourite ...

After being gone for over 5 years, September 27 marked the return of legal, sanctioned drag racing to the streets of Duluth. Put on hold during the Twin Ports Interchange Project, the race is the ...

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 ...

Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney Taylor Hardwick is employed under funding by the Australian Research Council (FF220100076; ...