It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Robert "Bob" M. Martinez on March 09, 2025. Bob was born on Aug 18, 1941, in Naugatuck, CT, to Tony, Angie Martinez and older brother Anthony.

I have like 90 followers, I didn’t think anyone would give a damn,” says @martinifeeny, the TikToker who kicked off the ...

A Kenyan subcontractor for TikTok, Teleperformance Kenya, has denied allegations that it barred a Nigerian content moderator, Ladi Olubunmi, from traveling home for vacation before her death.

Thalisa is one of a number of people convicted for blasphemy in recent years, most of them for insults to Islam. Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim nation, where 231 million people, at ...

A local court on Wednesday extended the interim bail of social media personality Rajab Butt and others in a case involving alleged death threats to TikToker Umar Butt. The court also directed the ...

Popular TikToker Shakeerah ‘Shakes Warrior’ Ganief, on Wednesday testified that the mother of missing Joshlin Smith had repeatedly told her to stop searching for her daughter. Speaking at the ...

Efecan Kultur, a popular Turkish TikToker and extreme eater, died on Mar. 7. A 24-year-old extreme eater, who gained fame on TikTok, died due to complications from obesity, according to a report.

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 ...

A TikTok video by influencer 'Gora Cal' is doing the rounds across social media platforms. In the video, GoraCal is seen driving his car while enjoying the retro song 'Teri Chunariya' from the ...

When we think of the best strikers of today’s generation, two of the first players that spring to mind are Lautaro Martinez and Harry Kane. Martinez, born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, has been ...

A TikToker, mom and poet named Jordan Simone shared her unique perspective on why it’s really a bad time to have kids right now, and it had nothing to do with existential dread over the world ...

Robert Thorpe is a Newsweek reporter based in Massachusetts. His focus is reporting on personal finance topics, including banking, Social Security, investing and more. Robert joined Newsweek in ...