In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where thousands of men and women trained to serve in World War II.

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Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. While it may seem an ...

The Sony Spidey-verse may be dead (for now), but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is poised for a rebound. Building off of the excitement of Deadpool & Wolverine and X-Men ’97 in 2024, Marvel hopes ...

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Some eight years since the Nintendo Switch was released, we have finally got an official look at the Nintendo Switch 2. In a rather brief trailer, Nintendo showed off its next-generation gaming ...

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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 ...

Just days before US president Joe Biden was set to leave office, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal after 15 months of war in Gaza. The Israeli cabinet approved the deal in the early hours ...

Metal Gear Solid features some of gaming's most compelling villains ever. They can be intimidating, cunning, and terrifying and these are the best. Updated on January 30, 2025, by David Heath: The ...

It’s fairly safe to say Ridley Scott loves a delayed follow-up to his own original movies. First there was Bladerunner 2049 (great), then Prometheus (so good, if divisive). Now, we're getting a ...