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More than 300,000 African and African-American slaves were sold in Shockoe Bottom. Today, residents and city officials are debating how to preserve the area: Memorial or stadium and museum?

Wichita Falls may soon be one of the first cities in the nation where half the drinking water comes directly from wastewater. It will save water, but some residents find the process tough to swallow.

The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin.

Those people who have contracted the H7N9 virus have become very sick. And unlike the older bird flu virus, this one shows some adaptation to mammals, making it a matter of concern. But it doesn't make chickens sick, posing unique difficulties in fighting this kind of flu.

The Friends of the Homeless will need to find a new location for its homeless shelter after its proposal was rejected by the New Philadelphia City Council Zoning and Annexation Committee.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record at the Berlin Marathon. He hugged his trainer, posed for photos and waved his country's flag before the next runner crossed the finish line.

Jim Metzner has traveled far and wide to record sounds of the world and share them with listeners. The Library of Congress will preserve thousands of tapes and other items dating back to the 1970s.

Bald eagles have soared back from the brink. Grizzly bear numbers are rebounding. But thousands of less charismatic species are competing for scarce conservation resources in the United States.

After delays, Rupert Murdoch will be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which also alleges that Fox News destroyed messages from star Sean Hannity and others.

Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says.