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A pit of amputated limbs and two nearly complete skeletons that date back to the Civil War were discovered at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History have been analyzing the bones to learn more about them and to whom they may have belonged.

Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Work Of Combat Surgeons

Scientists have been analyzing bones first uncovered by a utility crew digging at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. The remains provide insights into surgery during the Civil War.

The Fight Over Teacher Salaries: A Look At The Numbers

Teachers in many states are angry after years of stagnant wages. Here's a state-by-state look at what they really make.

"Everything that we're doing is really pointing to the future of the Supreme Court," said the vice president of strategy at Americans for Prosperity. The U.S. Supreme Court building is shown in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2017.

Conservatives Mobilize Grass-Roots Activists To Promote Trump Judges

A conservative group funded by Charles and David Koch wants to mobilize activists across 36 states to play a bigger role in confirming President Trump's judge nominees to lifetime appointments.

Storage bunkers containing spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, February 2018.

Edison Names Panel Of San Onofre Nuclear Waste Advisors

Southern California Edison has engaged a panel of experts to advise the company on how to move nuclear waste off the storage site near the beach at San Onofre.

Election officials in Newport News, Va., examine ballots during a recount for a House of Delegates race on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.

A Single Vote Has Flipped Control Of Virginia's House Of Delegates

That one vote means that Republicans will have to share control of the state's lower house with Democrats for the first time in 17 years. Democrats say they'll use the victory to expand Medicaid.

Yvette and Scott, both recovering heroin users, now take methadone daily from a clinic in the Southend of Boston.

After An Overdose, Patients Aren't Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One

An overdose is a wake-up call for many people with addiction. So why aren't patients being offered medications that could keep them from looking for the next dangerous hit of drugs?

Factory Explosion Rocks Illinois Town, Killing At Least 1 Person

Two people are still missing and presumed dead after the blast, which occurred Friday night at a silicon manufacturing plant north of Chicago, officials say.

The office of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller says 13 Russians and three Russian entities took part in a broad information war against the United States.

Grand Jury Indicts Russians Linked To Interference In 2016 Election

Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's office says 13 Russians and three Russian entities took part in a broad information war against the United States.

A child eats at a shelter in Brownsville, Texas, in an undated photo obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services by Reuters. The government says it separated nearly 2,000 children from adults at the U.S. southern border over the course of six recent weeks.

'We Do Not Have A Policy' Of Separating Families, DHS Head Says, Contradicting Policy

Adding his voice to the controversy, President Trump says the U.S. "will not be a migrant camp." Former first lady Laura Bush said the administration's zero-tolerance policy "breaks my heart."

A Journalist Seeks Out Her Roots, But Finds Few Answers In The Soil

Alex Wagner says the birth of her son made her want to learn more about her heritage. "I wanted to tell my son a story that was true," she says. Wagner chronicles her journey in Futureface.

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