Andrea Margolis

Authorities said a Van's RV-7A crashed near Petaluma Municipal Airport in Northern California, killing two people and sparking a fire that engulfed the aircraft.

A 25-ton mikveh from the Second Temple period was extracted intact from Kiryat Gat, revealing a previously unknown Jewish settlement near Jerusalem. Author Dinesh D'Souza weighed in.

Navy reservist Jack Pearadin recently revealed how he spotted the rare yellow diamond glowing from a gravel pile during an icy Arkansas gem hunt trip.

The U.S. State Department urges Americans to rethink travel to the popular island destination Djerba as the three-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack arrives.

A study by professor and author Maamoun Abdulkarim reveals how archaeologists rescued 30,000 priceless artifacts from a Syria museum before ISIS captured the city.

Police divers in Sardinia stumbled upon intact Roman artifacts on the seabed during a routine underwater safety operation off Porto Rotondo's coast.

TSA officers at New York's Watertown International Airport found a spent M18 smoke grenade inside a traveler's carry-on bag, and the traveler had a strange excuse.

The U.S. Embassy flagged drone attacks near the Colombia-Venezuela border, urging Americans to avoid Norte de Santander due to kidnapping and conflict.

In new developments, Noah's Ark researchers drilled over 60 feet into Turkey's Durupınar site and say they found no solid rock beneath the boat-shaped formation.

Transport safety officials revealed staffing levels and fatigue at Sydney Airport's control tower as key areas of inquiry after recent runway incursions in three months.

Wild video captured a bizarre scene as water poured down from the ceiling of Emirates flight EK123 from Dubai to Istanbul. Passengers attempted to shield themselves.

The York Gospels, a 1,000-year-old manuscript, revealed ancient sheeppox virus DNA preserved in its parchment pages, stunning researchers worldwide.

Orlando International Airport police and K-9s intercepted over 200 pounds of marijuana allegedly smuggled on commercial flights from Los Angeles. A security expert shares context.

A University College Dublin professor found that up to 80% of the medieval Roebuck Castle is still intact beneath Victorian plaster on the modern campus.

Skydive Milwaukee jumpers spotted a single-engine plane vanish behind trees near East Troy, then leaped from their own aircraft to reach victims and try to help.

Archaeologists at Mieza in ancient Macedonia uncovered lecture rooms and mosaic floors within Royal Gymnasium complex long tied to Aristotle and Alexander the Great.

Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas' Costa Maya cruise stop was suddenly canceled after maintenance delays in Miami. Some passengers were disappointed as others applauded.

Four passengers were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a Boston-bound Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency diversion to Porto, Portugal.

Ancient pottery dating back 1,000 years was unearthed 20 feet beneath Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue during routine roadwork on the city's main boulevard.

Divers captured the first known images of Shipden, a medieval village lost to the North Sea for some 700 years. The pictures reveal massive flint structures.

A fragment of Homer's "Odyssey" Book 12 sat unnoticed for decades in Utrecht University's archives until a Radboud University professor recognized it.

A checked bag alarm triggered by an Xbox at LaGuardia Airport in New York City led TSA officers to discover a plastic bag full of fraudulent IDs with matching photos.

A metal detectorist in Finland uncovered an enormous Viking Age silver hoard of over 4,000 coins near Sysmä, more than doubling the country's previous record find.

A Hawker Hunter pilot ejected into the Pacific Ocean after reporting engine failure off California's Central Coast, triggering a dramatic rescue near Morro Bay.

New DNA evidence from Richard Kurin's book "History by a Hair" reportedly confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings at Monticello. A historian shared insights.

A Wehrmacht motorcycle and the remains of two German soldiers have emerged from the Danube River in Budapest more than 80 years after World War II ended.

The Roman Empire's vast road network favored Constantinople as a key overland travel hub, a study says, yet experts argue Rome remained the true center of power.

A Houthi ballistic missile targeting Riyadh over the weekend prompted the State Department to renew warnings to Americans of potential flight cancellations and airspace closures in key areas.

A homeowner's kitchen renovation turned into a spooky police investigation after a builder unearthed Anglo-Saxon human bones roughly 1,000 years old.

A homeowner digging for a new patio unearthed Denmark's largest known Viking Age silver hoard, containing around 700 objects buried in a clay vessel.