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French cartoonist Luz, seen here in January, says he will leave the satirical magazine <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> this fall.

Longtime 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoonist Announces He's Quitting

"I will no longer be Charlie Hebdo, but I will always be Charlie," says Renald Luzier, the cartoonist known as Luz.

The Repast Is Not Even Past: Old LA Menus

By culling through the culinary offerings of thousands of old menus in the Los Angeles Public Library's collection, we can learn a lot about a city and its history.

Surveillance camera images issued by the Metropolitan Police show thieves entering and leaving the scene of the burglary of the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company. Police arrested seven suspects Tuesday.

British Police Arrest 9 Over Audacious Easter Jewelry Heist

"A number of large bags containing significant amounts of high value property have been recovered from one address," Scotland Yard says.

Motorcyles sit in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant, the scene of a deadly biker gang shootout in Waco, Texas.

Biker Shootout Update: 7 Remain In Hospital; Uninvited Gang Had Come To Meeting

Giving an update on Sunday's violence, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton dismisses media reports that law enforcement officers had killed four bikers.

Andrew Birley (standing in center front), director of excavations, works among volunteer archaeologists at Vindolanda in northern England. For close to a century, the Birley family has led excavations at the 2,000-year-old Roman site.

An English 'Family Business,' Dedicated To A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Fort

Andrew Birley first visited Vindolanda, a Roman fort near the Scottish border, when he was still in his mother's womb. Now, he's the latest Birley to lead excavations at the site rich in artifacts.

Nat Bradford holds a Bradford watermelon, known for its sweet, fragrant red flesh. The melon was created by Bradford's forefathers around 1840 and was once one of the most important and coveted melons of the South.

Saving The Sweetest Watermelon The South Has Ever Known

The Bradford boasted sweet flesh so coveted, 19th-century growers turned to guns and poison to thwart thieves. The melon all but vanished by the 1920s. Now a descendant of its creator is reviving it.

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