Michael Ruane

Better than corn cobs or rope ends, the “roll” of toilet paper takes center stage in virus drama. Evolved over centuries, TP gradually became perforated and “splinter free.”

Century-old treasures have been revealed as the world of 1915 emerges from sealed metal box found inside a cornerstone.

A newly discovered 150-year-old map of the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam shows thousands of graves of Union and Confederate soldiers killed near Sharpsburg, Md., in 1862.

Shanthi was euthanized three months after Ambika.

Lincoln’s mail included advice, warnings, pleas, and death sentences. Thousands of the transcriptions are now on line, as Library of Congress concludes its massive “Letters to Lincoln” project.

The cub weighs 3.6 pounds and is in good health, zoo officials said.

The National Woman’s Party said it is donating a large collection of artifacts, many from the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in D.C., to the federal government.

The trio will stay until December 2023 but then must say goodbye.

Father Emil Kapaun received the Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery and compassion. He is a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.

The union representing zoo officers says there are too few for safety.