The Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately because of safety concerns found during a review prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building, officials said.

The still-unsolved 2012 theft of valuable pieces of furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler from the University of Southern California was only made public — or reported to authorities — recently, after an anonymous letter was sent to the Los Angeles Times.

A new study suggests the practice of building huge stone monuments spread throughout ancient Europe from northwestern France.

In a major setback to plans to build the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side lakefront, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit challenging its location — brought by environmental group Protect Our Parks — can proceed.