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The public is invited to weigh in on the exploration of a possible new Covington City Hall.A 16-member task force has been meeting with a consultant once…

At a hospice in Nashville, volunteers sing hymns and lullabies to the dying. They're part of a national organization that uses music to soothe life's final passage.

Goldwax, a label which issued some of the greatest soul records ever made in Memphis, is almost completely unknown. Given the quality of what it released, it had very few hits, but its legend has lived on. Ed Ward reports on the label's impressive run from 1963 to '70.

An Indiana medical employer internally announced that it will free all current and future doctors from non-compete agreements. This step goes well beyond the new partial non-compete ban in state law, which hasn't taken effect yet.

A natural compound kills germs that have become resistant to antibiotics, researchers say. If it works in humans, it could help combat diseases like tuberculosis.

The murder trial is underway for Theodore Wafer, the Detroit homeowner who shot Renisha McBride, an unarmed black teen, on his porch. Wafer claims self-defense; prosecutors say there was no threat.

At George's Family Restaurant, just outside of Pittsburgh in Aliquippa, Pa., voters who will help decide the April 22 primary are abuzz over Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia.

More than a dozen wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. San Diego County is still getting hit the hardest. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been forced to flee the flames, and at least 700 homes have been destroyed.

Sometimes, when walking Brooklyn's streets, it doesn't feel as if its literary past is haunting. Rather, its literary soul is still alive and pulsating. Brooklyn is a world unto itself and a writer's enclave. Journalist and critic Evan Hughes has written a literary biography of the leafy borough.

Though Colorado is often held up as the model of a healthy lifestyle, the state isn't immune to the obesity crisis. One in four children is either overweight or obese. "This is a major problem," says one state health official. "We are far from setting the model of where we want to be."