Subjected to—but not enslaved by—Sparta, the mountain-dwelling Skiritai are depicted on this sixth-century B.C. vase as archers. They fought alongside the hoplites as elite mercenaries.

A North Carolina man was ordered to pay a $9,500 fine for allegedly killing a bald eagle, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. A Charlotte-based federal judge ordered 91-year-old Robert ...