New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call home…
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World-class Mexican Museum being built in San Francisco
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ San Francisco is getting another cultural treasure — a world-class museum to showcase the largest collection of Mexican and Latino art in the nation. A dedication…
Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate
By DANIEL ESTRIN At first glance, the ancient Babylonian tablets on exhibit for the first time at a Jerusalem museum look like nothing more than pockmarked lumps of clay. But…
BILL NYE: BIBLE DOESN’T TELL EARTH’S TRUE HISTORY
By DYLAN LOVAN TV’s “Science Guy” Bill Nye stand speaks during a debate on evolution with Creation Museum head Ken Ham, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at the Petersburg, Ky. museum.…
JEWISH GROUP DEMANDS RETURN OF ALL NAZI-LOOTED ART
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER The president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder anwers to questions during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 30,…
MLK DISCUSSES KENNEDY IN REDISCOVERED 1960 TAPE
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II FILE – In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, President Kennedy stands with a group of leaders of the March on Washington at the White…
FAWCETT PORTRAIT WORTH $12M, EXPERT TELLS JURY
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY This photo released by courtesy of the Blanton Museum of Art shows Andy Warhol’s painting of “Farrah Fawcett,” 1980. The painting was bequeathed by Fawcett to the…
NORMAN ROCKWELL MASTERPIECES AT NYC AUCTION
By ULA ILNYTZKY This undated photo provided by Sotheby’s shows the popular Norman Rockwell masterpiece “Saying Grace,” which is heading for the auction block. It is among seven works by…