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…
Historic items from JFK assassination on display
By DAN SEWELL Lonna McKinley, of the National Museum of the US Air Force, looks through the log for President John F. Kennedy’s Air Force One, rear, Friday, Nov. 8,…
PROSECUTORS: WOMAN HAD SODA CAN WITH GREEN PAINT
By ERIC TUCKER William Adair of Gold Leaf Studios remove green paint from the organ in the Washington National Cathedral’s historic Bethlehem Chapel, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Washington. Officials…