MEMPHIS (AP).- The startling revelation that a revered civil rights photographer also was an FBI informant who tipped investigators about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others has left his children denying he was a snitch and spurred some movement…
Newspaper’s Revelation Rocks Civil Rights Photographer Ernest C. Withers’ Family
MEMPHIS (AP).- The startling revelation that a revered civil rights photographer also was an FBI informant who tipped investigators about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others has left his children denying he was a snitch and spurred some movement…
Hitler’s Car Gift to Nepal King to Get a New Life
By: Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (REUTERS).- A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday. The 1939 Mercedes Benz w…
Hitler’s Car Gift to Nepal King to Get a New Life
By: Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (REUTERS).- A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday. The 1939 Mercedes Benz w…
Columbia University Buys 1st Amendment Crusader’s Papers
NEW YORK (AP).- Columbia University has acquired the papers of publisher and First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset. The New York school announced Monday its Rare Book & Manuscript Library would be home to Rosset’s letters, manuscripts and other docum…
Painting by Egon Schiele Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
Painting by Egon Schiele Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
Painting Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
The Statue of Liberty Evacuated over Faulty Sensor
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- Several hundred people were briefly evacuated from the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday after a faulty sensor detected smoke. The landmark tourist attraction was reopened an hour later. “There was no smoke or heat observed,” said…
"American Splendor" Comic Book Writer Harvey Pekar Dies at 70
CLEVELAND, OHIO (AP).- Harvey Pekar, whose
autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his
unglamorous
life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday,
authorities said. He was 70. The cause o…