SINGAPORE (REUTERS).- Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands will open the world’s first ArtScience museum in February, the latest attraction at its $5.5 billion gambling complex built by U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands. With a form reminiscent of a lotus flow…
Human Bones Dating to 1800s Found in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- Human remains dating back to the mid-1800s have been discovered near a historic building in San Francisco’s Fort Mason area. U.S. Park Service officials say the bones appear to be from several different people and were just a cou…
Storm Knocks Down Monumental Tree that Cheered Anne Frank
AMSTERDAM (AP).- The monumental chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis was toppled by wind and heavy rain on Monday. The once mighty tree, now diseased and rotted through the trunk, snapped about 3 feet (1 meter) …
Decision Looms for Billionaire’s Los Angeles Museum Plan
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Officials are set to vote on a plan to let billionaire Eli Broad build a museum for his contemporary art collection in downtown Los Angeles. The Grand Avenue Committee of state and local officials will decide Monday whether to lease …
Decision Looms for Billionaire’s LA Museum Plan
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Officials are set to vote on a plan to let billionaire Eli Broad build a museum for his contemporary art collection in downtown Los Angeles. The Grand Avenue Committee of state and local officials will decide Monday whether to lease …
Jazz Scene Photographer Herman Leonard Dies at 87 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. L…
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…
Prison Term for Monet Painting Thief in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- A court spokeswoman in western Poland says a man convicted in the theft of a Claude Monet painting valued at $7 million (euro 5.7 million) has been handed a three-year prison term. Agnieszka Weichert-Urban said that the regional court in …