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Eight-month-old baby airlifted to hospital after dog attack

A woman, 76, and a man, 18, have been arrested in connection with the attack near Folkestone.

BBC News - 18m

Let me come home, says teenager held in Dubai after holiday romance

Marcus Fakana was sentenced to one year in prison over a sexual relationship with a British girl.

BBC News - 26m

Poland's most famous beer has a new museum

Yahoo News - 31m

NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums. Here are some highlights

New York can be a magical place for museumgoers but it can also be overwhelming and overcrowded at times, especially at the biggest, most famous museums

ABC News - 15h

Museum Gift Shops Elevate Their Watch Lines

Recent designs include a collaboration with an award-winning architect and an elaborate pocket watch.

The New York Times - 2d

Fatal accident inquiry to be held into rail derailment that killed three people

A hearing will take place at Aberdeen Sheriff Court in January.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s Funeral Held Privately in Minnesota

Brian Thompson was remembered in his Minnesota hometown as a devoted father to his two sons.

The New York Times - 1d

House Ethics chair: Panel held final meeting this week, signaling end of Gaetz talks

Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), the chair of the House Ethics Committee, told The Hill on Tuesday that the panel met this week and does not have any more gatherings scheduled for the 118th Congress, ...

The Hill - 1d

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Luigi Mangione held without bail on gun, forgery charges

Luigi Mangione was arrested on a gun charge after police found him with a pistol consistent with the one used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

CNBC - 1d

Met Museum Unveils Design for New Modern Wing

The architect Frida Escobedo has drawn on her Mexican heritage in reimagining the galleries for Modern and contemporary art.

The New York Times - 1d

What to know about Austin Tice, journalist held in Syria

The U.S. said it is trying to identify Tice's whereabouts after the toppling of the Assad regime.

CBS News - 2d

Man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO is ordered held without bail after brief court appearance in Pennsylvania

ABC News - 2d

South Korea's democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

A short-lived martial law decree by South Korea's leader last week raised worries about budding authoritarianism around the world

ABC News - 2d

10 artworks that stole the show at L.A. museums in 2024

'Adam and Eve,' Ed Ruscha, Mickalene Thomas, Judithe Hernández and Olafur Eliasson lead our art critic's list of standout art in 2024.

Los Angeles Times - 3d

‘We’re devastated’: anger as Madrid backtracks on museum plan for site of Robert Capa’s famous civil war photo

Residential building attacked by Franco’s aircraft in 1936 may not become memorial, rightwing council suggests. Campaigners are urging Madrid city council not to abandon plans to create a museum ...

The Guardian - 4d

Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' and stolen from museum sell at auction for $28 million

ABC News - 4d

Museum exhibit focuses on largest crypto seizure in U.S. history

President-elect Donald Trump is calling himself the "crypto president," even tapping a former Paypal executive as his "crypto czar." Meanwhile, the value of one Bitcoin is right around $100,000 — ...

CBS News - 4d

World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History

The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is lending it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.

The New York Times - 6d

Germany hands over Australian ancestral remains held by museums for over 100 years

Five sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century have been handed back at a ceremony that a community representative described as a ...

ABC News - 6d

Injury-plagued Clippers held to 80 points in blowout loss to Minnesota

With Norman Powell joining the injured Kawhi Leonard on the bench, the Clippers couldn't overcome their shooting woes in a 108-80 loss to the Timberwolves.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 5

Parthenon Sculptures deal some distance away, says British Museum chairman

But George Osborne said "a lot of progress" had been made in talks to lend the antiquities to Greece.

BBC News - Dec. 5

Stripping Down for a Night at a French Museum

To report on an unclothed visit to an exhibition about social nudism, a Times journalist chose to join the party. Her mother did, too.

The New York Times - Dec. 4

‘We’ve seen this before’: residents of rebel-held Aleppo fear regime onslaught

Syria’s second largest city braces for possibility of president Bashar al-Assad revisiting brutal tactics used in civil war. A billboard of the Syrian president that once overlooked a central ...

The Guardian - Dec. 4

Lee Ramer, champion of the Hammer Museum and other L.A. arts groups, dies at 90

Lee Ramer's long career in L.A. arts included ties with the UCLA Hammer Museum and the Skirball Cultural Center, among others. She and her husband co-founded a center to improve German-Jewish ...

Los Angeles Times - Dec. 4

Watch: Biden speaks at National Museum of Slavery in Angola

President Biden delivered remarks Tuesday at the National Museum of Slavery in Angola's capital, part of a trip that has seen Mr. Biden become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the ...

CBS News - Dec. 3

‘Solid Gold’ Brings All That Glitters to the Brooklyn Museum

The new “Solid Gold” exhibition is a celebration of bling through the ages and around the world. But is eye candy enough?

The New York Times - Dec. 3

Biden to deliver remarks in Angola at country's National Museum of Slavery

President Biden will deliver remarks Tuesday at Angola's National Museum of Slavery in the nation's capital. Mr. Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Angola and the first president to ...