0428 Today in History
0428 Today in History
0428 Today in History
A mysterious man died trekking across Switzerland's Theodul Glacier. Archaeologists think he's a snapshot of a remarkable ancient economy.
If a picture's worth a thousand words, to Jim and Sue Waddington, a painting's worth a thousand miles.For nearly five decades, Jim and Sue Waddington have hiked, portaged and paddled rapids around Canada, all to track down and photograph over 800 landscapes that inspired the Group of Seven's works. They've given more than 300 talks on their travels, published a best-selling book, and are now the subject of a short documentary narrated by their granddaughter Emma.Now, in their eighties, the two a
Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300 years ago with a bountiful cargo as "common and shared heritage" from which they too should benefit. The San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying one of the largest known unsalvaged collections of maritime treasures, sank in 1708 near the port of Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Colombia announced in February it would launch an underwater exploration mission to recover the galleon.
A new generation can learn how to paint happy trees and to make happy accidents with a TV series teaching the Bob Ross -method of painting using some of the prolific artist's work that have never been seen before. Before Ross died in 1995 from cancer, he had completed seven paintings to use in season 32 of “The Joy of Painting." “He was so sick, but he was still working on his next series because he wanted to be able to keep going,” said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc. Her parents, Annette and Walt Kowalski, co-founded the company with Ross.
Cash and Bates will replace century-old Arkansas statues of James Paul Clarke and Uriah M. Rose in the US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall collection.
Renowned South African artist Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi had a series of artworks disappear during a trip to Sweden in 1991. Three decades later, most of the “Ntlo E Etsamayang (The Walking House)” collection was found in an attic, and are now on display to the public in Johannesburg.
Sotheby’s Vice-President and Head of Digital Art and NFTs Michael Bouhanna joins "First Mover" to discuss the state of non-fungible tokens in the art world and the challenges when it comes to the adoption of digital art. Plus, outlook on the evolution of NFTs in the next decade.
Daniels met the onslaught with polite and unyielding confidence.
The Salehs of Toronto say: "[Canada] is no longer liveable or a desirable place to be, at least not like it used to be."
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP via GettyA sex discrimination lawsuit against Donald Trump’s campaign has triggered new accusations that Trump’s lawyers have intentionally covered up settlement payments to women in violation of federal law.On Friday, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, demanding an investigation into the alleged cover-up. The complaint cites new allegations from 2016 Trump campaign aide A.J.
The duchess is accompanying Prince Harry on a trip to Nigeria.
She had set up flooring, a computer and printer, police said.
It appears Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has finally out-stupid-ed herself.
Fox NewsFox News host Laura Ingraham didn’t seem to appreciate how CNN reported on Stormy Daniels’ testimony Thursday in Donald Trump’s criminal trial—especially an instance in which she revealed that a past tweet of hers describing an “orange turd” was, in fact, a reference to the indicted former president.A week after taking umbrage at the rival network’s discussion of Michael Cohen calling his former boss “Von ShitzInPants,” and how that crass nickname had come up during the hush-money trial,
Billie Piper is officially joining Netflix's Wednesday family and we couldn't be more excited. See photos
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrived in Nigeria on Friday morning following their secret reunion in London the day before. Get the details here…
The New York Times journalist also highlighted a Trump team tactic that felt “like a losing prospect.”
The couple, who are expecting their first child together, looked effortlessly cool in Saint Laurent looks to renew their vows in Hawaii
"The Fall Guy" star gives no straight answers, yet somehow gets all the questions exactly right The post Ryan Gosling Aces ‘Colbert Questionert’ With ‘Best Sandwich’ Answer No One Saw Coming appeared first on TheWrap.
Giulio Di Palma was shocked to return home from work one day in April to find the branches on half of his large spruce tree missing and a portion of the top cut off.The tree stood proudly in middle of his front yard, but it's been humbled by the unexpected pruning job, with every one of its street-facing limbs removed."It looks awful," said Di Palma. "I'm the laughing stock on Barkley Road."Di Palma's case serves as an example of how far utility company FortisBC is allowed to go when a tree grow