It is one of the most timeless and iconic visages of all time, but that didn’t keep museum handlers from making short work of it. The legendary blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun has been glued back together with a cheap epoxy, after having been unceremoniously knocked off during a cleaning.
Jose Manuel Fernandez Castineiras, a former electrician for Spain's famed cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, went on trial on Monday for the alleged stealing of a priceless illumined manuscript, a 12th-century Codex Calixtinus that is considered to be Europe’s first travel guide.
Mexican police have arrested last Friday a member of a criminal drug gang linked with the murder of 43 student teachers in the southern city of Iguala last September
Alfredo Castillo, a Mexican federal security official, has revealed that Mexican drug cartels forced their gang members to consume the hearts of murder victims as part of an initiation rite.
Maria de los Angeles Pineda, the wife of Jose Luis Abarca, former mayor of the Mexican city of Iguala where 43 college students went missing in September, has been formally charged with organized crime and money laundering.
Two episodes of the George Martin blood and thunder fantasy, and an exclusive trailer for the upcoming fifth season of the Peter Dinklage starring saga, will play on IMAX theaters across the country between Jan. 23 and 29.
Miami-Dade County is the first Florida county to officially usher in the same-sex unions. Florida has become the 36th state where gay marriage is now legal.
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin posted a photo of her six-year old son Trig standing atop a dog to reach the kitchen sink and people started to get divisive.
Stuart Scott, the long term ESPN anchor and sports reporter whose infectious catchphrases such as "boo-ya" and "as cool as the other side of the pillow" became a permanent part of sports talk parlance, has passed away Sunday morning from cancer at the age of 49.
Amal Clooney says she risked being arrested in Egypt after she attacked the country’s judicial system for flaws that led to the conviction of three al-Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt say it did not happen.
Kurt Sonnenfeld, a 9/11-truther who has been living in Argentina with a charge of first degree murder hanging over his head for the 2002 death of his wife Nancy will be extradited to Denver to finally face charges.
Tonight is the night to see the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the year. Saturday night is the night to see Quadrantid, the first meteor shower of the year.
Hari Simran Singh Khalsa, a 25-year old yoga instructor and experienced hiker born and raised in Brooklyn was found dead in a narrow ravine near the mountains in the town of Tepoztlan.
An anonymous 20-year-old sex worker who was one of three witnesses known to have survived a mass killing by the Mexican army that took place on June 30 has revealed in that she was severely beaten, tortured, and threatened by state investigators for refusing to sign a false confession.
Latin America’s economy has been symbiotically linked to China’s consumption of its natural resources for decades, and now that China is slowing down its purchases, Latin America’s economy must brace itself for the upcoming blow.
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the head monk of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, has entertained the idea that he might be the last Lama to ever hold the sacred title.
Larry J. Cano, a fighter pilot during World War II who in 1954 took over a Polynesian Tiki bar/restaurant in Encino that he had been managing and transformed it into the first El Torito restaurant, passed away on Wednesday at his home in Corona del Mar at the age of 90.
According to Mexico City-based news magazine Proceso, Mexican federal authorities may have had real-time information regarding the attack on 43 student teachers by local police and yet did nothing to stop their disappearance or murder.
On Monday, speaking inside a New Jersey airplane hangar to 3,000 troops, President Barack Obama gave his assessment of the Islamic terrorists in Syria and Iraq, stating boldly that the U.S. is "hammering these terrorists."
Gamespot, the primer gaming review and preview site has just announced its nominations for Wii U game of the year, an eclectic list which includes Shovel Knight, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2, and Super Smash Bros.
Since "Breaking Bad" went out with a gory and glorious bang in 2013, fans of the dark meth dealing drama have been absolutely jonesing for more of the sleek, bleak, and morally ambiguous world they had come to spend their Sunday nights sweating over. Fans of the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning series have been salivating in anticipation over the coming "Breaking Bad" prequel, "Better Call Saul," and have been mercilessly teased by ads along the way.
On Sunday in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero police clashed with protesters attempting to organize a concert in the city of Chilpancingo in support of the 43 missing students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers' College of Ayotzinapa that disappeared over two months ago.
