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Arnulf Rainer, Austrian Pioneer of ‘Overpaintings,’ Dies at 96

The gallery Thaddaeus Ropac confirmed his death at his home in Austria.

Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91

‘Just For One Day’ Live Aid Musical Sets 2027 UK and Ireland Tour Opening at Leicester’s Curve

Kast Escalates Clash With Maduro as Chile’s President-Elect Sets Rightward Course

Hiroshima Confirms First DNA Identification of an A‑Bomb Victim, Naming 13-Year-Old Hatsue Kajiyama

John Lennon Remembered 45 Years On as Parole Denials Persist

La Scala Opens Season With Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth, Embracing Art Over Politics

Declassified Navy Records Illuminate Flight 19, 80 Years After the Disappearance

San Diego Zoo Says Farewell to Gramma, 140-Year-Old Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Fifty Years After Franco, Spain Reassesses Dictatorship and the Transition

La Scala Opens 2025 With Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth on Dec. 7

Holocaust Museum Boston Installs Restored Railcar in Fourth-Floor Display

Burt Meyer, Inventor of Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Dies at 99

Rachel Maddow Unveils 'Burn Order' Podcast at MS NOW, Debuting Dec. 1

JFK Assassination at 62: Oswald, Ruby and Fresh Records Keep Questions Alive

Eighty Years On, Nuremberg’s Promise Faces a World of Impunity

Ukraine Marks Holodomor as Russia Strikes Border Crossing and U.S. Peace Push Presses Kyiv

AfD National Leadership Disavows Siegmund Over Holocaust Remark

Jonestown 47 Years On: Survivor Laura Kohl Explains How Jim Jones Orchestrated Mass Death

Nuremberg at 80: TV Special Draws Fire Over Göring Clip, Raises Alarm on Hague Warrants