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Multiple Leonardo da Vinci collections to be displayed on new online platform

Multiple Leonardo da Vinci collections to be displayed on new online platform

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Two monumental collections of Leonardo da Vinci’s writings and drawings have been digitally reunited on a new online platform, Leonardotheka, establishing what is now the world’s most extensive resource dedicated to his prolific work. This ambitious project, a decade in the making, brings together thousands of pages that were separated centuries ago, offering unprecedented access to the mind of the Renaissance master. The launch of Leonardotheka is the culmination of a collaborative effort between the Royal Collection Trust, based at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy, and the Biblioteca Leonardiana in Vinci. A dedicated team of da Vinci scholars and digital experts meticulously worked to reassemble approximately 3,500 pages of manuscripts, which had been dismounted and cut into pieces in the late 16th century. This digital reunion specifically merges the 1,119 sheets of the Codex Atlanticus …

Inspectors uncovered widespread sports gambling materials displayed throughout Pennsylvania federal penitentiary

Inspectors uncovered widespread sports gambling materials displayed throughout Pennsylvania federal penitentiary

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Federal inspectors say sports gambling materials were sitting out in the open across several housing units at USP Canaan, according to a newly released watchdog report examining conditions inside the federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Investigators from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General arrived for an unannounced inspection in June 2025 and said they repeatedly encountered betting-related flyers and other gambling materials in inmate common areas. “We observed gambling flyers under televisions, on tables, and on top of a correctional officer control panel,” the report said. One flyer was “partially covering a Prison Rape Elimination Act reporting poster.” Inspectors said the activity appeared widespread rather than isolated to one section of the prison. “We observed sports gambling flyers posted throughout the common areas in all five housing units we visited,” the report stated. Investigators also found “a gambling table mat with playing cards,” including “markings for a dealer and for bet placements.” Concerns over visible gambling contraband activity in USP Canaan The report described the materials as openly displayed and easy to spot during …

Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is now displayed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay : NPR

Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is now displayed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A plaque honoring police service on Jan. 6, 2021 at the Capitol, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Washington. Allison Robbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Allison Robbert/AP WASHINGTON — Visitors to the U.S. Capitol will now have a visible marker of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and a reminder of the officers who fought and were injured that day. Steps from the Capitol’s West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected. The plaque was placed on the Senate side of the hallway because that chamber voted unanimously in January to install it after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had delayed putting it up. “On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021,” the plaque says. “Their heroism will never be forgotten.” The Washington Post first reported the installation of the plaque, which was witnessed by a …

An intense debate over the fate of looted artworks displayed in Paris

An intense debate over the fate of looted artworks displayed in Paris

Published by Sam Flores

At the Louvre, July 1815. Occupying troops (British, Russian, Prussian and Austrian) reclaim works seized under the empire (engraving from 1875). JEAN-PAUL DUMONTIER/LA COLLECTION Wherever the revolutionary armies – and later Napoleon’s forces – advanced, artworks of conquered territories were transported to the Louvre. Its collections, unparalleled in size and richness, won admiration throughout Europe. One particular argument was used to justify this concentration of masterpieces: the idea that the arts, as the fruits of freedom and genius, could only be liberated from tyrants by the very country of liberty – France, seen as the home of universal values. The notion of the universal, still invoked today by some who oppose the restitution of artworks acquired or seized in former colonies, is central to Bénédicte Savoy’s 1815, le temps du retour (“1815, The Time of Return”). Strangely, after Napoleon’s first abdication in April 1814, the Allied powers reclaimed relatively few works; only Spain and Prussia took back some major pieces. Whether due to the fierce resistance of the Louvre’s curators or the Allies’ reluctance to …

Missing Jan. 6 plaque to be displayed at Capitol

Missing Jan. 6 plaque to be displayed at Capitol

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A plaque honoring law enforcement personnel who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack will go on display inside the building, senators decided Thursday. The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution directing the Architect of the Capitol to “prominently display” the memorial in a “publicly accessible” part of the Senate wing until it… Source link

After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol : NPR

After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A replica plaque commemorating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot stands outside the office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law. The action happened swiftly, with brief debate, in floor action Thursday. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina had announced during this week’s fifth anniversary of the Capitol siege that he would seek to ensure the plaque is installed, partnering with Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who was also working on the situation, and Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California. No senators objected. “A lot of people said it was a dark day for democracy,” Tillis said about Jan. 6, 2021, describing his memory of hearing the thousands of people — “thugs,” he …