The home of the ‘Mona Lisa’ has a new boss to steer the Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist

The Louvre Museum, home of the ‘Mona Lisa,’ has a new director. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director ...

France tasks Versailles director with overhauling Louvre after heist

By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Elissa Darwish PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - France on Wednesday appointed Christophe Leribault as the ...

What to know as the Louvre gets a new chief after a surprise resignation and a bruising year

After months of pressure, the Louvre has a new director. Christophe Leribault was named to lead the landmark on Wednesday, half a day after the previous director, Laurence des Cars, resigned.

The full story about Epstein’s Wexner ties may never emerge - except maybe in fiction: Thomas Suddes

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February 24, 2026 • When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the Civil War, he was not just changing the terms of peace, he was risking his own political ...
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Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question, "How did we get here?" We use sound and stories to bring history to life and put you into the middle ...