: 1:20 p.m. In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless ...

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning.

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Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen made his formal budget presentation Tuesday evening at the Edmonds Waterfront Center, with residents, elected officials and city staff attending. You can see the mayor’s full ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...