Vandalism
As Russians Steal Ukraine’s Art, They Attack Its Identity, Too
KHERSON, Ukraine — One morning in late October, Russian forces blocked off a street in downtown Kherson and surrounded a graceful old building with dozens of soldiers. Five large trucks pulled up. So did a line of military vehicles, ferrying Russian agents who filed in through several doors. It was a carefully planned, highly organized, […]
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Workers Clean Up Washington Monument After Vandalism
Conservationists were working to clean the Washington Monument on Wednesday after it was vandalized with a vulgar, anti-government statement in red paint, parks authorities said. A man was arrested and charged on Tuesday night, the police said. The man, Shaun Ray Deaton, 44, of Bloomington, Ind., was charged with trespassing, tampering and vandalism, the United […]
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Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say
An explosive device that “unknown individuals” detonated early Wednesday destroyed a granite monument in Georgia that was built under mysterious circumstances more than four decades ago and promoted by state officials as “America’s Stonehenge,” the authorities said. The monument, known as the Georgia Guidestones, which was built about nine miles north of Elberton, Ga., had […]
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Tourist Damages Rome’s Spanish Steps by Pushing a Scooter Down Them
In the past 300 years, the Spanish Steps in Rome have been descended by artists, poets and lovers. They have provided a sweeping backdrop for fashion shows and selfies, and have featured in dozens of films, including “Roman Holiday,” from 1953, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. And in the past week they have again […]
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A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It.
Later, he added: “The association of guns and violence against African Americans in this country is one of the things that’s been going on for a long time. And so the fact that they shot these markers using guns was a signal that was being sent in some way.” (The Grady County Sheriff’s Office didn’t […]
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A Spanish Mystery: Is a ‘Masked Restorer’ to Blame for a Church’s Botched Repair?
CASTRONUÑO, Spain — The Romanesque church that sits above the river in the Spanish village of Castronuño used to look like many others that dot the land: not too decrepit for a 750-year-old, but not particularly well-kept either. Then in November, Mayor Enrique Seoane noticed something that gave him a shock and caused a scandal […]
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