Katy Burns: I miss them all NEW

The photo - of a very little black girl staring up in rapt awe at a portrait of a regal Michelle Obama - flashed like wildfire across the internet a week or so ago. The mother of two-year-old Parker Curry tried in vain to take a picture of her daughter in front of the portrait, but the child, transfixed by a painting of someone she later breathlessly confided was "a queen," wouldn't turn around.

Little girl standing in awe of Michelle Obama’s portrait captures the Internet’s heart

A photo of a little girl standing in awe in front of former First Lady Michelle Obama's official portrait is melting collective hearts across the Internet. On Thursday, Ben Hines shared a photo of the girl staring up at Obama's painting in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. "Donna Hines and I made a pilgrimage today and we were delighted to wait in line behind this fellow art lover & hopeful patriot," the post said.

Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama depict ‘troubled thinker’

Barack and Michelle Obama's official portraits were unveiled this week at the Smithsonian National Portrait Museum in Washington DC, where they will hang along with portraits of every past US president. Former US President Obama described his portrait by Kehinde Wiley - "known for his Old Master-style depiction of African-Americans," says the BBC - as "pretty sharp" The former first lady chose Amy Sherald, an artist from Baltimore known for painting life-size portraits of black Americans, to paint her portrait.

World War I Warships Were Protected By This Cubist Camouflage

If you're stuck in traffic along the I-5 near San Diego International Airport, and your attention wanders from the brake lights in front of you, your eyes might land on a low-slung leviathan of a building, a third of a mile long, resembling the upper deck of a buried cruise ship peeking above ground. Keep your gaze there long enough, and you will notice that the geometric black-and-white pattern on the northeast side of the structure keeps changing.

Egypt: Militants kill at least 235 in attack on Sinai mosque

The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Texas state trooper during a Thanksgiving Day traffic stop has been charged with capital murder of a law enforcement officer. The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Texas state trooper during a Thanksgiving Day traffic stop has been charged with capital murder of a law enforcement officer.

Impeachment of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe set to begin

Lawmakers within the ruling Zanu pf party gathered Monday to meet on the fate of long ... . Terrence Chari poses as he mimics a painting of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Mbare Harare, Monday, Nov, 20, 2017.

Records: Man posed for photo with dead wife, then cut her up

Preliminary autopsy results confirm that dismembered human remains found inside a subu... Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife and their two young children before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room. Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife and their two young children before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room.

Language school CamSoda enlists scantily-clad models

Can YOU spot why this rare da Vinci painting of Christ is puzzling experts? Uncharacteristic mistake in greatest artist's $90m depiction of Jesus has left art buffs scratching their heads 'Drunk' woman driver, 21, killed mother-of-six who was on her way home from visiting her premature twin daughters before horrific crash How ISIS virus has spread around the globe even as its heartland caliphate collapses: Map reveals where cells have sprung up in the past MONTH as the group is obliterated in Iraq and Syria 'Make him regret being born': Customer finds TERRIFYING note on his receipt after asking for extra spicy noodles at a Thai restaurant How your star sign rules your SEX LIFE: Astrologer reveals how the zodiac dictates whether you're thrill-seeking or traditional between the sheets White cop who shot dead his daughter's mixed race boyfriend is convicted of first-degree manslaughter ... (more)

In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby’s acquires forensic lab

In bid to fight art fraud, Sotheby's announced Monday that it had purchased a forensics firm whose founder once helped the auction house belatedly identify a $10 million painting as a fake. Sotheby's said that Orion Analytical, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, will be folded into the company and its founder, the artist, conservator and forensic scientist James Martin, will lead a new scientific research department charged with making sure the works the auction house deals with are authentic.

Jewish Family Battles Spain Museum Over Art Looted by Nazis

The latest step in a Jewish family's 16-year battle to reclaim a priceless painting their heirs surrendered in exchange for safe passage out of Nazi Germany moves to a Southern California courtroom on Monday. Attorney David Boies will argue before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Impressionist Camille Pissarro's 1897 work rightfully belongs to the family of Lilly Cassirer.

1 shot in Oregon during fourth night of nationwide Trump protests

As protests of President-elect Donald Trump entered another day, police in Portland, Oregon, say one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester. Portland police said the person who was shot was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.