A 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari that was badly damaged in a 1966 flood in Florence will be unveiled to the public on Friday after years of painstaking restoration. Vasari created “The Last Supper” for a convent of cloistered nuns. Because the nuns eschewed contact with men, and… Read More

Get ready for the annual fall ritual of turning back your clocks by one hour, and relish that extra hour of sleep this weekend. Daylight saving time is ending and it’s back to standard time for most people in the United States. The change comes at 2 a.m. local time… Read More

A longtime member of the New England Mafia is expected to plead guilty to charges he lied to authorities investigating the 1993 slaying of a Boston nightclub owner. A change-of-plea hearing for Robert DeLuca is scheduled for Friday in federal court in Boston. Steven DiSarro’s remains were discovered earlier this… Read More

Harvard University suspended its men’s soccer team for the remainder of the season because of sexual comments made about members of the women’s soccer team. University President Drew Faust said in a statement Thursday night that an investigation into the 2012 team found that their “appalling” actions were not isolated… Read More

Fox News Channel says Tucker Carlson is claiming the weeknight host slot recently vacated by Greta Van Susteren. The network said Thursday that Carlson will take over the 7 p.m. Eastern hour on Nov. 14. The name of the new program hasn’t been announced. Carlson joined Fox News as a… Read More

A Michigan dog who spent weeks on death row has returned home after DNA tests cleared him in the death of Vlad, a dog next door. Jeb, a Belgian Malinois, was released to his owner Wednesday. Kenneth Job was emotional, saying his dog looks “awful skinny but he’s alive.” Jeb… Read More

One of the country’s oldest mentoring organizations is launching a program pairing officers with youth in an effort to address the fraught relationship between police and the communities they serve. Already operating in several of their affiliate branches, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s ‘Bigs in Blue’ program is set… Read More

Bill Cosby’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help with his defense, his lawyers said Wednesday as they waged a multipronged effort to get the sexual assault case against the 79-year-old comedian thrown out. His attorneys also portrayed Cosby as… Read More

The head of the University of New Mexico’s Gallup campus is under fire for spending money on Bigfoot-related pursuits. UNM Gallup’s Executive Director Dr. Christopher Dyer organized a two-day, on-campus Bigfoot conference in February followed by a Bigfoot expedition, costing taxpayers more than $7,000, KRQE-TV reported. “It was the largest… Read More

A man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his co-worker’s 3-year-old daughter at their workplace in downtown Los Angeles. The woman picked her daughter up from daycare and brought her to work at a garment factory on Monday. When the woman stepped away from her work station, the… Read More