WILMINGTON, Delaware ― His garden stroll with Adolf Hitler left Alfred Rosenberg invigorated. Rosenberg was already one of the most notorious and powerful Nazis, chief architect of ethnic cleansing policies and the man responsible for plundering billions of dollars of art from European Jews. At the meeting in April 1941, Hitler spoke of a larger role. “Your hour has come,” he said, according to...

PARIS (AP) ― A state-funded museum in Paris is causing outrage among France’s Jewish community for staging a photo exhibition that calls Palestinian suicide bombers “martyrs.’’ The exhibit, entitled “Death’’ by Palestinian photographer Ahlam Shibli, features dozens of intimate and often disturbing portraits of Palestinian suicide bombers with anti-Israeli captions that glorify their deaths. Amo...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― A rare copy of the comic book featuring Superman’s first appearance that went undiscovered for over 70 years in the insulation of a house has sold for $175,000. The high bidder for the copy of Action Comics No. 1 in the online auction was a “hard core, golden age comic book collector,’’ Stephen Fishler, CEO of ComicConnect.com, said Tuesday. The buyer’s name was not released. ...

CHEVERNY, France (AFP) ― An Edo-era Japanese chest belonging to Cardinal Mazarin, France’s chief minister from 1642 to 1661, was snapped up at an auction Sunday for 7.3 million euros by Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum. The black-and-gold lacquer chest, with silver and mother-of-pearl decorations, dates back to the start of Japan’s Edo period and was acquired by Mazarin in 1658, auctioneer Philippe...