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A visitor admires a Raphael Room inside the Vatican Museums at the Vatican, on May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Raphael’s unfinished oil painting experiment discovered during Vatican Museums restoration

The Vatican Museums have completed a groundbreaking decade-long restoration of the Raphael Rooms, unveiling revolutionary discoveries about Renaissance art techniques. The newly restored Room of Constantine, the largest and most significant of the four spectacularly frescoed reception rooms in the Apostolic Palace, has revealed that Raphael pioneered an experimental oil-on-wall painting technique that was never completed due to his untimely death in 1520. Here are some more facts about the restoration.

June 30, 2025
Research assistant Alyssa Carpenter inspects timbers from of a wooden Revolutionary War-era gunboat to prepare for the craft's partial reconstruction at the New York State Museum, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Albany, New York (AP Photo/Michael Hill)

Revolutionary War-era gunboat offers fascinating clues about early naval warfare

Workers at Manhattan's World Trade Center site made an extraordinary find in 2010 when they uncovered the waterlogged remains of a Revolutionary War-era gunboat buried 22 feet below street level. After years on the water and centuries underground, the boat is becoming a museum exhibit at the New York State Museum.

June 26, 2025
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte addresses the audience during the NATO defense forum on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

What is NATO? Some facts about the world’s largest security alliance

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, stands as the world's largest security alliance, bringing together 32 member countries in a collective defense framework that has shaped global security for more than seven decades. Here are some facts about NATO that you might not know.

June 24, 2025
An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, while protesters gather outside to denounce the ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) **FILE**

1,200 arrests a day: How Trump’s deportation promise became reality

ICE is now arresting nearly 1,200 illegal immigrants a day and had more than 56,000 people in detention, shattering previous records as the agency begins to fulfill President Trump's promise of mass deportations by nabbing more people without criminal records.

June 23, 2025
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (Information Technician Second Class Ruskin Naval/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Key facts you might not know about the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz stands as the world's most critical oil choke point, with tensions between Israel and Iran highlighting its strategic importance to global energy security. Here are some facts about the Strait of Hormuz that you might not know.

June 23, 2025