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U.S. citizen Robert Woodland Romanov has been arrested on drug charges in Russia amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine.

Rapid Response Housing Solutions (RRHS), a volunteer-led nonprofit in Carlsbad, announces that it will close as a registered nonprofit and transfer assets to Operation HOPE - North County (OHNC) to start the RRHS Legacy Fund @OHNC. The celebration and presentation of a $45,000 check will be made at an event held at Operation HOPE - North County, 859 E Vista Way, Vista, CA on June 1, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. The program will include remarks by Jimmy Figueroa and Lela Panagides along with local elected officials. Media and the public are invited and no RSVP is required. Light refreshments will be served and ample parking at 840 Townsite Dr. Vista, Ca 92084 (Admin/Annex parking lot adjacent plaza next to shelter behind Jack in the Box).

A portrait is defined as a depiction of a particular individual. The traditions of European portraiture extend back to antiquity in early Rome and Greece. The earliest Renaissance portraits were not individual paintings, but rather inclusions in pictures of Christian subjects. By the fifteenth century in Italy for example, important men and women realized that a likeness could function as a means of announcing one's piety, power, or virtue. During the Baroque era, artists such as Frans Hals showed sitters sometimes looking out at the viewer with a mix of emotions which highlighted their status and personalities. By the time of the Rococo, subjects were often depicted as elegant, graceful, slender and tall in peaceful and natural settings. Exploring the evolution of portrait painting from the 15th-18th centuries will be the subject of this docent-led talk. Join the Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86148328476?pwd=UmpTRGhYZS9UQnAxeHd6aHpCbENFdz09

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee about the compromise framework for a 2024 spending plan and the response from inside the GOP congressional conference.

The act of providing food aid to countries in need turns out to be a complicated and controversial matter. Here's why.

People have camped out for hours just to get their hands on limited-edition Stanley tumblers. The ubiquitous drinkware used to be for outdoorsy types, but they've become something of a status symbol.

When Roger Lynn's wife was in the cancer ward, a nurse went out of her way to make her last days more comfortable.

The Education Department has made a big mistake with this year's FAFSA — one that could cost students financial aid they're entitled to. It's now grappling with how to implement a fix.

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

The 15th century was one of astonishing and almost uninterrupted artistic achievement in the area controlled by the Dukes of Burgundy and referred to as the Burgundian Netherlands. This area included the current countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and a portion of northern France. Netherlandish artists extended the boundaries of painting until they seemed as limitless as the blue-tinged mountains of the distant horizons in their paintings. Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden became the most renowned painters in Europe, van Eyck acquiring legendary status perfecting the technique of oil paint and almost impossible representation of minute detail, practices that clearly distinguish Northern art from Italian art as well as art from the preceding centuries. Works by these masters were sought by princes and merchants throughout Europe, who prized them for their remarkable qualities of verisimilitude, their technical and coloristic virtuosity, and their heightened expressive power. In this docent-led talk we’ll focus on how Netherlandish artists achieved their common goal - to make the painted image vividly present and to render the unseen palpable. The link for the Zoom can be found here.