Paris cemetery draws millions to unusual attraction
Père Lachaise Cemetery draws three million visitors a year for a most unusual tourist attraction in the heart of Paris. Barry Peterson has the story.
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Père Lachaise Cemetery draws three million visitors a year for a most unusual tourist attraction in the heart of Paris. Barry Peterson has the story.
French media reports that the Louvre has moved some of its most precious jewels out of the museum for safekeeping. The jewels were moved from the Apollo Gallery, the scene of Sunday's heist, according to French radio.
German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.
Master jeweler Stephen Portier said the Louvre robbers might recut the stolen gems, which would significantly decrease their value.
A 24-year-old woman was arrested in Barcelona over the break-in and theft of gold worth more than $1 million, the Paris prosecutor said.
The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.
A French government minister insisted the security system at the Louvre was working as it was supposed to when burglars easily made off with $102 million worth of jewels. The Paris prosecutor says 100 investigators are on the case. Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
Larry Lawton, a former jewel thief, joins CBS News to discuss last weekend's daring daytime heist at the Louvre in Paris.
The brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre in Paris is reminding some of a notorious gang of European thieves.
The Louvre Museum jewel heist in Paris, France, on Sunday has sparked concern over the museum's security and staffing. The museum remains closed on Tuesday as the manhunt for the thieves continues. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyers say, as he shows up to a Paris prison to serve a five-year sentence, that they've already appealed for his release.
Police are searching for thieves who stole eight pieces of "royal jewelry" from France's Louvre museum. Robert Wittman, former senior investigator and founder of the FBI's National Art Crime Team, joins CBS News to examine the case.
The Louvre, the world's most iconic museum, remained closed Monday after thieves stole priceless treasures from the Apollon Gallery, the home of the French crown jewels.
The Louvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.
The hunt is on for the burglars who broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and made off with priceless jewels. Elizabeth Palmer reports they pulled it off in just four minutes in broad daylight.
Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
The hunt is on after three daring, scooter-riding thieves stole priceless jewels from the world's most-visited museum, Paris' Louvre. It happened just after the museum opened, with visitors already inside. Elizabeth Palmer has more.
French and South African reports suggest Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa may have killed himself in a plunge from his hotel room.
A break-in was detected on Tuesday, with the intruders reportedly using an angle grinder and a blow torch to force their way into the river-side complex.
Protests in Paris and across France, venting anger at President Emmanuel Macron's government, see nearly 200 people arrested as fires are set in the capital.
French President Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister, the country's fourth in about a year.
French police launched an investigation after pig heads were found outside several mosques in the Paris region, the city's police chief said, adding more could be discovered.
President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in Paris on Thursday to discuss efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Liana Fix, a senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Tadej Pogačar, a 26-year-old cycling star from Slovenia, clinched his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday.
57-year-old Svetlana Dali, the woman charged after she allegedly snuck on a flight to Paris from New York City, is expecting her sentence. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.