Local author Jo Piazza's newest book, 'The Parisian Heist,' is a crime caper with some mystery and historical fiction set in Paris, but with a touch of Philly.
Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of France's Crown Jewels highlighted in October.
The Paris prosecutor is reporting four more arrests in connection with the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in October.
The head of the Louvre Museum said Wednesday that new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark after last month's stunning crown jewels heist.
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
France's government said it has started a procedure to suspend access to Shein's online platform until the company proves that its content conforms with French law, after a controversy over sex dolls with childlike features that were found listed on the fast-fashion giant's website.