Workers have been searching for a time capsule they believe can be found inside the pedestal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee, which has now been removed after being at the centre of a political fight about how to view US history.... State officials were set to remove the 134-year-old time capsule from a cornerstone on Thursday morning but were unable to find the spot where it was believed to be located.... Radar has been used to try to find the capsule in a piece of the corne

Toko Shinoda, one of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century, whose work married the ancient serenity of calligraphy with the modernist urgency of Abstract Expressionism, died on Monday at a hospital in Tokyo.... She was 107. Her death was announced by Allison Tolman, her gallerist in the United States.A painter and printmaker, Ms.... Shinoda told The Business Times of Singapore in 2014....

Open this photo in gallery A crew from the Virginia Department of General Services inspect the statue of Confederate Gen.... Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., June 8, 2020. Steve Helber/ The Associated PressIf a court clears the way, the state of Virginia expects to remove not just a soaring statue of Confederate Gen.... “ We have no idea, ” said Julie Langan, director of the Department of Historic Resources. Even if the capsule hasn’t sustained water damage, Langan said paper