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Louvre heist: Crown jewels stolen in 4-minute daytime raid

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift to the Louvre, forced a window into the Galerie d’Apollon — while tourists pressed shoulder-to-shoulder in the corridors — smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said. Related Articles Today in History: October 19, ‘Black Monday’ on Wall Street Today in History: October 18, ‘Mr. October’ hits three homers to clinch World Series Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world Prince Andrew says he’s giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade A war on drugs or a war...


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