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Possible sex worker … Quinten Massys’ An Old Woman (known as The Ugly Duchess) was copied from a now lost Leonardo work. Photograph: Quinten Massys/The National Gallery, LondonPossible sex worker … Quinten Massys’ An Old Woman (known as The Ugly Duchess) was copied from a now lost Leonardo work. Photograph: Quinten Massys/The National Gallery, LondonLeonardo da VinciThe Italian master didn’t just paint the conventionally beautiful. As a new National Gallery show reveals, he was also drawn to irregular, diseased and aged faces – all captured with mind-bending accuracy and compassion

A large, aggressive male wild turkey has been terrorizing cyclists, runners and walkers on D.C.'s Anacostia Riverwalk Trail for at least the past five months, knocking riders from their bikes, reportedly sending one person to urgent care, and eluding animal control officers, crossing state lines and flapping across the Anacostia River in a multi-jurisdictional pursuit. It's a story of resurgent wildlife — a species once wiped out making a comeback in the metropolis — but also the story of one particularly angry bird.

Woman Who Disappeared from N.Y.C. Bar Hours into the New Year Found Dead Skip to content ncG1vNJzZmiolaS9rbGNnKamZ6ekuqK6jLCfqGWUnsCivM%2BemKudlGKzs7vMZpmaql2dvLa%2B0magp6yfYsGpsYynnLBlqZqus3nFqKynnF2ZsqKwjHFra2thaIY%3D

Play video content WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas loves women's feet so much ... he actually pays them to stomp him in the face -- and he's so proud of his masochistic fetish, he willingly shows off video footage of the face torture ... starring himself. TMZ has obtained video of Atlas at an indie wrestling event in Maine last week -- and in the extremely bizarre clip, Atlas gleefully shares some face-stomping footage with a fellow wrestler .

The ObserverScamsTravellers are getting seemingly convincing messages asking them to provide bank card details and threatening their reservation will be cancelled Travellers using the popular hotel website Booking.com are being warned not to fall for scam emails asking them to confirm their hotel payment, after a hack of Booking.com’s email system. In recent weeks the Observer has been contacted by a number of customers claiming that they had received scam emails from within the Booking.

BooksInterview‘Confederates were traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, race and American historyMartin Pengelly in New YorkThe discovery of a plaque showing a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the US military academy made headlines. One member of the commission which recommended its removal is a historian of the US army and the lost cause myth In a 36-year army career, Ty Seidule served in the US, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

A tragicomic tale of four estranged siblings brought together by their mother's death. “Dim Sum Funeral” tells the tragicomic tale of four estranged siblings brought together by their mother’s death, and its title is no doubt meant to convey a delicate balance of levity and sobriety.

It was 22 years ago this week that the U.S. opened a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. That prison remains open today. It still holds 30 men, many of whom have never been criminally charged, and there has still been no 9/11 trial. So this week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.