Breaking | Observer

UPDATE: Gunmen Attack the Bardo National Museum in Tunis

Local news reports are reporting that gunmen in military uniforms opened fire this afternoon outside the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, before entering the building and taking tourists hostage. The story is developing, and details regarding the number of tourists injured on the scene have yet to be verified, but state press agencies are reporting that there have been casualties and that forces are currently surrounding the two militants, who are still inside the museum.

By Nate Freeman and Alanna Martinez

It’s On: Dealer Robert Blumenthal to Countersue Artist Dean Levin, Attorney Says

It's been two weeks since the Dean Levin filed a $200,000 lawsuit again Robert Blumenthal, the collector-turned-dealer who runs Robert Blumenthal Gallery on the Upper East Side. Mr. Levin, a process-based abstract artist once profiled in these pages, claimed that he had not been paid for the works from his solo show last May—there were 30, and the show sold out. Though it's not altogether so uncommon for a gallery—especially a smaller and newish one like Robert Blumenthal Gallery—to be slow to pay its artists, Mr. Levin had had enough, and to the litigation he went.

By Nate Freeman

John Liu’s Former Aide and Donor Found Guilty in Federal Court

Comptroller John Liu’s mayoral campaign took a significant hit this afternoon when a donor, Xing Wu “Oliver” Pan, and his young

By Colin Campbell and Jill Colvin

Devastating Explosions Near Boston Marathon Finish Line Leave Two Dead, Dozens Injured

By Colin Campbell and Jordyn Taylor

MESSAGE ON THE WALL: Facebook Denies Reports of Private Message Popping Up On Your Timeline [UPDATED]

By Steve Huff

Governor Cuomo Endorses a Democratic Senator for Reelection

By Colin Campbell

George Pataki Doesn’t Expect He’ll Float His Name for President Again

By Colin Campbell

That Was Fast: Vito Lopez Announces His Exit

By Colin Campbell

Melissa Mark-Viverito Wants to Talk About Dog Poop

By Colin Campbell

Mayor Bloomberg: I Kissed a Seal and I Liked It

By Colin Campbell

Van Crashes Off Bronx River Parkway: 7 Dead

By Steve Huff

Various Officials and Unions Don’t Like Bloomberg’s Prevailing Wage Veto

By Colin Campbell

Charges Announced In NYC Would-Be Terror Bombing Plot Against Jose Pimentel, 27

By Foster Kamer

Protesters Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park

By Adrianne Jeffries and Hunter Walker

Behind the Barricades at the NYPD’s Occupy Wall Street Raid

By Hunter Walker

Breaking: Groupon (GRPN) IPO Goes For $20, Naysayers Currently Snacking on Crow Cookies

By Foster Kamer

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Is a Free Man

By Foster Kamer

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Prosecutors Ask for Dismissal of Criminal Charges

By Foster Kamer

Reports: Possible Hostage Situation in Flatiron (Updated)

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Report: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Prosecutors Felled by 400 Pounds of Weed

By Foster Kamer

Sohaib Athar: The Guy Who Live-Tweeted Osama Bin Laden’s Death

By Foster Kamer

VIDEO: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan, Obama Announces

By Foster Kamer

VIDEO: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan, Obama Announces

By The Editors

Our Great New Hope

By John Koblin

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page