Laurence des Cars told France's Senate the heist exposed the museum's camera shortage and other security 'weaknesses'.

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone ...

The director of the Louvre Wednesday said a diamond- and emerald-studded crown dropped by thieves this weekend as they fled ...

News of the robbery sparked criticism over the museum's lapses in security. Some French officials have called the incident a ...

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.

In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, thieves smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.

The only camera monitoring the exterior wall of the Louvre where they broke in was pointing away from the first-floor balcony ...

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days ...

The heist came just months after employees went on strike for chronic understaffing and not enough resources for protection.

Under heavy pressure over a theft that stained France’s global image, she testified to a Senate committee that she submitted ...

The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid for the first time since one of ...