BBC soap legend June Spencer retires at age 103
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN June Spencer, the last original cast member of BBC Radio 4 drama “The Archers,” has retired from the show after…
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How a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Lucy Yu found refuge in books growing up. An only child raised by a Chinese immigrant mother in west Los Angeles, she spent a…
Continue Reading A centuries-old horse tooth might be the last piece in the genetic puzzle of Assateague’s horses
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about…
Continue Reading This small Japanese town is a vintage vending machine paradise
By Dean Irvine, CNN There’s a reason Sagamihara, Japan, isn’t in travel guides. It’s a sprawling commuter city for nearby Yokohama…
Continue Reading Covid lockdown strands 80,000 tourists in ‘China’s Hawaii’
By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical…
Continue Reading A London museum will return its stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Zoe Sottile, CNN A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government. The Horniman Museum and…
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Anne Heche is in stable condition after a fiery car crash at a Los Angeles home
By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Anne Heche is in stable condition Sunday, two days after the car she was driving crashed into a home and…
Continue Reading How to adapt Jane Austen — and why it’s so hard to get right
By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s an act braver than marrying for love, riskier than running away with Mr. Wickham and plainer than Anne Elliot to…
Continue Reading Anne Heche is in stable condition after a fiery car crash at a Los Angeles home
Actress Anne Heche is in stable condition after a car she was driving crashed into a house in Los Angeles and became engulfed in flames. A law…
Continue Reading Tiffany’s sells out custom Cryptopunk ‘NFTiff’ pendants for $50,000 each
Zoe Sottile, CNN On Friday, Tiffany & Co debuted and quickly sold out a limited collection of 250 custom jewel-encrusted pendants for holders of…
Continue Reading Airlines cancel more than 600 US flights and delay thousands more Saturday
By Keith Allen and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than 600 flights were canceled and thousands more were delayed in the United States on Saturday,…
Continue Reading What should I do if my luggage is delayed, lost or damaged?
By Forrest Brown, CNN It’s enough to give anyone already nervous about the chaos in the skies yet another reason to pop an antacid: the…
Continue Reading Gigi Hadid teases the launch of her first solo clothing line
Zoe Sottile, CNN Gigi Hadid may soon be making the switch from modeling clothes to designing them. The American supermodel of Palestinian-Dutch…
Continue Reading Australian folk star Judith Durham of The Seekers dies at 79
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Judith Durham, an Australian folk music star and lead singer of The Seekers, has died, according to a statement from her record…
Continue Reading Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson end relationship
By Chloe Melas, CNN Kete is no more. Kim Kardashian and comedian Pete Davidson have ended their relationship, a source close to the couple tells CNN.…
Continue Reading ‘My Life as a Rolling Stone’ shines a stadium-worthy spotlight on the Rolling Stones
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Beatles: Get Back” set a very high bar for musical nostalgia, but “My Life As a Rolling…
Continue Reading Actress Anne Heche is in critical condition following fiery car crash
A woman crashed her car into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, setting both the vehicle, and the house on fire,…
Continue Reading ‘The government should not be involved.’ John Legend speaks out on abortion rights
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just over a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, musician John Legend is advocating for abortion access and…
Continue Reading How the Ukraine invasion flattened Eastern European tourism
Julia Buckley, CNN When frequent flier Julie booked a clutch of trips to Warsaw last year, she was expecting to spend her weekends in the Polish…
Continue Reading Travel news: Space balloons, floating hotels and supersonic jets
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel, we look at innovative new transport concepts, the reopening of Thailand’s most famous beach,…
Continue Reading A sculpture of Vladimir Putin has appeared in a playground in New York City’s Central Park
Zoe Sottile, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up in a playground in New York City’s Central Park on Monday night. Well, not exactly…
Continue Reading Actress Anne Heche has ‘long recovery ahead’ after car crash
By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Anne Heche remains hospitalized and in intensive care after a car she was driving on Friday crashed into a…
Continue Reading John Leguizamo and other Latino actors call out James Franco’s casting as Fidel Castro
By Leah Asmelash, CNN James Franco has reportedly been cast as Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, and many Latino actors aren’t happy. Most…
Continue Reading Judge orders Kevin Spacey to pay nearly $31 million to ‘House of Cards’ production company
By Chloe Melas and Stella Chan, CNN Kevin Spacey will have to pay almost $31 million to Media Rights Capital, the production company behind…
Continue Reading ‘Bullet Train’ moves plenty fast, but it’s a thrill ride you can afford to miss
Pitt finds he’s far from the only underworld figure on a speeding train in the action comedy. David Daniel has a…
Continue Reading Christina Ricci says Johnny Depp taught her about homosexuality as a child
By Marianne Garvey Actress Christina Ricci grew up in Hollywood and learned many life lessons from her fellow celebrities, including, she says, what…
Continue Reading Taylor Lautner gets real on fame, love and the ‘Twilight’ years
By Marianne Garvey When Taylor Lautner started acting in the “Twilight” movies, he was just 16 years old. In order to keep weight on…
Continue Reading Europe won’t charge for entry just yet
Julia Buckley, CNN Planning a trip to Europe next summer? The cost of living may be rising but there’s one small comfort — you no longer…
Continue Reading The Kid Mero explains split with Desus
By Lisa Respers France, CNN The Kid Mero has shared that his split with creative partner and “Desus & Mero” co-host Desus Nice was…
Continue Reading This hotel brand will pay for its staff’s tattoos
Julia Buckley, CNN In the cut-throat post-pandemic world of hospitality, getting the best employees is everything. Now one hotel group has decided to…
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