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By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of New York City’s best-known venues, Central Park’s Loeb Boathouse, will close this fall. The owner of the restaurant and event space, Dean J. Poll, filed paperwork with the city of New York stating his intention to close the business. “Due to rising labor and costs of goods, the business

By Niamh Kennedy William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have shared a photo of their son Prince George on the eve of his ninth birthday. The photo shows the young prince smiling on holiday and was taken by his mother, according to a statement from Kensington Palace on Thursday. The Duchess of

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN For Cubans, the heat is on and the power could go out any moment. Enduring broiling-hot summer temperatures and a short-circuiting electrical grid has long been part of life in Cuba but now the island is dealing with severe fuel shortages, failing power plants and widespread blackouts that are testing even

By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its “high” risk category for travel on Monday with five places and discontinued its Covid-19 program for cruise ships. The agency said on its website that it would continue to publish guidance for cruise ships, but its voluntary program

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN As Europe sweltered in the summer heat, Australians took stock of a new report that revealed just how much the country’s environment has deteriorated in the last five years. “Our waters are struggling and so is the land,” said Labor’s new Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, as she released the long-awaited State

By Forrest Brown, CNN Space is a precious commodity in San Francisco. Finding room for new urban parkland in the densely developed, water-surrounded city requires some ingenuity. On Sunday, a long-awaited creative solution opens to the public and gives tourists another thing to add to their San Francisco to-do list. Called Presidio Tunnel Tops, this

By Tara Subramaniam, Karol Suarez and Rey Rodriguez, CNN A notorious drug lord on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list was detained on Friday in an operation that ended in tragedy when 14 Marines who assisted in his capture were killed in a helicopter crash, Mexican Navy officials said. Rafael Caro Quintero was detained by

By Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN As summer reaches its height in the UK and Europe, millions of people are heading off on vacation or taking some time away from work to catch up with friends and relatives. And that includes the royals. July and August are typically quiet months in the royal calendar,

By Katie Hunt, CNN The blue whale’s giant corpse was lying washed up on a rocky beach on the Pacific coast of Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America. The huge mammal was 46 feet (14 meters) long, and its deflated body yielded no visible clue as to how it had died. It took

By Lilit Marcus and Marnie Hunter, CNN A popular Vermont ski resort originally known as Suicide Six has changed its name to Saskadena Six, according to the resort. The ski area, located in the town of South Pomfret, announced plans in late June to change its “insensitive” name in the weeks to come. “Our resort

By Chris Liakos and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty Thursday in a London court to four charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, according to Britain’s PA Media news agency. The “House of Cards” actor, 62, who appeared

By Marnie Hunter, CNN After two pandemic years of high satisfaction with hotels — thanks to good value, positive staff experiences, confidence in cleanliness and proactive communication — things have taken a turn for the worse for hotel guests. Cost and fees are the biggest issue, according to J.D. Power’s 2022 North America Hotel Guest