By Lilit Marcus, CNN More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition. The ship, which sank in 1915, is 3,008 meters (1.9 miles or 9,842 feet) deep in the Weddell Sea, a pocket in the
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN At least one American member of the so-called CITGO 6 has been released from prison in Venezuela, a lawyer assisting several of the CITGO 6 and a spokesman from a Venezuelan nongovernmental organization that’s providing legal assistance to prisoners in the country both told CNN. Gustavo Cárdenas, a US citizen detained
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Puerto Rico, which along with Hawaii has maintained some of the strictest Covid-19 measures in the United States, announced Monday it’s relaxing travel restrictions. Starting Thursday, the US territory in the Caribbean will no longer require that domestic travelers provide proof of vaccination or take a Covid-19 test before arrival, according
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Puerto Rico, which along with Hawaii has maintained some of the strictest Covid-19 measures in the United States, announced Monday it’s relaxing travel restrictions. Starting Thursday, the US territory in the Caribbean will no longer require that domestic travelers provide proof of vaccination or take a Covid-19 test before arrival, according
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By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved three high-profile destinations to its highest-risk Level 4 category for travel on Monday. Hong Kong and New Zealand have spent much of the pandemic in near isolation with relatively few infections and had been lauded as Covid success stories.
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By Katie Hunt, CNN More than 12,000 years ago, South America was teeming with an astonishing array of ice age beasts — giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an elongated snout. These extinct giants are among many animals immortalized in an 8-mile-long (13-kilometer-long) frieze of rock
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a critical tipping point that could see the biologically rich and diverse ecosystem transformed into a grassy savannah. The fate of the rainforest is crucial to the health of the planet because it is home to a unique array of animal and plant life, stores
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A 4-year-old’s case of the Mondays caught on cam, Poseidon gets some hot new wheels, and a game show moment that will make you groan. These are the must-watch videos of the week. We’ve all been there The pressures of preschool were just too much for a Kansas 4-year-old on a
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Fila is putting the leisure in athleisure with the news that the company will be opening a branded hotel in Shanghai in 2024. The athletic wear company founded in Italy is partnering with Hyatt on the lifestyle hotel concept, which will be called Fila House. “Not only will the hotel be
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By Amanda Musa and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials uncovered 169 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former Catholic residential school in Canada, an Indigenous tribe in Alberta said Tuesday. The Kapawe’no First Nation, which is located over 200 miles northwest of Edmonton, said the discovery was made at the former St. Bernard Mission
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By Beth Braverman One of the most important things you can do when it comes to securing your financial future is to consistently live below your means. Once you’ve done that, however, the next step is to take any leftover cash — whether it’s a few dollars or a few hundred dollars — and put
Continue Reading By Beth Braverman One of the most important things you can do when it comes to securing your financial future is to consistently live below your means. Once you’ve done that, however, the next step is to take any leftover cash — whether it’s a few dollars or a few hundred dollars — and put
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By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Vietnam was the only destination added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk Level 4 category for travel on Monday. The “very high” risk category still contains more destinations than all the other levels put together, with nearly 140 places now at Level 4. In
Continue ReadingReuters Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, will divest its Russian assets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Norwegian prime minister said on Sunday. The fund’s Russian assets, consisting of shares in some 47 companies as well as government bonds, were worth 25 billion Norwegian crowns ($2.83 billion) at the end of
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN A major drug bust was made at sea, Molly Ringwald’s mom forgot her birthday, and an Olympic gold medalist showed off his moves off the ice. These are the must-watch videos of the week. High-speed chase at sea Three tons of cocaine were seized by Mexico’s army as a helicopter captured
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