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By Reuters and Shawn Nottingham, CNN The Smithsonian Institution reversed its mask policy on Thursday, requiring all visitors as young as age 2 to wear face coverings to enter its museums in an effort to thwart the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. The Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, with 19

By Gregory Wallace and Christina Carrega, CNN The nation’s largest flight attendant union says nearly one in five of its members has encountered a violent airplane passenger so far this year, and it says the time has come for more focus on criminal charges for in-air disturbances. “When people are facing jail time for acting

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Following the most widespread protests since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, Cubans are now bracing themselves for a new aftershock poised to shake the communist-run island: Mass trials of those who dared to take to the streets calling for change. Fewer than three weeks since the beginning of the unprecedented anti-government demonstrations,

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Pat Shozo has been trying to buy a used car for his son who’s going to attend college in the fall. But after looking for more than three months, Shozo, who lives near Los Angeles, said he’s ready to give up. “Everything’s so inflated,” he said. “It’s actually absurd.” Prices

By Drew Kann, CNN It was the heat, in part, that pushed Eric Beck to leave Los Angeles. He had built a successful career in the TV and film industry over 42 years, and he said it was a grueling decision. But as a 65-year-old with diabetes and an elevated risk for health complications in

By Maria Fleet and Ana María Cañizares, CNN An Ecuadorian court on Monday ruled in favor of revoking the citizenship of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a judgment published by the Judicial Branch of Ecuador. The court’s decision nullified Assange’s status as a naturalized citizen of Ecuador, which was granted to him in December

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Wildfires in the US have burned nearly three million acres so far this year — that’s the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined and then some — as the nation’s largest fire scorches even more land and buildings. The Bootleg Fire, the largest active fire in the US, has been

By Forrest Brown, CNN The 2021 summer travel season started out full of hope and promise, but increasingly by the week, the Delta variant is throwing it in disarray. This more transmissible variation of the coronavirus was first detected in India in February, just when the United States and some other places around the world

Leah Asmelash, CNN There was a time when tattoos were taboo, even in the US — associated with criminals or societal rejects. But since the 1970s, tattoos have seen a rise in popularity in Western societies especially. And it’s a trend that’s reflected in this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. From solid Olympic rings to bright

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Heat and smoke from wildfires are spreading across the country Tuesday, impacting air quality and prompting heat alerts from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. A ridge of high pressure has expanded over the US bringing a heat wave with high temperatures above average to much of the

By Hollie Silverman and Joe Sutton, CNN Oregon’s fierce Bootleg Fire has destroyed more than 400 structures and 340 vehicles since it began three weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The blaze has grown to 410,731 acres and remains at 53% contained, according to an Inciweb update. The Bootleg Fire has destroyed 161 residences and 247

By Rishabh M Pratap, CNN and Reuters At least 180 people have died in the west Indian state of Maharashtra after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages. At least 38 people were killed in Taliye, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of the financial capital Mumbai, when a

By Caitlin Hu, Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Natalie Gallón, CNN Photos and video by David von Blohn. There was no mistaking the meaning in last week’s anonymous text message: Do what we say or die. “Hey clerk, get ready for a bullet in your head, they gave you an order and you keep on

By Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN Tropical Storm Nepartak was sitting off the eastern coast of Japan on Monday night and is expected to make landfall on Honshu, the largest island, on Tuesday night local time. The storm could impact the Olympic Games as it brings up to 150 mm (5.9 inches) of rain

By Jonny Hallam, CNN The parents of a British teenager killed in 2019 said Monday that they will strenuously oppose an attempt by the US government to keep secret the employment details of the woman accused in the traffic death. Harry Dunn, 19, was struck and killed when Anne Sacoolas drove head-on into his motorcycle

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The latest heat wave to grip the US is here, delivering triple-digit temperatures and heat indices across the country. The heat will last through the coming weekend and into next week as a high-pressure system moves across the country. This massive ridge of high pressure will continue to