By Max Foster and Niamh Kennedy, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to move their family out of London during school term time, in a bid to give their children a “normal” family life, a royal source told CNN. The decision to move the children’s school was announced by Kensington Palace in
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Niamh Kennedy, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to move their family out of London during school term time, in a bid to give their children a “normal” family life, a royal source told CNN. The decision to move the children’s school was announced by Kensington Palace in
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN It’s the home of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and the origin of legendary Santa Marta Gold — once the most sought-after varieties of weed in the United States — named after Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range. For many, Colombia is synonymous with drug cartels and narco-traffickers. It
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado, CNN Jimmy Amisial was walking through Gonaives, Haiti, on his way to a New Year’s Eve party to ring in 2018 when he spotted a large crowd and approached it. “When I got to the place where the people were making noise I saw a baby,” said Amisial, 22 at the time
Continue ReadingBy Fidel Gutierrez, CNNE The former attorney general of Mexico was arrested on Friday in relation to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, a tragedy that captured the world’s attention nearly eight years ago. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that it considers former attorney general Jesús Murillo Karam a suspect in “the crimes
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto and Caitlin Hu, CNN Nicaraguan police on Friday detained a bishop and seven other priests and seminarians, after a 16-day standoff, in an escalation of tensions between the country’s government and the Catholic Church. Police entered the headquarters of the Matagalpa diocese and arrested Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the others, authorities said
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has opened up about the mental health toll of her disfiguring cosmetic procedure, telling British Vogue that she struggled with depression and at one point even stopped eating. The 57-year-old also revealed she had been influenced by repeated TV commercials, saying she would have refused the fat-freezing treatment
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN With millions of travelers expected to rush airports over the Labor Day holiday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is telling major airlines that this summer’s thousands of flight cancellations are not acceptable. The Department of Transportation plans to better inform passengers of their recourse when facing a significant flight disruption, the secretary
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN When we think of medieval friars, we may well picture Robin Hood’s jolly Friar Tuck, known for his rotund figure and love of food and drink. But it turns out some of these monks were full of more than just cakes and ale. According to a study released on Friday, Augustinian
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Somebody put Baby in a corner: the remains of an upstate New York hotel that inspired the movie “Dirty Dancing” have burned down, according to the local fire department. The property, which was called Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, closed its doors in 1986. An August 17 notice posted on the Facebook
Continue ReadingBy Rodrigo Pedroso and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got physical with a YouTuber who heckled him in the capital Brasilia on Thursday, according to video from Brazilian news station Globo. As Bolsonaro took selfies with his supporters near the Planalto Palace, the President was questioned by Wilker Leao, an army corporal known
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wendy’s is getting a makeover. The burger chain has unveiled a redesign that places an “emphasis on convenience, speed and accuracy.” Restaurants will have new pick-up windows, a more technologically advanced kitchen and a spruced up interior. Wendy’s first redesign will debut in spring 2023 in Ohio. Following the lead
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN Just when you thought swimming in canals, vandalizing property and posing topless on a war memorial were as bad as tourist behavior got in Venice, think again. Two people decided to go surfing on Wednesday morning. The spot they chose to do so: not the beaches that the city enjoys —
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Local authorities in Scotland have come in for criticism after they appointed a man to the role of period dignity officer, responsible for coordinating the region’s response to a new law that makes menstrual products free to access in the country. A group of colleges and local councils in Tay region
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Early in the pandemic, people couldn’t get enough pizza. Now, not so much. Papa Johns’ sales are still up, but growth is slowing. In the second quarter, sales at its North American restaurants open at least a year grew just under 1%, down from 5% in the the same period
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A UK court has sentenced Queen Elizabeth II‘s stunt double to 18 months in prison after he threw his girlfriend down a staircase and shattered her shoulder. Gary Connery was convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, a spokesman for the court told CNN on
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN When Isabella Payne heads back to elementary school in September, she’s going to have the best “what I did in my vacation” story to tell. In a tale of “right place, right time,” the 8-year-old girl from Kent in southeast England spoke with American astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Approximately 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry beverages have been recalled because of possible contamination. Kraft Heinz said in a statement that a cleaning solution used to treat food processing equipment was “inadvertently introduced into a production line at one of our factories.” The issue was discovered after it
Continue ReadingZenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN The votes are in. The Cincinnati Zoo’s bouncing baby hippo is named Fritz. Choosing the name of Fiona’s little brother, born August 3, was a group effort. The zoo received more than 90,000 name suggestions from members of the public in every US state and more than 60 countries,
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Europe’s “summer of air travel chaos” is about to stretch into fall as London’s Heathrow Airport will extend its limit on passenger capacity through the end of October. Overcrowding and staff shortages were among the factors contributing to longer-than-expected wait times at airport security, lost luggage, delayed and canceled flights and
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