CNN – Style

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like bang – caused by a plane flying faster than the speed of sound – can be startling, and even crack windows. Sonic booms are part of the reason why there are no supersonic passenger planes

By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program, emerged victorious at the 2024 Miss America pageant in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night. Marsh, representing the state of Colorado, is the first active-duty Air Force officer

By Brad Lendon, CNN Kagoshima, Japan (CNN) — Think of a kamikaze pilot and the image that comes to mind is probably a screaming face obscured by goggles embarking on a death plunge. Or perhaps no face at all and just a fighter plane plowing into a warship. It’s probably not a teenager weeping in

By Oscar Holland and Christy Choi, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Last week’s Golden Globes saw red carpet glamour return to Hollywood after a year disrupted by actors’ and writers’ strikes. On Sunday, the stars were out in force again for the 29th Critics Choice Awards, which was back at Santa Monica

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A loud bang, a jolt, and cold air whooshing suddenly through the cabin: these were the immediate signs that something was very wrong aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282, according to one passenger report. An “explosive decompression” had occurred, the result of a fuselage plug — which in different configurations

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — A new year is a fitting time to commit to big-picture goals — and for some, that can mean a dream of living abroad. And thanks to the rise of remote work, new visa programs and tax incentives that entice digital nomads, investors and families, people considering an international

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a tense start to the year in travel, with five people trapped — then rescued — from a Slovenian cave this week, as well as the terrifying Alaska Airlines incident on January 5 that left a hole in the side of a Boeing 737 Max 9. To

By Aishwarya S Iyer and Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — At this time of year, the slopes of Gulmarg are normally packed with snowboarders and skiers, all taking advantage of the fresh January powder that annually blankets the Himalayas. But as with many popular winter ski destinations right now, this resort town in Indian-administered Kashmir

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Carrying lunch into the office from home can be one way to save money — except, perhaps, when it is stored in Pharrell Williams’ Louis Vuitton sandwich bag costing over $3,000. Record producer and designer Williams, who was named men’s creative director of the French luxury fashion house last

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe – the man himself embarked

By Christian House, CNN (CNN) — “Since the explosion I feel like a glass of water that overflows constantly,” wrote Lebanese photographer Myriam Boulos on August 20, 2020. A week earlier, a monumental blast — created by the ignition of large amounts of seized ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse since 2014 — destroyed a

Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — At 16, Jude Maboné often went to bed wondering whether she would wake up the next morning. She’d recently had her first heart attack — and would go on to have five more by the age of 18, spurring her to create a bucket list that included a foray into

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Tweens and young teens aren’t always clumsily playing with what is in their parent’s makeup bag anymore — they are on a mission. With a collective sigh of frustration over stores run amuck, adults on social media are now calling beauty obsessed pre-adolescents “Sephora kids.” As young as 9,

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A Russian travel agency is advertising what appears to be the first tour to North Korea since the isolated country closed its borders due to Covid, promising a “family friendly” ski trip to a luxury resort outside the capital Pyongyang. Like many other countries, North Korea imposed strict anti-epidemic

By Jessie Yeung and Yeoul Jo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Caged behind glass, a plump raccoon runs for a few seconds on an exercise wheel before flopping back down on the floor. In the next enclosure, a pair of prairie dogs perch on logs under the glaring artificial light of an overhead lamp.

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — With her signature megawatt smile and timeless style, Julia Roberts might be a beauty icon, but she doesn’t take herself too seriously. When asked in a new interview with British Vogue what keeps her looking youthful at 56, the actor responded with a wry wit. “Pickling. I put my

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Original scripts from the long-running sitcom “Friends” that were found in a trash can 25 years ago are going under the hammer. Fans of the hit show can bid online for the scripts of two episodes, both of which focused on Ross’ wedding and were filmed in London. The

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million when it comes up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York next month. If the piece realizes its estimate,

By Zamira Rahim, CNN (CNN) — Roya Shariat doesn’t think of her cookbook “Maman and Me” as a Middle Eastern book. She co-wrote it with her mother, Gita Sadeh, and each page unfolds an Iranian-American recipe with gentle, firm affection. Some of the dishes are classically Iranian, such as the tahdigs that helped the pair

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In the city center of Tirana, Albania, residents and visitors can climb a monumental pyramid that was once the shining symbol of an oppressive dictatorship — their treading feet a triumph over the past. Reimagined by Dutch architecture studio MVRDV, the Pyramid of Tirana has been transformed from a