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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The 18-year-old flew in from Miami wearing jeans and a denim jacket in the dead of winter. Outside, Washington was so snowy and frigid that Jorge Zamanillo had to buy a hat, gloves and scarf from a street vendor. But inside the many Smithsonian museums he visited that week, Zamanillo

Leah Dolan, CNN While the former Beatle may be known for his immeasurable contribution to music, Paul McCartney also has a well-documented penchant for fashion. Largely thanks to the late Linda McCartney, an American photographer and the musician’s first wife, the sometimes kooky and always frolicsome outfits worn by McCartney have been immortalized forever —

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A warship carrying about 330 people — including James Stuart, future King of England — ran aground and sank on May 6, 1682. Now the shipwreck’s location has finally been revealed off the coast of England 340 years later. When the HMS Gloucester sank, it became half buried in the seabed.

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As her plane began its descent into the Seychelles on October 6, 2019, Ugandan-American travel influencer Jessica Nabongo peered out of the window, preparing herself for the momentous occasion about to take place. Not only was she about to become a member of a prestigious club made up of the very few

Julia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid concern from passengers that its current look could suggest that it supports the invasion. Tokyo-based Zipair — a lowcost subsidiary of JAL, Japan Airlines — has announced that it’ll be removing the “Z”

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN You might need a stiff drink before you even get to this watering hole. A 240-meter-long (787 feet) glass bridge with a “diamond-shaped” bar suspended in the center was unveiled at Dashbashi Canyon, located around two hours drive from capital city Tbilisi, in Southern Georgia earlier this week. Constructed by investment group

Marianne Garvey Kim Kardashian did not ruin Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress at the Met Gala. That’s according to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, which owns Monroe’s dress and lent it to Kardashian for the May event. The museum and events franchise said in a statement Thursday that despite claims otherwise, Kardashian “did not, in any

Julia Buckley, CNN As the quest for less environmentally damaging aviation continues, one Spanish airline has thrown its hat into the ring by ordering new hybrid airships — which pack as much of a punch visually as they are said to do environmentally. Air Nostrum, which operates flights under the Iberia Regional umbrella from its

By Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite one man’s recent cancer scare. They took photo No. 9 on Wednesday, 40 years after they shot the first in 1982 at a prefabricated cabin at Copco Lake along the

Scottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing jobs due to “racism.” Patterson, who recently co-authored a book with Dolly Parton and this month published his autobiography, made the initial comment in an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times. Patterson said

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality before boarding flights to the UK. The low-cost airline is abandoning the controversial requirement after receiving a huge backlash from South Africans, with some accusing Ryanair of racial discrimination. The apparent U-turn

Leah Dolan, CNN A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday, the first time the artwork has been auctioned in its almost six-decade history. “Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud,” painted in 1964, was intended to be the centerpiece of a large triptych —