By Brandon Griggs, CNN Today’s a day to celebrate The work of someone gone but great. Come on now, don’t be obtuse, Let’s all give thanks to Dr. Seuss. His name was Theodor Seuss Geisel And all the kids they think he’s swell. Born March 2, 1904 His family, they brewed beer and more. By
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By Maureen O’Hare A year after it was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Antonov AN-225 — the world’s biggest commercial plane — has taken flight once again in the Microsoft Flight Simulator program. The game has already resurrected lots of historical aircraft in its virtual skies, but this one’s a little special.
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By Colin McCullough and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany was diverted to Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday evening because of turbulence that left some passengers injured, an airport spokesperson said. Lufthansa Flight 469, which took off from Austin, experienced “significant turbulence” and landed safely at Dulles, Metropolitan
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By Greg Wallace, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man this week after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Florida. Marc Muffley, 40, faces two charges, according to a federal complaint, including possession of an explosive in an
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By Dave Alsup, Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Spirit Airlines flight was diverted and landed safely in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday after the crew reported a battery in an overhead bin was on fire. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now investigating the incident, which involved an Airbus A320 that departed from Dallas-Fort
Continue Reading By Dave Alsup, Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Spirit Airlines flight was diverted and landed safely in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday after the crew reported a battery in an overhead bin was on fire. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now investigating the incident, which involved an Airbus A320 that departed from Dallas-Fort
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN If Pedro Pascal has been doing anything lately, it’s definitely slaying — and Sarah Michelle Gellar has taken note. Before Pascal was fighting the Infected on “The Last of Us,” he was a college student-turned-vampire on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” as the titular TV star pointed out on Instagram on Monday.
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By Brynn Gingras, Chloe Melas and Zenebou Sylla, CNN The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that musician Travis Scott assaulted a sound engineer and causing $12,000 worth of damage to sound equipment at a club in New York City early Wednesday morning, according to a law enforcement source. No charges have been filed
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The internet is not done talking about “#spitgate” — the term born online last year when viral footage from the Venice Film Festival showed singer and actor Harry Styles making a motion that caused some to believe he had spit on his “Don’t Worry Darling” co-star Chris Pine. Months after the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN To anyone familiar with the 1994 movie “True Lies,” the first question for a series adaptation is where to begin. CBS perhaps wisely splits the difference by clueing in the wife on her husband’s clandestine life as a superspy during the premiere, setting up a double-secret scenario that plays out
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Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday inaugurated the “Abrahamic Family House,” an interfaith complex housing a mosque, a church, and the Gulf Arab state’s first ever purpose-built synagogue. Designed by renowned Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, the project incorporates several architectural styles traditionally found in mosques, churches and synagogues around the world. The
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Guy Savoy, who has been praised as the world’s best chef, has lost one of his Michelin stars. His Monnaie de Paris restaurant was awarded three Michelin stars by the Michelin Guide in 2002, according to the restaurant, and maintained the status for two decades. The restaurant jointly topped Paris-based guide La
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN Fans bracing themselves to say goodbye to “Stranger Things” after its fifth and final season may not have to do so after all. The hit sci-fi horror will take on a new life as a stage play, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” Netflix announced on Wednesday. The play will have its
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By Junko Ogura and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The boss of a 158-year-old Japanese guesthouse has apologized for only changing the water in its spa bath twice a year, after it was found to be teeming with potentially deadly bacteria. A health inspection of the onsen, a traditional Japanese bath using water from volcanically heated hot
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By Forrest Brown, CNN The 424 sites administered by the US National Park Service (NPS) continued to rebound from the pandemic last year, and a perennial favorite once again landed in the top spot for most visited site for 2022. Almost 312 million recreation visits were logged by the NPS in 2022, which is closing
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN A conservator at London’s Westminster Abbey is carrying out meticulous restoration work on a fragile 700-year-old chair to ensure King Charles III can sit on it at his coronation in May. The ancient throne, known as the Coronation Chair, has been at the centerpiece of English coronations for centuries, including those of
Continue Reading Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday inaugurated the “Abrahamic Family House,” an interfaith complex housing a mosque, a church, and the Gulf Arab state’s first ever purpose-built synagogue. Designed by renowned Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, the project incorporates several architectural styles traditionally found in mosques, churches and synagogues around the world. The
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Success has its privileges, including the freedom to get off to the relatively slow start that “The Mandalorian” indulged with its third-season debut, reintroducing the central players and a few peripheral ones, while laying out the bones of a plot that might be called Mission to Mandalore. In one of
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN Ed Sheeran has revealed that his wife, Cherry Seaborn, was diagnosed with a tumor when she was pregnant with their second child. In a diary entry — which was photographed by Annie Liebowitz and posted to Sheeran’s Twitter on Wednesday — to announce his new album, the British singer-songwriter said a
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN In 1998, Tracey Emin rocked the contemporary art world with her brutally honest installation, “My Bed.” The unkempt bed, which was shortlisted for the Turner Prize and later sold for more than $4 million, was a window into Emin’s private life, strewn with used condoms, soiled underwear and a full ashtray. Two
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