Francesca Street, CNN Vickie Moretz had never left the southern United States, let alone traveled abroad. The prospect of flying across the Atlantic was equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. It was February 1982. Vickie was 22, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee, en route to London to participate in a work study program.
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN After decades of painting fakes, falsifying evidence and diligently covering their tracks, it was a single act of carelessness that brought the Beltracchis’ deception to light. One half of the German husband-and-wife duo, Wolfgang Beltracchi, had run out of the zinc he used to create white paint for their forgery operation. He
Continue Reading Rob Hodgetts, CNN A great gulp of crisp mountain air and a gaze across pristine peaks is enough to remind you of the soul-stirring benefits of a ski holiday. But while skiers dance in nature’s playground, the infrastructure facilitating all that fun comes at a cost to an environment already under severe pressure from a
Continue Reading By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
Continue Reading By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
Continue Reading Dalya Al Masri, CNN Saudi Arabia is unveiling a reconstruction of the face of an ancient Nabataean woman after several years of work by historians and archaeologists. The reconstruction, which is the first of its kind, is modeled on the remains of Hinat, a Nabataean woman who was discovered in 2015 in a 2,000-year-old tomb
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Starting the party with Bad Bunny seemed to have been a good call for the Grammys. With over 12.4 million viewers tuning into Sunday’s ceremony, ratings for the program rose 30% from last year. The show, back at its usual home in the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, reclaimed its ranking
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Sunday night’s 2023 Grammy Awards was a history-making show filled with dynamic performances from iconic musical artists. And through it all, Ben Affleck looked miserable. CBS’ cameras repeatedly caught Affleck, the actor-filmmaker known for his grimace and his penchant for looking morose while smoking cigarettes, glumly sitting next to wife Jennifer
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN It was a big enough surprise that a jazz singer won best new artist at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, but that it was Samara Joy was a delight for many. The 23-year-old artist from the Bronx also won best jazz vocal album for her project, “Linger Awhile.” Joy has had quite
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The last time Questlove and Will Smith were on the same stage it was controversial, but anyone looking for Smith in the hip-hop tribute produced by Questlove at the Sunday’s Grammy Awards would have been disappointed. Questlove explained to Variety in advance of the broadcast that Smith had planned to
Continue Reading Serena Coady, CNN No place on Earth is colder than East Antarctica. Due to its higher elevation, not even West Antarctica can touch its hostile temperatures. Princess Elisabeth, a polar research station in the Queen Maud Land region, faces wind speeds of up to 155 mph (249 kph) and temperatures as low as -58°F (-50°C).
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN A photo of Aaron Carter seemed to be missing from the in memoriam segment at Sunday’s Grammy Awards and some viewers were not happy about it. Carter, who died in November at the age of 34, rose to fame as a teen with his 2000 album, “Aaron’s Party (Come Get
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Harry Styles had a night to remember. Not only did he take home two Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, but he also served up some of the ceremony’s most talked-about outfits. The former One Direction star began the night in a plunging technicolor jumpsuit that revealed a collection of butterfly and bird
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN If her expression was anything to go by, blues singer Bonnie Raitt was not expecting to win Song of the Year at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday. Her song “Just Like That” had three Grammy nominations and snapped up two wins, for Best American Roots Song and Song of the
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The story of Pampa Kampana, poet, prophet and mother of the empire of Bisnaga, begins with fire. Salman Rushdie’s protagonist in his new novel “Victory City” — a fictional retelling of the fallen Indian empire of Vijayanagar — lives to be 247 years old and buries 24,000 of her verses on the
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Adele is officially winning at life after achieving her long-time dream of meeting Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at this year’s Grammy Awards. The epic moment was orchestrated by Grammy host Trevor Noah, who kicked off Sunday’s show by approaching Adele’s table during his opening monologue and revealing some lesser-known facts about
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Sunday night’s 2023 Grammy Awards was a history-making show filled with dynamic performances from iconic musical artists. And through it all, Ben Affleck looked miserable. CBS’ cameras repeatedly caught Affleck, the actor-filmmaker known for his grimace and his penchant for looking morose while smoking cigarettes, glumly sitting next to wife Jennifer
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN There’s probably a party over at Harry’s house on Sunday night because Harry Styles took home the trophy for album of the year at the Grammy Awards for his 2022 hit album “Harry’s House.” “I’ve been so, so inspired by every artist in this category with me at a lot of
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Lizzo gave perhaps the most unrelentingly joyous acceptance speech of the night at the Grammys, lifting nearly every star in the audience to their feet. The singer won record of the year for “About Damn Time,” a lively anthem from her latest album “Special.” And she dedicated the award to her
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN The Grammy Awards red carpet is known for more risqué fashion than some of its silver screen counterparts, and the music industry’s biggest names delivered again on Sunday evening. As the ceremony returned to its usual home — the Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center,
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