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By Will McGough, CNN Perhaps no travel destination in the world has had a rougher go of things these past few years than Puerto Rico. In addition to the pandemic, the Caribbean archipelago has faced an eye-popping string of disasters in the past half-decade. They include the Zika epidemic in 2016, Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Oscar Holland, CNN From Joe DiMaggio to Albert Einstein, Princess Diana to Victoria Beckham, watchmaker Patek Philippe has long been a celebrity favorite. But the Swiss brand’s reputation has taken an unexpected turn in recent years. Namedropping luxury labels may be nothing new in hip-hop, but lyrical references to Patek Phillippe exploded in 2017. That

By Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN Orecchiette is a pasta specialty from the Puglia region — down in Italy’s southern “heel.” It’s one of the country’s flattest and most fertile regions, with wheat and olive oil produced in abundance. This is where Stanley Tucci‘s friend and writer Kay Plunkett-Hogge picked up the

By Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni and Heather Fulbright, CNN “There is some truth to the old adage ‘Most of the world eats to live but Italians live to eat,’” Stanley Tucci has said. He grew up in an Italian American family and lived in Italy during his childhood — and, true to

Leah Dolan, CNN Gwyneth Paltrow began building her dream home in 2015, after she happened upon a derelict lot for sale in Montecito, California,on a real estate app. Now, as she opens the finished property’s doors to Architectural Digest magazine, the Oscar-winning actor turned lifestyle guru has recounted the “long and arduous journey” that transformed

Recipe from Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN This dessert recipe was created by Chef Gianni Scappin’s sister, Livia. Scappin, coauthor of “The Tucci Cookbook” and chef-owner of restaurants Cucina and Market St. in New York’s Hudson Valley, loves her tiramisu because it’s not too sweet or heavy. Her secret is a well-beaten

Recipe from Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN “The Tucci Cookbook” photographer Francesco Tonelli contributed this recipe, which was handed down to him from his mother. This seafood soup in the style of the Marche region can be served as a main course over boiled rice or pasta. It also can be a

Recipe by Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN This appetizer, from the “The Tucci Cookbook,” is best served warm on toasted bread that has been rubbed with garlic or on a slice of grilled polenta. Stanley Tucci recommends pairing this spread with a sparkling, full white wine or a light red. Makes 6

Nick Remsen, CNN French for “high dressmaking,” Haute Couture is the most luxurious and highly protected classification of fashion, conceived by an invite-only group of the world’s most respected designers. Haute Couture Week, held twice a year in Paris, offers a rare glimpse into this lofty domain, where visual escapism, extraordinary craft and one-of-a-kind outfits

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN There are many different places a retired plane can end up in its after life. Some return to the sky to fly for other airlines, others are recycled for parts (around 80 to 85% of an aircraft can be recycled) while a vast number are relocated to aircraft boneyards. One particular decommissioned

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A penguin couple received an extra special New Year’s gift at a zoo in New York, where they became the organization’s first same-sex foster parents to successfully hatch an egg. The chick was hatched on January 1 by Elmer and Lima, two adult male Humboldt penguins, at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Oscar Holland, CNN Dolce & Gabbana has joined a growing list of fashion houses to ban animal fur, announcing Monday that it will use a sustainable “eco-fur” in future collections. In a joint statement with animal rights group Humane Society International, the Italian label said it would phase out fur from this year. It will,

Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Vogue France has been criticized after publishing a social media post that many users branded as offensive to Muslim women amid a culture of increasingly public Islamophobia in France. Sharing a photo on Instagram on Friday of actress and model Julia Fox wearing a piece of fabric wrapped around her head, the

Scottie Andrew, CNN The “dark academic” is smart but sullen, effortlessly cool but largely withdrawn, with rings under their eyes (spending all night in dimly lit libraries) and bruised legs (getting up to no good in between courses — a dark academic typically has a dark secret). They’ve got an eye for Gothic architecture and

Nicola Ruotolo, Sana Noor Haq, Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank to return the crown jewels, a lawyer for the family confirmed to CNN. The jewels were deposited in the Bank of Italy by a representative of the family on June 5, 1946 — three

Oscar Holland, CNN A village shadow puppet show, a shepherd grazing livestock and a pair of young acrobats performing handstands are among the scenes depicted in a photography competition shining a light on life in China. Now in its second year, the annual Global SinoPhoto Awards — which is run in association with the Lau

Ivana Kottasová, CNN | Design by Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon It took at least nine hard blows from an ax to smash the glass case in Dresden’s historic Green Vault. Once the glass shattered, the two masked thieves grabbed 21 priceless diamond-studded artifacts and disappeared. It was November 25, 2019, and in the space

By Laura Ly, CNN Passenger facilities at LaGuardia Airport’s overhauled Terminal B are officially complete, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced Thursday. While the renovated multibillion dollar terminal has already been open for business, Thursday marks a major milestone in the completion of the project. That includes a new skybridge that makes movement to

By Marnie Hunter, CNN A man charged with groping a flight attendant has been sentenced to six months in prison. Enio Socorro Zayas was sentenced on Monday in US District Court in the Southern District of Florida, according to court documents. Zayas was indicted after an incident on August 6, 2021, aboard American Airlines flight

Xiaofei Xu and Camille Knight, CNN Several Nazi-pillaged artworks held in France’s national collections could soon to be reunited with the families of their previous Jewish owners. The French National Assembly passed a law on Tuesday to return 15 artworks looted by authorities during the Nazi period. “It’s a bill that we can describe as

Oscar Holland, CNN From the moment 57-year-old supermodel Kristen McMenamy opened Valentino’s latest show in Paris, it was clear the fashion house was breaking with convention. With Haute Couture Week collections normally worn by young, waif-like models, the Italian label’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli offered two things rarely seen on the most exclusive of runways:

Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 12-year-old illustrator has signed a deal with Nike, his agency confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Joe Whale, who goes by the name “The Doodle Boy” on social media, will be collaborating with the global sports brand “on some special projects.” “We are so very excited to confirm that Joe is

Francesca Street, CNN Pre-pandemic, the idea of airlines advertising flights to nowhere, in which passengers land in the same place they took off, would have been almost unthinkable. Sure, sightseeing flights have always existed, but they’re usually run by private aviation companies in select tourist destinations. But as Covid-19 grounded much of the world’s airplane

Oscar Holland, CNN Chanel unveiled its latest collection in dramatic style at Haute Couture Week in Paris — by sending a real-life princess down the runway on horseback. To the surprise of guests at the Grand Palais Éphémère, the French fashion house opened its show Tuesday with the help of Prince Albert of Monaco’s niece

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Why build a superyacht that just moves on water when you can create one that flies through the air as well? Rome-based design company Lazzarini Design Studio has dreamed up a new concept named Air Yacht that has the ability to “sail in the sky” as well as the ocean. Renderings of

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Ozzie, the world’s oldest male gorilla and the third-oldest gorilla in the world, died Tuesday at Zoo Atlanta, the facility announced. He was 61. The 350-pound western lowland gorilla’s cause of death is not yet known, the zoo said in a news release. Ozzie was considered a true legend at the

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Traveling around Europe may be about to get less complicated for fully vaccinated travelers from countries within the European Union. The EU is recommending that vaccinated residents should not be required to undergo testing or quarantine measures when entering member states. Under the new advice, which comes into effect on February 1,

Julia Buckley, CNN A female tourist was thrown out of Venice after she was caught posing for photos topless on a war memorial. The 30-year-old from the Czech Republic stripped off last Friday afternoon, dumping her belongings on the monument — which pays homage to Italy’s war heroes — as she went for a swim