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By Alaa Elassar, CNN A fire damaged the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in New York on Sunday, before firefighters put out the blaze and rescued artifacts inside. The Rochester Fire Department (RFD) responded around 1:00 a.m. to an automatic fire alarm at the residence that once belonged to Anthony, a leader of the

By Faith Karimi, CNN It looks like a dreamy life of freedom on the open road: golden sunsets, cozy bunks and endless photo ops amidst stunning views of nature. A growing cult of nomads are taking long road trips — sometimes for months — in tricked-out camper vans, often documenting their travel highlights on Instagram

Leah Dolan, CNN From September 27 to October 5, the streets of Paris will once again come alive with models, designers and editors as fashion week prepares to take over the capital. There are more than 100 brands on the official Paris Fashion Week schedule — and while only around a third of designers are

By Al Goodman, CNN Eruptions from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma have intensified, as flights are suspended and officials ordered additional evacuations — bringing the total number of evacuees to almost 6,000 people. “According to the records of the volcanic surveillance that has been carried out since the beginning

Silvia Marchetti, CNN For nearly 33 years he lived a hermit life on a beautiful island in the Mediterranean, where he was the sole inhabitant. Mauro Morandi, known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe after developing a loyal online following, was caretaker of the Sardinian island of Budelli, embracing silence, solitude, and the peacefulness of nature while

By Al Goodman, CNN Officials on the Spanish island of La Palma have ordered more evacuations on the sixth consecutive day of eruptions from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Flights to and from the island have been canceled because of volcanic ash. Emergency services for the Canary Islands ordered the evacuation of two towns, and part

Toyin Owoseje, CNN Looking for a new home and not too worried by things that go bump in the night? You could be in luck. The purportedly haunted Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” has just gone on the market for $1.2 million. According to real estate agent Mott &

Francesca Street, CNN Dorte Poulsen was sunbathing in her parents’ backyard in her home in Copenhagen. It was 1983, and she was 19, just back from a gap year where she’d backpacked solo around South America and Israel. Right then, she was enjoying doing nothing, but her sunny basking was interrupted by the phone ringing.

Leah Dolan, CNN The fashion luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga has banned the use of animal fur across all of its brands by fall 2022. “The time has now come,” said Kering CEO and Chairman, François-Henri Pinault, in a short statement issued on Friday. “The world has changed, along

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Private jet passengers could soon be able to travel through the air and “underwater” at the same time thanks to a unique new cabin concept. Aircraft overhaul and maintenance specialist Lufthansa Technik has just unveiled renderings for a new cabin design (pictured above) for the Airbus Corporate Jet ACJ330 that allows those

Leah Dolan, CNN “The wall col-ouuur is ‘Lulworth Blue,’” declares Aidy Bryant during the “Saturday Night Live” skit, “New Paint.” Leaning into a bizarre British pronunciation of “color” she continues, paint-splaining that the shade is named after the, “swirling British mists of the beautiful Lulworth Cove.” “What a col-our!” After discovering that Bryant’s beloved “Lulworth

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Cruise fans in search of high-speed thrills have something to look forward to now that Norwegian Cruise Line has revealed the jaw-dropping amenities on board its latest ship, the Norwegian Prima. Due to set sail in August 2022, Norwegian Prima has become the cruise line’s most in-demand ship ever, says

By Jack Guy, CNN Two amateur free divers have found one of the largest collections of Roman coins in Europe off the east coast of Spain. Luis Lens and César Gimeno were diving off the island of Portitxol in Xàbia on August 24 when they found eight coins, before further dives by archaeologists returned another

Megan C. Hills, CNN When Lorraine West told her mother about a new exhibition celebrating the work of Black jewelers, she burst into tears over the phone. West, a jeweler for more than 20 years, said she doesn’t normally “get emotional” when it comes to her professional achievements, which include seeing celebrities like Beyoncé and

Blane Bachelor, CNN The announcement that vaccinated foreign nationals will be allowed back into the US in November after an 18-month ban was welcome news for families struggling with cross-border separations, airlines itching to relaunch long-haul routes, and eager tourists and industry insiders. Trip planning is already in the works, too: According to newly released

By Jessie Yeung and Ben Westcott, CNN After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and charting a path toward living with the virus — despite experts’ warnings that it may be too early to do so. Covid-19 swept across the region this summer, fueled by the highly infectious

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son. Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose Lopez-Guerrero, joined a group of friends at

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Another bit of welcome news for travelers clamoring to get into the United States came Tuesday with the announcement that land borders with Canada and Mexico will reopen to fully vaccinated visitors in November. The new policy closely aligns with new US international air travel rules announced on September 20. Both

Megan C. Hills, CNN Fashion editor Richard Buckley, the husband of designer Tom Ford, has died at the age of 72, according to a statement issued by representatives of Ford’s eponymous fashion brand. “It is with great sadness that Tom Ford announces the death of his beloved husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley,” Ford’s representatives

By Rhea Mogul, CNN Two alleged gang associates found with a car trunk “full of KFC” takeout were arrested as they tried to enter New Zealand’s largest city on Sunday in breach of strict coronavirus lockdown rules, according to police. Under Auckland’s Alert Level 4 lockdown measures — the strictest in the country — restaurants,

Text by Gladys Tsai, CNN; Video by John Mees, CNN As night falls, a group of fishermen set sail off the coast of northern Taiwan, where they prepare to catch sardines with a traditional method: fire. Once they are at sea, a fisherman lights fire on a stick with acetylene gas — generated by adding

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean and Bermuda in the Atlantic were added on Monday to the “very high” risk category of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s regularly updated list of travel advisories. The South American country of Guyana was the other new entry in the “Level 4:

By Jack Guy, Allegra Goodwin and Antonia Mortensen, CNN A woman has been found in a remote part of a Croatian island with no memory of who she is or how she got there. The woman, thought to be aged around 60, was given medical assistance after she was found on September 12 on the

By Al Goodman, Vasco Cotovio, Martin Goillandeau and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island is continuing to expel molten lava and ash after erupting on Sunday and is likely to do so for days, the president of the Canary Islands regional government warned Monday. Angel Victor Torres added in

Francesca Street, CNN Looking out the cabin window and seeing cities and oceans from above is, for many of us, one of the joys of flying. But aviation innovators Rosen Aviation reckon this experience could be taken to the next level, rendering actual airplane windows obsolete. The American aviation company is touting its Maverick Project

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Crowds lining the banks of the Seine and visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris this weekend were treated to an unusual sight — a slackliner charting an unusual path across the skies above their heads. Frenchman Nathan Paulin walked the 600-meter slackline from the Eiffel Tower to the Chaillot Theater on

By Dakin Andone, CNN The KNP Complex Fire in California has reached a “small area” of the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to some of the world’s largest trees, according to fire officials. The blaze, which has scorched 21,777 acres, reached the Four Guardsmen area, where officials spent recent days preparing the trees

Channon Hodge, CNN When you step into the Scarlet Lady cruise ship, you know immediately you’re on Richard Branson’s ship. There’s a record store on the left selling limited edition Sex Pistols and Lady Gaga on vinyl. The crew has cooler outfits than you. And there is red, red, red everywhere — lest you forget

By Christina Maxouris, CNN It’s tiny, but mighty. Boston’s “Skinny House” — an iconic structure and must-see tourist attraction known as the narrowest home in the city — just sold for more than $1.2 million. “People are amazed it was built to be, really, this skinny,” said Travis Sachs, executive vice president at CL Properties,

By Theresa Waldrop If your childhood dream was to live like Winnie the Pooh, this is your chance to make it come true by staying at a replica of the storied bear’s tree house. Pooh illustrator Kim Raymond is hosting two one-night stays at the “Bearbnb,” custom-built at the real site that inspired the fictional

Barry Neild and Katharina Krebs, CNN The UK government announced Friday it is simplifying its controversial traffic light travel rules and removing mandatory Covid tests for vaccinated travelers returning to England from countries on its safe list. Grant Shapps, the UK transport minister, said in a series of Twitter posts that as of October 4,

By Junko Ogura and Sara Spary, CNN A glass bottle containing a message from 1984 has washed up in Hawaii and been discovered by a 9-year-old girl — 37 years after high school students in Japan dropped it into the ocean as part of an experiment. The message in a bottle, titled “Ocean current investigation,”

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Stephanie Elam, CNN The world’s largest tree has been wrapped in foil to protect it against flames from a fire raging in California’s scenic Sequoia National Park. The base of the General Sherman Tree has been wrapped in aluminum-based burn-resistant material, according to Sequoia and Kings National Parks. The tree is

Jane Levere, CNN Airport gates are usually the last point of solid ground that fliers experience before taking to the skies, but at one US airport this month, a remarkable engineering feat saw several gates embark on their own incredible journey. In what’s believed to be an aviation industry first, four newly built gates —

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, a number of countries have decided it’s time to open up and adopt a “living with Covid” model. Some have enviable vaccination rates; others have decided that the costs of continued economic and social restrictions outweigh the benefits. Here are five nations to

Francesca Street, CNN A touchless airplane bathroom concept and a next-generation economy seat have been named as winning designs in an annual contest highlighting airplane cabin innovations that could reshape the future of flying. French cabin designer Safran’s hands-free bathroom design Beacon won the Clean and Safe Air Travel category in this year’s Crystal Cabin

By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN A pair of wildfires burning in California’s parched Sierra Nevada mountains have forced the closure of much of Sequoia National Park — including its most treasured areas, home to some of the largest trees on Earth. While firefighters are “aggressively attacking” the fires to help suppress them, the

Megan C. Hills, CNN Two pairs of 17th-century glasses are expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction next month. The jewel-encrusted spectacles, which feature lenses made from diamond and emerald rather than glass, are believed to have originally belonged to royals in the Mughal Empire, which once ruled over the Indian subcontinent. Designed to

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art last night, celebrities interpreted this year’s Met Gala theme, “In America: A lexicon of fashion” with homages to American icons, blunt political statements and thoughtful takes on the US identity and heritage. But Kim Kardashian West made a dramatic entrance later in the

By Jack Guy, CNN New Zealand’s Māori Party has launched a petition to change the official name of the country to Aotearoa, its name in the te reo Māori language. The campaign also calls on the House of Representatives to restore the Māori names for all towns, cities and place names, according to a statement