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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN When 19-year-old Zhang Chao decided to take a gap year at university, the digital media major planned to use the short…

By Sophie Tanno, CNN Women in Berlin can now swim topless in the city’s public pools if they choose to — just as men can. As well as…

By Liam Reilly and Kia Fatahi, CNN A monument honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Newark, New Jersey, this week, replacing a…

By Forrest Brown, CNN A popular California resort near Lake Tahoe has changed its long-standing name and logo from one that’s offensive to many…

Samantha Tse, CNN Paris Fashion Week felt bigger and busier than ever with a jam-packed schedule featuring a healthy mix of storied French houses…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN At the Louis Vuitton show in Paris on Monday, all eyes were on Zendaya — who wasn’t even walking the runway. The…

Oscar Holland, CNN Architect A. Eugene Kohn, co-founder of the design firm behind some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, has died from cancer…

Issy Ronald, CNN Cara Delevingne has revealed that she’s four months sober, saying “sometimes you need a reality check.”…

By Sharif Paget and Andy Rose, CNN Punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane in Dallas Monday, according to a witness and video, marking the…

Nick Remsen, CNN With her second runway show at Paris Fashion Week behind her, Victoria Beckham appears to be ushering in an exciting new era for her…

By Gregory Wallace and Nicky Robertson, CNN After at least six incidents this year, the nation’s top aviation official says he does not know…

By Marnie Hunter, CNN The kidnapping and killing of US travelers this week in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just over the border from Brownsville,…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In her sunlit portrait of the pole dancing instructor Nusaiba Al Maskari, the UK-born Omani photographer Eman Ali creates an…

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The sprawling, arid art biennial Desert X has returned to California, featuring open-air installations by 12 artists around the…

Oscar Holland, CNN Throughout its 44-year history, the Pritzker Prize — regarded as the “Nobel of architecture” — has often been…

By Amy Simonson, CNN A nearly 8-foot alligator that allegedly was taken from a Texas zoo nearly 20 years ago as an egg or a hatchling has been…

By Ross Levitt, CNN The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Monday night that it is investigating the first of two February…

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon…

Leah Dolan, CNN When fashion week takes over a city, celebrities are never far from the action — often in carefully curated outfits that live on…

By Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN The federal government has rolled out a new online dashboard showing which airlines charge — and do not…

Francesca Street, CNN When Lindz McLeod stepped off the airplane at John F. Kennedy Airport, she felt an immediate jolt of excitement and…

Megan C. Hills, CNN Some people travel the world in search of adventure, while others seek out natural wonders, cultural landmarks or culinary…

By Marnie Hunter, CNN America’s least-visited national park is quite a distance from mainland US shores. Almost 5,000 miles away, in fact. The…

Zoe Sottile, CNN Four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer James Cook in 1770, thought to be some of the oldest surviving artifacts collected…

By Forrest Brown, CNN The folks running TSA security checkpoints at airports have some real humdingers to tell about the things they uncover. Soiled…