Life

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Their daughter Mia was just three years old when Canadian couple Edith Lemay and Sebastien Pelletier first noticed that she was having vision problems. A few years after they first took her to see a specialist, Mia, the eldest of their four children, was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN For photographer David LaChapelle, signs are pointing to the end of days — the Thwaites Glacier, or “doomsday glacier,” is barely hanging on; raging fire seasons have brutalized the Amazon; and critical changes in jet streams are causing extreme weather conditions worldwide, he said in a phone call. In Maui, where LaChapelle

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Columbus Zoo has welcomed a long-legged, endangered new addition: a baby Masai giraffe. The unnamed newborn was born to 12-year-old mother Zuri on August 31, according to a news release from the zoo. “Not only is the calf fiercely cute, but his birth is especially significant as it marks an

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In our travel roundup this week, we bring you lightning strikes, rainbow ice caves, clifftop hotels and tales of romance. And in the United Kingdom, ceremonial events are set to lead up to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. Are you traveling to Britain to witness the historic events? Or is a

Nick Glass, CNN It was one of those photogenic if historically insignificant moments when one (bona fide) icon fleetingly met another. Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe at a London film premiere in 1956. The women probably had precious little in common aside from their age (both were then 30), global fame and glamour. A

Karlie Kloss Growing up in the Midwest, my Dad, an ER physician, instilled in me and my sisters a love for science, tech, and math — but more than that, he taught me to always be curious. My modeling career kicked off when I was only 15, but I have strived to be a student

Oscar Holland, CNN When a virtual Gucci Dionysus handbag sold online for the equivalent of $4,115 last year, it wasn’t the price tag alone that made headlines — it was the fact you could have bought the real thing for $700 less. The four-figure sum, paid by a user on the gaming platform Roblox, was

Leah Dolan, CNN Fashion is barreling towards a digital future. In this brave new world, a cherished paycheck might no longer be spent on a scrupulously researched pair of Christian Louboutins or a long-envied Dior saddle bag — but a collection of pixels depicting these accessories. The brands breaking into digital fashion believe virtual clothes

Oscar Holland, CNN Jerry Seinfeld is known for many things but being a style icon was never among them. Unless, of course, you count the “The Puffy Shirt” from the “Seinfeld” episode of the same name — a garment that is so iconic that it now lives permanently at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American

By Lucy Sherriff, CNN A bumpy, 10-passenger plane ride from Belize City takes you over lush green jungles, craggy mountaintops and skims along the vibrant Caribbean Sea, dotted with paradisiacal atolls, before coming to land on a one-strip airport, a slash of dusty red in the midst of thick treetops. This is the airport of

By Rob Frehse, CNN Nearly 60 antiquities valued at almost $19 million were returned to Italy in a repatriation ceremony, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Some had been seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “These 58 pieces represent thousands of years of rich history, yet traffickers throughout Italy utilized looters to

Shama Nasinde, CNN Skepta, one of the UK’s most prominent grime musicians and producers, can add a new title to his resume: artist and curator. The award-winning performer has guest curated a section of the upcoming “Contemporary Curated” sale, a Sotheby’s initiative which sees famous figures — from Oprah to the late Virgil Abloh —

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN New footage has been released showing the wreck of the RMS Titanic as it’s never been seen before: in full 8K quality, the highest screen resolution currently available. That’s a horizontal resolution of 8,000 pixels, or twice as clear as a 4K TV. And it means there’s an unprecedented level of

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s Labor Day weekend in the United States and Canada and just plain old September everywhere else. CNN Travel is back with another weekly roundup of news from planes, trains, the great outdoors and the ocean depths. Life at sea A new underwater expedition will set out September 4 to explore

Lauren del Valle, Liam Reilly and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dozens of ancient artifacts investigators believe were looted have been seized from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The office seized 27 artifacts from the Met using three search warrants. They will be repatriated to their countries of

Toyin Owoseje, CNN One of the world’s most twisted towers has been unveiled in Chongqing, China. The Dance Of Light tower, designed by architecture firm Aedas and completed this year, is 180 meters (590 feet) tall and features a twisted facade that emulates the shape of the northern lights, according to a press release. Located

Sana Noor Haq, CNN A house refurbishment in northern England has uncovered a trove of gold coins, which could be worth up to £250,000 ($290,000) at auction next month. The discovery is one of the biggest hoards of 18th century English gold coins ever uncovered in Britain, according to auction house Spink & Son in

Leah Dolan, CNN Celebrities dressed to the nines have descended on the Venice Lido this week to attend the 79th installment of the city’s annual film festival. It’s set to be a star-studded event, with the premieres of Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver, the buzzy “Don’t Worry Darling” directed by

By Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident at the Orlando airport last month in which a Cessna single-engine plane and a Delta Boeing 757 came within “close proximity” to one another, the agency said. The close pass occurred when the planes were departing the Orlando

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A Canadian company has unveiled plans for a fully electric train-style vehicle which could travel at 1,000 kilometers per hour and, it claims, would cost less than a plane ticket to travel on. FluxJet was announced by TransPod in its home city of Toronto last month, with a scaled-down one-tonne version

David Williams, CNN The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight threatened to cancel takeoff after someone on the plane sent a naked photograph to other passengers. The incident, involving Apple’s AirDrop file transfer service, involved a flight from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “So here’s the deal, if this continues

By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Summer air travel has been trying, to put it mildly. Hellacious, many travelers would say. About 55,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the Friday before Memorial Day, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, and nearly a quarter of US flights have been delayed