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Month: August 2026

A makeshift memorial honoring Tasia Fortune stands in the backyard of the property where her body was found

A Mississippi woman found hanging in a tree was laid to rest this weekend. Here’s the latest

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Amid the gentle slopes of Greenville, Kentucky’s historic West End Cemetery, Tasia Fortune was to be buried Saturday, her family hoping she’s remembered for her intelligence, talent and faith, even as investigators in Mississippi continue to probe how the 29-year-old Black woman came to be found dead hanging from

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The UAE's first passenger train

The trains that allow you to fall asleep in one world and wake up in another

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: A collapsing sandcastle that trapped a teenager, the Vatican Observatory where science meets religion, plus “invisible architecture” in the African desert. Sleeper trains Few transport options capture romantic imaginations as completely as sleeper trains, those legendary locomotives that allow us to

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After prison release, Tina Peters takes her election conspiracy roadshow to Washington

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Two months into her post-prison life, election denier Tina Peters traveled to Washington for high-level meetings this week with Trump administration officials, pitching her plan to invoke emergency powers and assert unprecedented federal control over elections before the November midterms.. The DC trip – where Peters met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

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Residentes de la ciudad a la que están enviando a los haitianos deportados afirman que no están preparados para acogerlos

Por Caitlin Stephen Hu y Étant Dupain, CNN La costa norte de Haití es donde el país se enfrenta al vasto Atlántico con todo su bagaje. Allí está Labadie, el complejo turístico privado abierto solo a cruceros estadounidenses y turistas extranjeros. Justo al lado se encuentra la Isla de la Tortuga, tristemente célebre punto de

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