Original animatronic ‘E.T.’ model used in Spielberg classic sells for $2.56 million
Toyin Owoseje, CNN E.T. has a new home. The original mechatronic model of the little alien from Steven Spielberg‘s 1982 sci-fi classic…
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The weird ways destinations tried to get you to visit in 2022
Julia Buckley, CNN When they’re good, they’re iconic. When they’re bad — well, at least you can usually laugh. We’re…
Continue ReadingAt least 36 people injured, some seriously, after ‘severe turbulence’ on Hawaiian Airlines flight
CNN, KHNL By Pete Muntean and Chris Boyette, CNN At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to emergency rooms,…
Continue ReadingMexico’s Islas Marias: from prison to tourist attraction
By Reuters One of Mexico’s most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at…
Continue ReadingPeru evacuating tourists stranded at Machu Picchu
By Claudia Rebaza, Duarte Mendonca, Hira Humayun and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hundreds of tourists stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu are…
Continue ReadingAt least 36 people injured, some seriously, after ‘severe turbulence’ on Hawaiian Airlines flight
CNN By Pete Muntean and Chris Boyette, CNN At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to emergency rooms, after…
Continue ReadingAt least 36 people injured, some seriously, after ‘severe turbulence’ on Hawaiian Airlines flight
By Pete Muntean and Chris Boyette, CNN At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, with 20 taken to emergency rooms, after their…
Continue Reading‘How to make applesauce’: A photograph that made time stand still
Oscar Holland, CNN Exploding with energy but perfectly still, Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s 1964 image of a .30-caliber bullet ripping…
Continue ReadingGiraffe and zebra bones seized at Virginia airport
By Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers seized zebra and giraffe bones from a woman at Washington’s…
Continue ReadingOverrun Amsterdam targets sex and drugs tourists with ‘stay away’ campaign
By Blane Bachelor, CNN It’s barely dusk on a cold Saturday afternoon in early December. But Amsterdam’s Red Light District is already…
Continue ReadingMother of a stranded tourist in Peru hopes her daughter makes it home for Christmas, as hundreds grounded amid protests
By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Alaa Elassar, CNN It’s only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter,…
Continue ReadingWhy the UK has fallen into a travel black hole
Julia Buckley, CNN The UK: home to tradition, cozy cottages and Christmas movies. What better place to spend the holiday period than in a thatched…
Continue ReadingGiant aquarium housing 1,500 fish bursts in Berlin, injuring 2 people
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN A 46-foot-high aquarium that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst Friday morning, injuring at least two people and…
Continue ReadingThe couple who cycled the world on a tandem bicycle
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN On December 1, Laura Massey-Pugh and Stevie Massey, both from the UK, cycled through a blizzard into Brandenburg Gate in…
Continue ReadingLook of the Week: Katie Holmes’s Y2K ensemble goes viral for all the wrong reasons
Leah Dolan, CNN Walk into any Urban Outfitters, Zara or adjacent store today and you’ll be greeted by rows of cargo or “parachute”…
Continue ReadingVirgin to fly ‘net-zero’ transatlantic Boeing 787
Francesca Street, CNN Virgin Atlantic plans to operate a Boeing 787 from London to New York, powered solely by waste oils and fats, a move hailed as…
Continue ReadingAzerbaijan’s Silk Road: Rethreading history’s greatest trade network
By Mark Elliott, CNN We’re in Sheki, a magical little UNESCO World Heritage city tucked up against the thickly wooded foothills of…
Continue Reading15 extraordinary discoveries of 2022
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN We may dream of winning the lottery, but what about finding a medieval-era wedding ring in your yard, or a Byzantine-era mosaic…
Continue ReadingCultural review: From celebrity spectacle to art in conflict, here are the moments that shaped 2022
Fiona Sinclair Scott, Jacqui Palumbo, Leah Dolan and Oscar Holland, CNN If 2021 was a tentative return to in-person gatherings and social events,…
Continue ReadingThey met on a European sleeper train. They’ve been married for nearly 30 years
Francesca Street, CNN Katy Vernon and Randy Vanderwood first spotted one another on a crowded station platform. It was the summer of 1991. The two…
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