Mardi Gras Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.…
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Before the Ukraine invasion she made belts. Now, she makes camouflage nets for troops
By David Williams, CNN Weaver Olena Shevtsova sells handmade Slavic and Ukrainian patterned belts, sashes, scarves and even guitar straps online to…
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA all-star, arrested in Russia on drug charges
By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s been a tough week. The world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold during a pandemic that still…
Continue ReadingRussia poised to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries to Ukraine as official warns Moscow could ‘bombard cities into submission’
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN Russia is poised to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries to Ukraine in the coming days and…
Continue ReadingSpace junk set to crash into the far side of the moon
By Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the…
Continue ReadingWith war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
Continue ReadingWith war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
Continue ReadingWith war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
Continue ReadingDinosaur fossil discovery may be the oldest stegosaur ever found
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armored dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and…
Continue ReadingTiny ‘flower’ formation spotted on Mars by Curiosity rover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This may be the closest we will ever come to finding a flower on Mars. During its ongoing investigation of Martian rocks in…
Continue ReadingChina asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that…
Continue ReadingChina asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that…
Continue ReadingChina asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior…
Continue ReadingRare NASA lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission is up for auction
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Megan Marples Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this world. Particles of…
Continue ReadingExpected collision of rocket part with moon to take place imminently
By Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the…
Continue ReadingWhat the writer of ‘We Lived Happily During the War’ wants you to know about Ukraine
By Leah Asmelash, CNN In recent days, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has left many living in the country in a nightmare. Subway stations double as…
Continue Reading‘Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.’ Biden outlines plan to emerge from the pandemic
By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a…
Continue ReadingThe new weather satellite that could spot wildfires before we do
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Whether it’s wildfires that sweep across the West Coast, storms rolling in from the Pacific Ocean, or dense fog that…
Continue ReadingEurope’s Mars rover ‘very unlikely’ to launch in 2022 due to Ukraine invasion
By Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles, CNN It’s very unlikely that Europe’s first planetary rover will launch in 2022, the European Space…
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