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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a painting by Pablo Picasso after it apparently vanished on the way to an exhibition. The 1919 gouache work “Still Life with Guitar,” which measures just 12.7 centimeters by 9.8 centimeters (5 inches x 3.9 inches), was supposed go on display from

By Rebecca Saunders, CNN (CNN) — It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next room and made my way toward the bathing area. This was no

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro. But green-skinned, bolt-necked and flat-skulled he is not. In fact, the monster — who first entered the cultural conversation over 200 years ago thanks to Mary Shelley’s gothic science-fiction novel — has

By Jane Levere, CNN New York (CNN) — Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a sense of spontaneity and modernity. And now, 150 years later, he will return to the spotlight

By Joe Yogerst, CNN Trabzon, Turkey (CNN) — If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive along the Black Sea coast, the shrine has witnessed the evolution of

By Oscar Holland and Joyce Philippe, CNN (CNN) — WNBA player Angel Reese became the first professional athlete to walk the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, as the lingerie label — and self-proclaimed arbiter of sexiness in the 1990s — continues to rebrand following years of commercial turmoil. The 23-year-old Chicago

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to publicity stunts, Kim Kardashian may have just outdone herself. The socialite and reality TV star has raised a few eyebrows with the latest addition to her underwear range, Skims — a barely there thong, lavishly adorned with fake pubic hair. Dubbed “the ultimate bush,” the

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It was possibly the last place on earth Charlotte Phillips expected to find love. In a small hospital in Delhi, India, her mother, Janet, was undergoing a last-resort treatment for her debilitating neurodegenerative disease. She was confined to a hospital bed and the two were thousands of miles away

By Griffin Shea, CNN Luanda (CNN) — The Globo hotel in downtown Luanda hasn’t welcomed guests in ages. The sign and its awnings fell down long ago. Windows are broken. Cracks in the walls are big enough to support plant life. Half a century ago, it was a different scene. The newly opened Globo was

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An image of a rare hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Shot by South African photographer Wim van den Heever in the town of Kolmanskop, “Ghost Town Visitor” is

Text by Jen Rose Smith | Video by Alexandra Gilwit and Nick Blatt, CNN (CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a group of paranormal fans at Pennhurst Paracon, an event

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Several locales across the US claim to be king when it comes to Halloween. But three in particular — Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans and Salem, Massachusetts — have the haunting histories to truly earn the title. The trio of historic cities, each of them at least a couple of