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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. February 21, 2023 – Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). January 6 – Carnival season celebrations begin on this date each year, continuing through midnight on Fat Tuesday. Facts Mardi Gras, French for
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Weaver Olena Shevtsova sells handmade Slavic and Ukrainian patterned belts, sashes, scarves and even guitar straps online to support her family, but since Russian forces moved into her country, she’s used her skills to help make camouflage webbing to protect Ukrainian troops. “I call us the spider women,” she said of
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association All-Star with the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, has been arrested in Russia after customs officials detected cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow, The New York Times reported. The Russian news agency
Continue Reading 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 holds the globe within a firm grip after more than two years. The attacks and the resulting sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe have a far-reaching impact — and
Continue Reading 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 weeks, as a senior Western intelligence official warned Moscow could “bombard cities into submission,” an escalation that could lead to significant civilian casualties. The US has already seen “some
Continue Reading 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 first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the lunar surface. It’s expected to hit the moon around 7:26 a.m. ET at about 5,500
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armored dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. The ancient fossil belongs to a stegosaur, an herbivorous dinosaur with a tiny head and bony plates marching down its back, ending in a spiked
Continue Reading 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 Gale Crater, the Curiosity rover stumbled on a tiny surprise. The rock artifact, which resembles a piece of coral or a flower, is smaller than a penny. The
Continue Reading CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior Russian officials wait until after the Beijing Olympics had finished before beginning an invasion into Ukraine, US officials said Wednesday. US officials broadly view the report as credible, but its particulars are
Continue Reading CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior Russian officials wait until after the Beijing Olympics had finished before beginning an invasion into Ukraine, US officials said Wednesday. US officials broadly view the report as credible, but its particulars are
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior Russian officials wait until after the Beijing Olympics had finished before beginning an invasion into Ukraine, US officials said Wednesday. US officials broadly view the report as credible, but its particulars are open
Continue Reading 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 lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission are up for auction this month. Bonhams, the auction company in charge of the
Continue Reading 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 first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the lunar surface. It’s expected to hit the moon around 7:26 a.m. ET at about 5,500
Continue Reading 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 bomb shelters. Grocery shelves are bare. Cars idle in traffic as thousands attempt to flee. And some Black people living in Ukraine say they have faced discrimination when trying to
Continue Reading By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a maskless US President Joe Biden said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he outlined his plan to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Thanks to the
Continue Reading 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 blankets the Pacific Northwest, a new weather satellite will be able to track them all. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched GOES-T, the third in its series of advanced geostationary
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles, CNN It’s very unlikely that Europe’s first planetary rover will launch in 2022, the European Space Agency said Monday, given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on the country as a result. The ExoMars Rover, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, had been
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Few dinosaurs exude the same mystique as Tyrannosaurus rex, but the tyrant lizard king that once roamed across North America might have been misunderstood. A new analysis of the bones and teeth of 37 T. rex specimens suggests that the dinosaur might need to be regrouped into three separate species —
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN As a space enthusiast, I’ve always wanted to sail among the stars to a galaxy far, far away. I got a step closer this week when I boarded the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World for a preview of the first-of-its-kind immersive experience, opening on March 1. As a
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN The sun is getting more active — and two solar missions are perfectly poised to capture the stellar show. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, is gearing up for its closest approach to the sun so far on March 26.
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