By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — After a recent trip with her husband and two children to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, Gina Lee said it felt like she had lost “all concept of money and time.” “It has gotten more expensive. It’s crazy,” said the New York-based content creator. “I feel like
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Even though the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl LVIII, arguably the biggest star of the game won’t be on the field at all. Taylor Swift has been as big a part of the buildup to Sunday’s spectacle as the players themselves,
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people will soon ring in the Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, as we say goodbye to the Year of Rabbit and fly into the Year of the Dragon. According to tradition, a big cleanup should be carried out in homes today to eliminate
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Hamas’ proposals for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, calling them “delusional” in a setback to diplomatic efforts to pause the war. Netanyahu said during a Wednesday briefing: “We haven’t committed to anything. We haven’t committed
Continue Reading By Sarah Engel and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — The extraordinary discovery of a decades-old message in a bottle has inspired alumni of a Long Island, New York, high school to remember their beloved late science teacher. Local waterfowl guide Adam Travis spotted a green bottle lying near some marsh grass in Shinnecock Bay on Long
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight trackers.
Continue Reading By Maxime Tamsett, Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia couple is seeking justice for the death last year of their baby during delivery at a Georgia hospital. The baby, Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., died from a broken neck and his head was detached, according to the Clayton County, Georgia,
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CNN By Maxime Tamsett, Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia couple is seeking justice for the death last year of their baby during delivery at a Georgia hospital. The baby, Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., died from a broken neck and his head was detached, according to the Clayton County,
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By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A reporter at a small Kansas newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging her constitutional rights were violated during the widely condemned raid of the Marion County Record last August. Phyllis Zorn is suing current and former officials with the city of Marion and officials with the county of
Continue Reading By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The brother of an Iraqi student killed as a result of US airstrikes on Iraq and Syria on Friday says the family holds the United States responsible for his death. Abdulrahman Khaled, 20, was killed in the town of Al Qaim, on the Iraq-Syria border, in what the family
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KEYE, AUSTIN PD, CNN By Dakin Andone, Andy Rose and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group wants prosecutors to bring federal and state hate crime charges against a man arrested in the stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American man Sunday evening in Texas. The victim, identified by
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in New York have accused 70 current and former employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority of bribery and extortion for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million in cash payments for no-bid repair contracts. In what Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the
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WLNY By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in New York have accused 70 current and former employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority of bribery and extortion for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million in cash payments for no-bid repair contracts. In what Damian Williams, the US Attorney for
Continue Reading By Jade Gordon, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi judge has dismissed the case against a child who was arrested in August for public urination, according to an attorney for the child’s family. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow dismissed the case against Quantavious Eason, now 11, who was arrested for urinating in a Senatobia parking
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera died from drowning after a helicopter crash in the south of the country, according to autopsy results. The cause of death was “asphyxiation due to submersion,” Tatiana Esquivel, the prosecutor of the Los Ríos region, where the crash happened, said Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Militant rebels in Indonesia’s restive West Papua are urging their most feared comrade to release a New Zealand pilot held hostage for a year. A group of armed fighters led by tribal warlord Eganius Koyega kidnapped Phillip Mehrtens on February 7, 2023, after his light plane landed on a delivery run in
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Ibrahim Dahman and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — Displaced Palestinians crowded into tents in Rafah are waiting with dread for an anticipated Israeli ground assault on the city – with nowhere left to flee once troops move in. One million people are estimated to be crammed into a tent city in
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