By Chris Lau and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it. Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. It was made
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, killing two elephants and forcing the evacuation of about 100 more alongside dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help. Dramatic video and images from the Elephant Nature Park near the city
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Music superstar Bruce Springsteen is throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the US presidential election. In a video posted to his official Instagram on Thursday, Springsteen said he is supporting Harris in the election, calling it “one of the most
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CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit from a “Jane Roe” who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the award-winning singer. The complaint, filed in a state court in California on Thursday and obtained by
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on another of the airline’s Boeing planes during landing led to the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Michelle Gellar is happy to honor her late friend Shannen Doherty however she can – which may include stepping into a role that Doherty originated in the 1995 cult classic “Mallrats.” Kevin Smith, the director of that film, spoke about his desire to bring a sequel to the
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Late planners in the United States hoping to travel abroad have a little more breathing room than they once did. The State Department announced Thursday that the typical processing time for US passports is now down to four to six weeks. The previous processing time was six to eight
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The federal criminal sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs has been assigned a new judge. On Thursday, a notice in the court docket indicated the case was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian, who was first nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022 and took the bench in 2023.
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — With the full extent of the devastation and loss of life still coming into view, tourism officials in states along Helene’s destructive path are offering nuanced guidance about which parts of their states are accessible to visitors. It’s a balancing act for officials, who are weighing the economic effects
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit from a “Jane Roe” who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the award-winning singer. The complaint, filed in a state court in California on Thursday and obtained by CNN,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Eminem is taking on a new role in his life: grandfather. The rapper announced that his daughter Hailie Jade, 28, is expecting her first child via a new music video on Thursday for his song “Temporary,” featuring Skylar Grey. At one point in the video, Jade – a musical
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — And Common is telling you he’s not going nowhere, Jennifer Hudson. The singer and daytime talk-show host had her rapper/actor boyfriend on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” this week, where their conversation turned to Common’s recent remarks about marriage. Hudson brought up Common’s appearance on “The Breakfast Club” this
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Additional information on this story and the identity of the celebrity individual involved in this complaint was revealed in a subsequent lawsuit on Thursday. In a highly unusual legal battle, an anonymous plaintiff who describes themselves as “a celebrity and public figure who resides in Tennessee” is
Continue Reading By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — What role fashion can play in bleak times? As France — and much of Europe — grapple with the seemingly inexorable rise of far-right parties, headline-grabbing lawsuits tied to the #MeToo movement, alongside the global downturn of the luxury sector, designers at Paris Fashion Week, which culminated on
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The movie “Rust” will premiere at a film festival next month, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in a shooting incident on the set of the western. The world premiere screening will take place at the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival in Poland on November 20, with a panel
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After spending eight years living in the United Arab Emirates before the birth of their daughter in the late 1990s took them back to Canada, teachers Zora and Dave Keffer were no strangers to exploring the world. And so, after she grew up and graduated, the couple came across
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Construction of Saudi Arabia’s kilometer-high Jeddah Tower, which will become the world’s tallest skyscraper upon completion, has resumed almost seven years after work ground to a halt amid a kingdom-wide anti-corruption purge. At a ceremony held on the site Wednesday, the development consortium behind the project, Jeddah Economic Company
Continue Reading By Jemal Polson, CNN (CNN) — With her witty one-liners, meticulous style and comically stoic demeanor, it’s easy to see why “Desperate Housewives” Bree Van de Kamp became a fan favorite among viewers when it debuted 20 years ago today. The dark comedy, which focuses on the scandalous secrets of the seemingly ordinary residents of
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It’s entirely in the realm of possibility that we could one day see Andrew Garfield dangling from a skyscraper as Spider-Man again. This according to the actor himself, who told Esquire in an interview published on Wednesday that he’d “100 percent come back” to reprise his iteration as the
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By Alli Rosenbloom, Norma Galeana and Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — Mark Chavez, one of the two doctors charged in connection with “Friends” star Matthew Perry’s death, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a plea agreement during a court appearance in Los Angeles on Wednesday. In accordance
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