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Zoe Sottile, CNN Authorities are asking for information after five paintings valued at more than $400,000 were stolen from a locked truck in Boulder, Colorado. The “high-end” paintings were stolen sometime between the evening of December 14 and the following morning, according to a news release from the City of Boulder. The transport company staff

Katie Hunt, CNN The majestic structures of ancient Rome have survived for millennia — a testament to the ingenuity of Roman engineers, who perfected the use of concrete. But how did their construction materials help keep colossal buildings like the Pantheon (which has the world’s largest unreinforced dome) and the Colosseum standing for more than

By Joe Sutton, CNN Weeks after Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in decades, neighboring volcano Kilauea is showing activity again after a brief pause, according to officials. Kilauea — which had stopped erupting last month for the first time since September 2021 amid Mauna Loa’s own lava eruption and subsequent slowdown —

Issy Ronald, CNN For the first time ever, the United States has returned a looted antiquity to the Palestinian Authority — an Iron Age ivory “cosmetic spoon” that is almost 3,000 years old. US and Palestinian officials attended a ceremony on Thursday marking the historic repatriation at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Bethlehem,

Jacqui Palumbo and Christian Edwards, CNN It might not be as famous as her head-turning “revenge dress,” but an aubergine-colored silk velvet piece is still one of Princess Diana’s most iconic gowns — a status confirmed when it sold for $604,800, just over five times the $120,000 auction estimate — at Sotheby’s in New York

Julia Buckley, CNN Some people say flying just isn’t glamorous enough. And as airlines battle to cast themselves as the sleekest team in the skies, another brand has heard that complaint. British Airways has unveiled a new uniform — its first in nearly two decades. The airline’s current threads, designed by Julien MacDonald, will be

CNN, KTRK, WBBM, FEDEX, KMGH, WTMJ, WUSA, KCRA, KMBC, TOYA MARTIN, WESH Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, and Gabe Cohen, CNN Karen Jenkins is still waiting for a suitcase containing custom medical supplies that went missing nearly two weeks ago on her Southwest Airlines journey from St. Louis to Baltimore. “This has been the worst Christmas

Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, and Gabe Cohen, CNN Karen Jenkins is still waiting for a suitcase containing custom medical supplies that went missing nearly two weeks ago on her Southwest Airlines journey from St. Louis to Baltimore. “This has been the worst Christmas ever, ever, ever I’ve gone through,” she told CNN recently while preparing

Harmeet Kaur, CNN In a 1993 interview with The Paris Review about her writing practice, Toni Morrison spoke of how she achieved the literary feat that is her novel “Jazz.” “I thought of myself as like the jazz musician — someone who practices and practices and practices in order to be able to invent and

Oscar Holland, CNN Adidas and fashion house Thom Browne are facing off in a New York court after the sportswear giant claimed that the house’s use of parallel bars on its apparel infringed on Adidas’ trademarked “Three Stripes.” The jury trial, which commenced at Manhattan’s Southern District Court on Tuesday, follows a 2021 lawsuit in

Hafsa Khalil, CNN Lines, dots and other symbols painted in caves during the last Ice Age may be the earliest example of proto writing — symbols that communicate a small amount of information like an emoji. Published in the Cambridge Archaeology Journal on Thursday, the study shows that 20,000-year-old markings made by hunter-gatherers alongside drawings

Francesca Street, CNN Sarah was resting in her hammock, flask of whiskey in hand, surveying the canopy of trees ahead and enjoying the peace and quiet. It was late May 2015 and Sarah was spending the long Memorial Day weekend hiking a New York-based section of the Appalachian Trail, the scenic hike that winds across

By Christian Edwards, CNN A Spanish tradition of people wearing blackface to represent one of the Three Wise Men — or Three Kings — in parades across the country has sparked calls to end the controversial practice. The events are held on January 6 to celebrate the arrival of the wise men (“reyes magos”) into

Kate Springer, CNN We have a feeling 2023 is going to be a big year for travel in Asia. Most countries in the region have done away with Covid-19 entry restrictions or are in the process of fully reopening to foreigners. International flights are regaining frequency. And an array of stunning new hotels are opening

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week we’ve seen air passengers stranded in the Philippines after a power outage, flight delays in Florida and Denver, as well as the ongoing saga of Southwest Airlines’ winter holiday meltdown. Welcome to 2023, where an airline actually being punctual is headline news. The airline in question is South American

Francesca Street, CNN Christine Harrison has been visiting Le Praz De Lys-Sommand, a small ski resort in the French Alps, for the past 20 years. The view out of her chalet window has always been more or less the same — wide expanse of mountains, hills and chalets, all capped in frothy, thick snow. But