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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her accomplishments on — is retiring from American Ballet Theatre. Copeland, who last performed for the company five years ago, will be honored in a final star-studded Fall Gala on Wednesday,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Not booked your 2026 vacation yet? Get moving, as the must-visit destinations lists for next year are starting to drop. The venerable travel guide Lonely Planet published its “Best in Travel 2026” book on October 21, featuring a list of 25 great places and 25 great experiences to try

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Summer’s over, the leaves are turning brown. Time to wrap your blanket closer and start planning your next vacation. National Geographic has just released its 2026 Best of the World list, 25 must-visit destinations chosen by its international team of editors and explorers. CNN caught up with Nathan Lump,

By Jacqui Palumbo, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Paris’ Louvre Museum had already been open for 30 minutes, and welcomed hundreds of visitors through its doors, when thieves in yellow vests scaled a truck-mounted ladder to the second-floor balcony of the Apollo Gallery, home to the French crown jewels, among other treasures. Using an angle

By Matt Villano Rachel, Nevada (CNN) — The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above. It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas station and mini mart where she works had been glitching for hours. When

CNN By Matt Villano Rachel, Nevada (CNN) — The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above. It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas station and mini mart where she works had been glitching for hours.

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — For much of Harper Lee’s life, “To Kill a Mockingbird” stood alone as her only major work; her first and, apparently, last novel, narrated by a voice so clear and coherent it seemed impossible that it was her only output. Then came “Go Set a Watchman,” published shortly before

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum Sunday include an emerald necklace set among more than 1,000 diamonds gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other treasures of “inestimable” value. The thieves targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on the upper floor, which houses the French Crown Jewels. In

By Rhea Mogul and Ayushi Shah, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — Inside the Maratha Mandir movie theater, audience members jump to their feet as the first notes of an iconic mandolin riff play, their bodies casting silhouettes against the opening credits of a film screened here nearly every day for 30 years. A joyous, collective

CNN By Martin Goillandeau, Caitlin Danaher, Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Thieves have stolen “priceless” jewelry from the Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, in an audacious seven-minute raid on Sunday, the French interior minister has said. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told radio station France Inter: “A major robbery took place this morning

By Jen Rose Smith, CNN What is bread? You likely don’t have to think for long, and whether you’re hungry for a slice of sourdough or craving tortillas, what you imagine says a lot about where you’re from. But if bread is easy to picture, it’s hard to define. Bread historian William Rubel argues that

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: the seven-foot “monster” that stalked West Virginia, the Roman tunnel where a hated emperor nearly met his end, and the enormous bunker city built by Nazis in central Europe. Poland’s Nazi labyrinth The countryside around the little Polish village of Pniewo