50 Cent steps into the ring with ‘Fightland’
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Fightland” is coming out swinging. The new Starz drama is set in the underworld of British boxing and…
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80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
By Brad Lendon, CNN Itoman, Japan (CNN) — The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight…
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Concerned for her kids’ safety, she traded the hustle of Las Vegas for life on a sleepy Italian island
By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, Debra Coltune’s life revolved around the relentless pace and gridlocked traffic of…
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The global battle for Italian citizenship rights just got a potential lifeline
By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Italy sent shockwaves through its global diaspora in March 2025 when the government introduced a sweeping new law…
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This United pilot has another career you wouldn’t expect
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — It’s 5:43 a.m., and the runways at Reagan National Airport are already roaring with activity. Plane…
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If Emmett Till had lived, what might he have seen?
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Eighty-five years ago today, Emmett Till was born in Chicago and lived only 14 years before he was abducted and…
Continue Reading The world’s longest flight is put to the test
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s most powerful passports, how edible ants got a chef in trouble,…
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Less booze, more moves: Inside the UK’s new Gen Z social scene
By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — For generations, pubs have served as a place where soccer fans crowd around television screens, colleagues meet…
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Charli XCX wants everyone to know she has good taste
By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this month, Charli XCX watched “Point Break,” the 1991 action flick starring Keanu Reeves as a rookie…
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What makes a journey an ‘odyssey’ anyway?
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — “The Odyssey” is an ancient Greek epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca who spent 10…
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How a royal scandal created one of the world’s greatest sacred masterpieces
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Istanbul skies change with the seasons, the cloudless days and twinkling Bosphorus of summer…
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His restaurant put edible ants on the menu. Now he could face one year in prison
By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo, Chris Lau, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The owner of a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea is facing…
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A catchy new song is all over the internet. Paul Simon might not like it
By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Ask any musician who’s produced a massive hit song and they’ll tell you about the pressure to replicate it with…
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The best Brazilian beaches you’ve probably never heard of
By Megan Frye, CNN (CNN) — Just beyond the edges of one of the largest cities on the planet, a stretch of ancient rainforest and coastline lies…
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Sharon Osbourne says doctors told Ozzy he was too sick for final concert. He ignored them
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks before his final concert, Ozzy Osbourne’s doctors told him he was dying and urged him not to go…
Continue Reading Why this photographer wants everyone to kiss
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Beneath red tinsel and in the dim glow of club lighting, six young couples kiss, each seemingly wrapped up in…
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner died tragically one year ago. Now his widow is suing his mother
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — One year after the drowning death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, his widow Tenisha Warner has filed a lawsuit…
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From 1 to 10: Inside the 20-year status decline of the American passport
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In 2006, a United States passport was the ultimate ticket to the world, offering its citizens a level of…
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‘It’s a wild west’: Inside Miami’s skyscraper boom
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — For more than two months, Cipriani Residences has held the title of Miami’s tallest building. The three-tower…
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Two American sisters checked into a quaint English B&B. The drama started when the key snapped in the lock
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Jill Shropshire turned the key in the lock and immediately felt a snap. She stood for a moment in disbelief:…
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