As millions of Americans flock to the nation’s coasts, islands and national monuments this summer, experts have a sobering message: Climate change is rapidly reshaping some of the United States’ most iconic destinations. Devastated tropical islands. Ruined coastal homes. A flooded capitol. The changes are unfolding in plain sight and at a rapid and terrifying […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly 60 years ago. But when archaeologists attempted to determine the exact timeline of the vessel coming to a […]
Former Gaelic Games commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has died. He passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 93. He was born in Dún Síon just outside Daingean Uí Chúis (Dingle), Co Kerry, in 1930 and worked as a teacher. His first assignment for RTÉ was to provide an all-Irish commentary on the 1949 […]
Jun. 24—The American Association for State and Local History recently selected a Joplin sesquicentennial project for teenagers as a recipient of its History in Progress Award and its Award of Excellence. During 2023, Joplin celebrated its 150th birthday with a yearlong program of events that included Iconic Joplin, which engaged youths ages 12 to 16 […]
Jun. 23—The American Association for State and Local History recently selected a Joplin sesquicentennial project for teenagers as a recipient of its History in Progress Award and its Award of Excellence. During 2023, Joplin celebrated its 150th birthday with a year-long program of events that included Iconic Joplin, which engaged youth ages 12 to 16 […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Janette Navarro’s 1996 Volkswagen Beetle roars as it barrels up a steep hill overlooking concrete houses stacked like boxes on the outskirts of Mexico City. She presses her foot on the pedal, passes a lime green Beetle like hers, then one marked with red and yellow, then another painted a bright […]
The recovery of a major body of water is being celebrated in California, with water levels reaching their highest point in over a decade. Big Bear Lake has benefited from the heavy rains in early 2023 and early 2024, which boosted snowpacks and filled the reservoir to above the last high set in 2012. As […]
Can you imagine being internationally known for your gorgeous eyelashes? Among plenty of other accomplishments, that’s a brag that iconic supermodel Twiggy, 74, has under her belt, even after decades of being in front of the camera. Twiggy, real name Dame Lesley Lawson, burst onto the scene in the mid-’60s. She even landed on the […]
In July 1054, astronomers in China documented a “guest star” in the sky that shone as brightly as Jupiter for nearly a month before gradually fading into invisibility. That “star” was, in fact, a cloud of debris blown into space by a dying star roughly 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. In the 19th […]
Los Angeles — Hundreds of people every day walk on Los Angeles’ 6th Street Bridge, but at sundown they disappear, and the “Ribbon of Light” goes completely in the dark. “About 7 miles from end to end of copper wire that has been stolen,” L.A. City Councilman Kevin de León told CBS News. “So these lights […]
Bonita Bill’s has been a beloved Fort Myers Beach stop for locals and visitors for 30-plus years with a laid-back vibe, waterfront views, good food, and cold beer. And now it’s for sale. Boat art: Famous Fort Myers Beach boat, left stuck on dock after Hurricane Ian, now a work of art The San Carlos […]
Like virtually everything else in the nearly 15-month journey, nothing was expected. But when Tracy Harden was able to re-open Chuck’s Dairy Bar in storm-ravaged Rolling Fork last week, all became right with the world for her. It was in March of 2023 when an EF-4 wedge tornado began to rip a nearly mile-wide scar […]