Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Grapes have been intertwined with the story of humanity for millennia, providing the basis for wines produced by our ancestors thousands of years ago — but that may not have been the case if dinosaurs hadn’t […]
I didn’t know any gay adults growing up. I didn’t have anyone to show me what my future would look like. I wish I had. I don’t know whether having older LGBTQ+ people in my life would have changed when I came out. I do know it would have made me feel a little less […]
It was a one-of-a-kind moment for a throng of well-wishers, including this reporter, all in nose-up, sky-squinting position at California’s Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Let loose from its White Knight mothership, the rocket engine propelling the experimental suborbital SpaceShipOne vehicle roared to life, skillfully controlled by test pilot Mike Melvill. That pioneering first […]
Jun. 7—princeton — A lengthy list of secondary roads in McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh and other counties that $150 million in supplemental highway funding will pay for paving has been released by the West Virginia Division of Highways. During a ceremony May 30 outside Tamarack, Gov. Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 1002 giving the state Division […]
Editor’s Note: Jason Colavito (@JasonColavito) is a writer and culture critic based in upstate New York. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The New Republic, Slate, and elsewhere. He is the author of several books including “Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” which will be published this fall. The opinions expressed in this commentary are […]
An obscure provision of New Jersey’s campaign finance law that enabled a South Jersey Democratic super PAC to operate in secrecy until after the November election was pushed by that region’s Democratic legislative delegation, according to three officials with knowledge of the closed-door negotiations. The early amendments to the Elections Transparency Act enabled the shadowy […]
Wash, who died last week at 65 after a battle with stomach cancer, ended up changing American politics with this theory, first upending the Massachusetts political world — and then setting a template for Barack Obama’s presidential win two years later. At the same time, he engendered a new generation of Democratic operatives — including […]