CNN Center in Atlanta damaged during protests
The protests had started as peaceful earlier in the afternoon when crowds gathered in the city’s famed Centennial Park. The protests were in response to the death of George Floyd, who was killed on May 25 in Minneapolis….
Shooting at birthday party near Boston leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
A gunman’s rampage during an outdoor birthday party near Boston left one man dead and four others injured. Rolando Verdejo, 43, was enjoying a gathering Wednesday night in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood when he and four other celebrants…
Military police prepared for deployment in Minneapolis
Minneapolis suffered a fourth night of fires and looting Friday night in defiance of an 8 p.m. curfew and a contingent of 500 National Guard soldiers — and now the Pentagon is preparing to send in the US…
Power, not fantasy: The young designers using lingerie as inspiration
Written by Helen Jennings, CNN From Vivienne Westwood’s Victorian corsetry to Calvin Klein’s bias-cut slips, lingerie has always had a place on the runway. And while it has a reputation for pandering to male fantasy, lingerie has also…
World War II aircraft were discovered 76 years later on the British coast
Debi Hartley, a 51-year-old warehouse supervisor and his partner Graham Holden, a 54-year-old truck driver, were walking with dog Bonnie on a beach in the town of Cleethorpes on Monday when they saw the plane. The couple initially…
8 houses built in steep places impossible
Written by Agata Toromanoff Agata Toromanoff is an art and design historian and author of many books on interior design and architecture. Below is an edited excerpt of his new book “Edgy Architecture: Living in the Most Impossible…
Vietnam: How this country of 95 million kept coronavirus death rate zero
According to skeptics, the official figures of Vietnam may seem too good to be true. However, Guy Thwaites, an infectious disease doctor working at one of the main hospitals designated by the Vietnamese government to treat Covid-19 patients,…
Lake Ozarks partial coronavirus test positive
Enlarge Picture Reversers Memorial Day celebrates the weekend on May 23, 2020, on Osage Beach of Lake Ozarks. Twitter / Lawler50 via REUTERS During the Remembrance Day weekend, one of the entertainments at Ozarks Lake’s wild, video-caught pool…
Transhumanism: cyborgs and biohackers redefining beauty ideals
Written by Karina Tsui, CNN As biotechnology progresses, our ideas about what it means to be human. Today, whether we are inserting microchips, fitting advanced prosthetic limbs, or designing completely new senses, we can change our bodies in…
Our loved ones want us to remember George Floyd
And although many now know the exact name of the Houston native, those who knew him best called him Floyd. He worked as a security guard in a restaurant. He was behind you and was there for you…