A British hiker has gone missing during a solo trip in the Pyrenees mountain range on the border between France and Spain.
The oldest living Marine, a North Carolina woman, has died at age 107
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Dorothy "Dot" Cole was the oldest living US Marine veteran when she died on January 7. She was 107 years old. Cole, who was born in 1913 and grew up in Warren, Pennsylvania, suffered a heart attack in the home they ...
A Spanish mountain climber has died after falling from K2
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Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. "Sad death of Sergi Mingote at K2," Sanchez tweeted. "He want...
Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte says the presidency is no job for a woman
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Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday declared the presidency was no job for a woman because of their emotional differences to men, and dismissed speculation his daughter would succeed him next year. "My dau...
Russian woman who swam under Siberia’s ice may have broken the world record
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Wearing nothing but a bathing suit, a swimming cap and an underwater mask, the 40-year-old woman plunged into a carved-out section of a frozen Siberian lake, before diving under the ice to swim in water estimated to...
A Black man who wrongfully served 26 years on death row in the killing of a White woman is now free
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Eddie Lee Howard was wrongfully sentenced to death in 1994. Now, after decades of fighting, he has been exonerated. Howard, who is Black, was sentenced to death in 1994, after being wrongfully convicted for the murd...
British broadcaster David Attenborough receives Covid-19 vaccine
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Naturalist and TV host David Attenborough has received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, his representative confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. The 94-year-old is a national treasure in the UK, best known for making ...
‘Sex and the City’ is coming back — but it’s missing one key character
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"Sex and the City" will return to the screen, 17 years after its last episode aired, HBO Max has confirmed. Titled "And Just Like That...", the reboot will star three of the four original leads of the hit '90s show...
Sister of Black woman killed by US Capitol police angered by response to white rioters
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Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey. Carey's younger sister, Miriam Carey, was fatally shot by Capitol police and US Secret Service officers more than seven years ago after l...
Michael Apted, British filmmaker and documentarian, dies at 79
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British filmmaker and documentarian Michael Apted died Thursday night in Los Angeles at the age of 79, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced in a statement Friday. No details about his death were immediatel...
Police hunt for man who allegedly injected woman, 92, with ‘fake Covid-19 vaccine’
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Police in the UK are searching for a man who allegedly injected a 92-year-old woman with a fake Covid-19 vaccine -- and charged her £160 ($ 217) for it. The City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit ...
New Zealand woman, 19, dies after suspected shark attack
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A 19-year-old woman died Thursday after a suspected shark attack in New Zealand's North Island. According to local police, the woman was injured while in the waters off Waihī Beach late on Thursday afternoon, and di...
Indian priest and ‘disciples’ arrested for alleged gang rape and murder of woman
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New Delhi A Hindu priest and two of his male followers have been arrested for the alleged gang rape and murder of a 50-year-old woman in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, local authorities said. Police arrested ...