‘Miracle house’ in Ohio draws pilgrims amid sainthood push
Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let it be known that…
Wildfire forces 4,000 to evacuate in Spain’s Canary Islands
Around 4,000 people were evacuated Sunday because of wildfires that, for the second time in a week, ravaged the countryside of one of Spain’s Canary Islands. Interested in Syria? Add…
Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland, guest house: Most remote hotel on Earth?
(CNN) — With no cars or mobile phone signal available, Eastern Greenland is about as far from civilization as gets. The town of Ittoqqortoormiit, positioned on the edge of the…
A gay penguin couple adopted an egg in a Berlin zoo
Zoo Berlin officials announced that two of its male king penguins, Skipper and Ping, have eagerly adopted an egg. It’ll be the pair’s first chick, if all goes well. The…
Portland, Oregon, braces for far-right rally, counterprotest
Portland police are mobilizing to prevent clashes between out-of-state far-right groups planning a rally here and the homegrown anti-fascists who oppose them as America’s culture wars seep into this progressive…
World’s biggest frogs are so strong they move heavy rocks to build their own ponds
New research shows that Goliath frogs — the world’s largest frog species, found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea — build ponds for their eggs and tadpoles, moving rocks more than…
Is this the best way to disembark an airplane?
(CNN) — Your airplane finally lands, the seatbelt sign flashes off and you leap to your feet, ready to get out of the cabin and on with your vacation. The…
Christiania: What happened to Denmark’s hippie paradise in Copenhagen?
(CNN) — Seen from a boat drifting along Copenhagen’s wide canals, the neighborhood of Christiania is a verdant enclave tucked beneath a thick canopy of trees. Half a century after…
Is your last name Green or Greene? You could fly free
(CNN) — Frontier Airlines is offering free flights for people with the last name “Green” or “Greene.” The Colorado airline says it operates “America’s greenest flight” and is giving away…
For the first time, High-speed rail available during Hajj pilgrimage
(CNN) — High-speed rail service will be available for the first time this year during Hajj, the pilgrimage by Muslims to Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. Some of the…