CNN Site Map (Galleries) for December - 2015
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- 2015-12-31A flute of Champagne isn't the only way to toast the New Year. Here are seven craft beers that can help ring in 2016 flavorfully.
- 2015-12-31Built in 1943, the Honouliuli Internment Camp in Waipahu on Oahu held thousands of prisoners of war and hundreds of civilians during World War II. It became a national monument in March.
- 2015-12-31Steve Jobs, speaking to his colleagues in 1986, explains how he believes technology evolves in 10-year cycles. This photo of the late tech visionary was taken by photographer Doug Menuez, who was given total access to Jobs shortly after Jobs was fired by
- 2015-12-31In fitting sepia-tone, Douglas Ng, 24, is one of a crop of culinary newcomers working to keep Singapore's traditional street snacks alive.
- 2015-12-30The deer mouse is a potential source of diseases including the plague, salmonellosis and hantavirus.
- 2015-12-30A recent survey found that airlines have a long way to go in making their meals and snacks nutritious and low in calories.
Coming in first, none of Virgin America's meals is high in calories. The average number is 408 calories. In addition to being
- 2015-12-30Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk takes a silly selfie on Christmas Day. "Thanks @catherine_o for my annual lip augmentation," Hawk joked on Instagram, referring to his wife.
- 2015-12-30A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government office in the northwestern Pakistani city of Mardan on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015.
- 2015-12-30Josh White gets emotional as he recounts how he lived through the tornado that hit Garland, Texas, on Saturday, December 28. The National Weather Service confirmed that three tornadoes were part of storms that ripped through the Dallas area, killing 11 pe
- 2015-12-29Yoshinori Mizutani spent a year photographing wild parakeets that can be found in Tokyo and other parts of Japan.
- 2015-12-29Lea Michele's Rachel was been one of the mainstays of "Glee" throughout its six-season history. The Fox series came to a close on March 20.
- 2015-12-29Trumpet players from Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps rehearse their formations.
- 2015-12-29(Spoiler warning: This article contains details about the plot of "The Force Awakens." Stop reading if you haven't seen the film and you'd rather not spoil any surprise).
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- 2015-12-29Carla, a pregnant teenager in Naples, Italy, talks to her boyfriend Michele. After Carla turned 16, the two decided to start a family.
- 2015-12-29The Deerlick Astronomy Village uses only red lights at night because they doesn't affect the eye's ability to see in darkness the way white light does.
- 2015-12-29After its star turn in "Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens," Ireland's Skellig Michael island is suddenly a hot property.
- 2015-12-29Raki -- otherwise known as Lion's Milk -- is the Turkish national drink. Made of twice-distilled grapes and aniseed, raki is the go-to spirit for a celebration. It's good etiquette to clink the bottoms of your glasses when toasting with raki.
- 2015-12-28The New Year's baby is a cultural mainstay that dates back as far as ancient Greece, when a child was paraded around in a basket to welcome the new year. More recently, Baby New Year goes missing in the 1976 holiday special "Rudolph's Shiny
- 2015-12-28Haskell Wexler, who died December 27, was one of the top cinematographers in Hollywood, his work both part of award-winning movies and award-winning in its own right. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fle
- 2015-12-28John Olsen wears a patriotic outfit August 13 as he watches former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb speak at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
- 2015-12-28What started out as the summer of Trump soon turned into the autumn of Trump, and as 2015 comes to an end, Donald Trump continues to dominate the Republican field of presidential candidates.
- 2015-12-28The comic couple split $1 million between two charities to help children affected by the refugee crisis. The pair quietly gave half of their donation to UK-based charity Save the Children and the remainder to the International Rescue Committee.
The funds
- 2015-12-28For those who have been missing Chelsea Handler's late night show, the new year has a gift for you: Her new documentary film series, "Chelsea Does," premieres on Netflix. Here are some of the other treats streaming in January:
- 2015-12-28Suddenly your accent's hot.
- 2015-12-28Two children walk past a police checkpoint in Rio de Janeiro. While visiting the city's infamous favelas, photographer Matteo Bastianelli explored the complex relationship between some of Rio's poorest residents and the state's security for
- 2015-12-27U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch stunned the world by taking on the entrenched, corrupt officials of FIFA, the governing body of the world's most popular sport, soccer.
- 2015-12-27Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a campaign stop on Sunday, December 20, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
- 2015-12-26Michael Curtiz behind the scenes during the filming of "White Christmas," a movie/musical that released January 1, 1954. Curtiz was born in Hungary on December 24, 1886. Curtiz directed many of Hollywood's most classic films, but is remembe
- 2015-12-26An Indian Christian prays at Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Friday, December 25.
- 2015-12-26Emergency officials in Moulton, Alabama, transport James Simmons by boat on December 25 after flooding prevented them from reaching him any other way. Unseasonably warm weather helped spawn severe storms Friday after violent storms in the Southeast left d
- 2015-12-25Frescoes are seen in the Criptoporticus Domus, one of six restored domus at U.N. World Heritage Site Pompeii, on Thursday, December 24, during the official opening to the public.
- 2015-12-25A U.S. service member salutes during a memorial ceremony on Wednesday, December 23, for six Americans killed in a suicide attack in Bagram, Afghanistan.
- 2015-12-25St. Stephan Basilica is the biggest church in Hungary's capital city. It also might be its most Christmas-y.
- 2015-12-25Armed police officers patrol the Sanlitun area of Beijing on December 24, 2015. The British and U.S. embassies in China say they have received information of possible threats against Westerners at and around Christmas in the popular district home to a hig
- 2015-12-24Black Lives Matter protesters hold their hands in the air and chant, "Hands up, don't shoot" at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport light rail stop in Minneapolis on Wednesday, December 23.
- 2015-12-24In a newly released poll by Transparency International, a global watchdog, and Afrobarometer, an organization which conducts surveys on African governance, 58% of Africans said they thought corruption is their country was getting worse.
- 2015-12-24Asghari Begum, mother of the victim, stands by the entrance of her home in Bisara, a village near New Delhi, on September 30, 2015.
- 2015-12-24In Uganda, photojournalism has come a long way. This was particularly in evidence last month at the Uganda Press Photo Awards, which showcased some of the best photographic work this African nation has to offer.
The awards are the brainchild of the Fore
- 2015-12-24Adler Mountain Lodge is located in stunning Alpe di Siusi, an alpine meadow in Italy's South Tyrol province. It's the most exclusive patch of the Dolomites mountain range, a UNESCO-listed world heritage site.
- 2015-12-23For the seventh year in a row, Switzerland has come first in the The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. But whilst the top of the global table is much the same, Africa is on the move. The tenth most competitive economy in Africa is
- 2015-12-23Gabby, age 7, drew this photo of God, and said, "God has giant ears so he can hear everything we are saying." Here are other children's impressions of God from the book "OMG! How Children See God."
- 2015-12-23The Pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur is one of the seven wonders of the world, and remains the only one of the original list still in existence.
- 2015-12-23Actress Niecy Nash takes a selfie with Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach after being crowned Miss Universe on Sunday, December 20, in Las Vegas. "And the winner is..." she wrote on Instagram.
- 2015-12-23The camp features 15 luxury tents, all connected via a bamboo-lined brick path that stretches for about a kilometer.
- 2015-12-23With help from professional ice sculptors, Lexus fitted this NX crossover with wheels and tires made from ice, and sent it driving on a road in London. The car was frozen for five days at -30°C before the new wheels were installed.
- 2015-12-22Space was once a byword for fantasy and wonder, but it has been firmly bought down to earth. The space industry today is rapidly expanding and diversifying into fields from mining to gaming, real estate and tourism. Over 600 new companies have entered the
- 2015-12-22An Amtrak employee stands on a train platform along the Southwest Chief route. The Chief runs more than 2,000 miles through eight states between Chicago and Los Angeles.
- 2015-12-22Who says boys can't wear pink? These brands started by mothers of sons hope to change what it means to dress like a boy.
- 2015-12-22Vietnamese photographer Ly Hoang is among the finalists of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 competition (www.tpoty.com). Ly's image of a man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village, Hung Yen Province earned a special mention f
- 2015-12-22John Boehner kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after he was elected to a third term as House Speaker on Tuesday, January 6. He retired at the end of October.
- 2015-12-22Cold Hubs offer solar-powered, long-lasting and affordable cold storage in areas where this has been impossible.
- 2015-12-22This aerial photo shows the site of the landslide that hit three industrial parks in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on December 21, 2015.
- 2015-12-22Havelis are lavishly painted mansions. Many of them are found in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. The Vivaana Culture Hotel (pictured) is a good place to start a haveli journey.
- 2015-12-21Many have come to know Baltimore through one name -- Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old who died in police custody. But few outsiders know the place he called home. Photographer William Sands recently spent time in the West Baltimore neighborhood where Gray li
- 2015-12-21Nicki Minaj went ahead with a show in Angola, despite a human rights group's call for her to cancel the concert. Campaigners highlighted links between the event's funding and "government corruption and human rights violations."
- 2015-12-21Photographer Julia Gunther captured the lives of one of the fiercest anti-poaching groups in South Africa: the Black Mambas.
- 2015-12-21The life of socialite and prestigious art collector Peggy Guggenheim is being re-examined in new film "Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict." Using interviews with Guggenheim's friends and contemporaries, and newly rediscovered recordings of Peggt
- 2015-12-21Police officers stand on the Las Vegas Strip after a car crashed into a crowded sidewalk Sunday, December 20, injuring more than 30 people in what authorities described as an "intentional" act.
- 2015-12-21Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni attends the UK-Uganda Business Forum at Lancaster House in London in 2014. Academic Antonio Malfense Fierro argues the nation's economy would be better served by shifting focus from small and medium-sized ente
- 2015-12-21Happy birthday Andy Dick! The comedian turns 50 on December 21.
- 2015-12-21Click through to see highlights from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's political career:
- 2015-12-21Having originated in Chicago in "The Warehouse" nightclub, house music has spread throughout the world. But whilst the genre may be synonymous with Ibiza and Miami, today South Africa is the biggest market per capita anywhere in the world.
- 2015-12-21Two friends -- one Spanish and one Portuguese -- walk their dogs along the borderline of Spain and Portugal in 2014. In the villages near the border, there is a natural and daily coexistence between the Spanish and the Portuguese, according to Colectivo,
- 2015-12-20Activists hold signs and shout slogans demanding the death penalty for a convicted rapist during a protest against his release at India Gate in New Delhi on Sunday, December 20, 2015. Because the man was under 18 when the crime occurred, Indian law says h
- 2015-12-20British actor John Boyega, 23, has one of the film's lead roles as Finn, a redeemed stormtrooper.
- 2015-12-20Donald Trump impersonator Robert S. Ensler speaks on a phone before the presidential hopeful holds a rally in Las Vegas on Monday, December 14.
- 2015-12-20Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Saturday, December 19. The candidates met for their third debate.
- 2015-12-18Desde principios del siglo XX la esperanza de vida ha mejorado en la mayoría de las partes del mundo. Pero ¿y si la vida pudiera extenderse más allá de sus límites actuales? En esta galería, CNN Labs echa un vistazo a algunas de las investigaciones en cur
- 2015-12-18Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, died Thursday, December 3. His battle with drug addiction often overshadowed his music career. Weiland, here in 2001, was 48.
- 2015-12-18Republican presidential candidates debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday, December 15. Vincent Laforet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and director, captured this particular moment from seven different angles.
- 2015-12-18U.S. travelers are eager to visit Cuba to see what they've been missing. Here, a street in Havana provides a peek at the National Capitol Building.
- 2015-12-18Whoopi Goldberg became joined the daytime talk show "The View" in 2007. She's come a long way since her break out role as Celie Harris in the 1985 film "The Color Purple." Her career has had highs and lows, including an Academy Aw
- 2015-12-18Immediately recognizable because of its striking graphic design and Soviet CCCP symbolism, this is one of the great propaganda maps made by artists shortly after Germany ended its nonaggression pact in the early summer of 1941, and crossed into Soviet ter
- 2015-12-18At British Columbia's top retreats, you can get away from it all while still having it all. Interacting with big wilderness is the name of the game at lodges like Nimmo Bay Wilderness Retreat (pictured). Click on for the amazing adventures offered by
- 2015-12-18Which part is the sea and which is the sky? For his photo series "The Pull," Michael Massaia printed images of the two as they appeared -- inverted and backward -- on the ground glass of his large-format camera.
- 2015-12-18East Shore is Beijing's only music venue dedicated to jazz. The venue stages jazz concerts Wednesday through Sunday. Performances usually start at 10 p.m. No cover charge. 2 Qianhai Nanyan, just west of the post office, Xicheng District; +86 10 8403
- 2015-12-17This year marks the first time Janet Jackson has made the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. She holds the record for the most consecutive Top 10 hits by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 -- 18. Here are some of the others vying to make i
- 2015-12-17A re-creation of Jerry Seinfeld's TV apartment is on display at the "Seinfeld" fan experience in West Hollywood through Sunday.
- 2015-12-17Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made history December 17, 1903, with the first powered and sustained flight. The historic moment took place in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 2015-12-17Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik's characters, Sheldon and Amy, will finally go all the way on Thursday's episode of "The Big Bang Theory" after many years of dating. Here's a look at who's who in the cast.
- 2015-12-17"Star Wars" fans express their fandom sometimes through art, portraying the characters in new and different ways. Sri Rosli drew this sketch of Rey, one of the lead characters from the new movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
- 2015-12-17There are 63 varieties of truffle worldwide, but the most prized is the Italian white truffle, which is in season from October to late December or early January.
- 2015-12-17Nendo is a playful design house based in Tokyo, Japan. The company is led by designer Oki Sato, who is known for breaking design conventions of everyday objects. This is Nendo's "Seven Doors" series, which reinterprets a standard door to in
- 2015-12-16A demonstrator is detained outside a Baltimore courthouse on Wednesday, December 16, after the mistrial of William Porter, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. Jurors said they were deadlocked and unab
- 2015-12-16Sean Gobin and his nonprofit support U.S. combat veterans as they "walk off the war" on the Appalachian Trail and other long-distance hikes throughout the country.
- 2015-12-16Since 2005, Monique Pool has helped rescue, rehabilitate and return hundreds of sloths back to the rainforest in her native Suriname.
- 2015-12-16In 2006, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne purchased land in Surkhet, a district in western Nepal. She worked for two years with the local community to build the Kopila Valley Children's Home.
- 2015-12-16The world of aviation has been one of constant experimentation. Sometimes, alas, the coolest models don't takeoff, or are retired in their prime.
Here we take a look at ten planes which, for better or worse, have been retired.
Dan Hagedorn, curat
- 2015-12-16It was rare for black models like Tracey "Africa" Norman to break into the cutthroat lily-white world of modeling in the 1970s. Norman, who had exclusive contracts for Avon skin care and Clairol's Born Beautiful hair color, didn't tell
- 2015-12-16This global map shows the average concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere in 2005, as detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard the Aura satellite. Blue indicates an observed decrease in nitrogen dioxide, and orange indicates an obser
- 2015-12-16London architect Gianluca Santosuosso has come up with a floating hotel concept with a futuristic spine-like design and self-sustaining ecosystem.
- 2015-12-16The original 1977 "Star Wars" starred Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Harrison Ford as the swashbuckling Han Solo. Almost 40 years later, Disney has announced that an anthology film about Solo's origins --
- 2015-12-16Jordan Smith, the singer from Kentucky whose voice wowed all four judges during his audition, won the ninth season of "The Voice" on Tuesday, December 15. He was coached by Maroon 5's Adam Levine. Click through the gallery to see winners fr
- 2015-12-16This might look like a painting, but it's actually a photograph. Its author, Serge Najjar, has the ability to find the visually arresting in everyday life.
Drawn to bold geometry and possessing a keen eye with which to frame it, the Lebanese photog
- 2015-12-16Actor John Boyega, one of the stars of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," uses a selfie stick Wednesday, December 9, at of the film's premiere in Seoul, South Korea. Behind Boyega, from left, are actor Adam Driver, director J.J. Abrams and act
- 2015-12-16Thatcher's red box was one of a number delivered to the prime minister on a daily basis containing documents for her attention. New boxes are ordered every year, and their design and function has remained virtually unchanged since the 1860s when the
- 2015-12-16Insite is a supervised drug injection center in Vancouver, Canada. Pictured, Steve, a long-term heroin addict, prepares to inject himself.
- 2015-12-16The United Nations has just released its 2015 Human Development Index (HDI), which measures countries in three basic areas -- life expectancy, education and income/standard of living. New Zealand tied with Canada as the 9th best place to live, with an ove
- 2015-12-16Memorable quotes from the last GOP debate of 2015
- 2015-12-16Vincent Laforet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and director, spent four days preparing for the Republican presidential debates in Las Vegas. Seven still cameras were set up on ceilings and balconies at a theater inside the Venetian hotel and casin
- 2015-12-16Businessman Donald Trump watches U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speak Tuesday, December 15, during a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas.
- 2015-12-16A female bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) was photographed in a light box to reveal all the nuances of its dominant black color. It's one of the many images in Philippe Martin's book "Hyper Nature."
- 2015-12-15A handful of subterranean caves near Santa Fe, New Mexico have been excavated by local artist Ra Paulette using only hand tools such as pick axes, shovels and scrapers.
- 2015-12-15There's a good reason Marc Newson's sterling silver tea service comes limited to an edition of ten -- the handles are made from mammoth-ivory. The rare commodity is responsibly sourced of course, but ivory is only one luxurious facet of the Aust
- 2015-12-15The interior of the Millennium Falcon in a shot from Episode IV. The set was created from airplane scrap by Roger Christian, who would win an Academy Award for his efforts.
- 2015-12-15Taylor Swift is often willing to confide in fans, a characteristic that has made her one of the most popular singers in the world. "I think for me it feels very natural to talk to teenagers and people my age ... about feelings and what they're g
- 2015-12-15One of a wave of Medellin restaurants earning high praise from foodies, the 2013-opened Ocio is known for its slow house specialties, such as codito pork in an orange balsamic sauce served with locally grown pastusa potatoes.
- 2015-12-15Price: $27,400 a week. Close to the heart of St. Tropez and built in the Belle Epoque style, Chateau St. Tropez is surrounded by 3,750 square meters of landscaped gardens and a manicured lawn. To put that into context -- enough space to accommodate a marq
- 2015-12-15In Mongolia, ancient Dukha culture and identity have been threatened by government policy as well as modernization. Their number has fallen from 200 families to about 40 families.
- 2015-12-14A study by Duke psychiatrists found John Adams would have been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder.
- 2015-12-14A half-mile long section of Hollywood Boulevard, in Los Angeles, is getting ready for the world premiere event of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which will start at 5:30 PT on December 14th. Blocks-long tenting has been set up and the area has
- 2015-12-14Morocco's West coast is becoming a hot destination for international start-ups who are embracing a less hectic scene and a peaceful and affordable way of life.
- 2015-12-14A rare collection of Star Wars memorabilia sold for a whopping $505,202 at an auction held at Sotheby's New York last week.
- 2015-12-14Comuna 13 is an area in Medellin, Colombia, that was once plagued with violence.
- 2015-12-14Pro-Clinton super PAC sends Trump hats to GOP candidates
- 2015-12-14People sit in wooden coffins at the Hyowon Healing Center in Seoul, South Korea. It's where groups of people who might be struggling with depression, stress or suicidal thoughts go to act out their own funerals. After the emotional, personal experien
- 2015-12-13For the past 50 years, the Screen Actors Guild has bestowed an award for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." Dick Van Dyke received the 49th annual SAG Life Achievement Award for 2012. See which oth
- 2015-12-13After an adult female polar bear was shot in Alaska in March 2013, her orphaned cub was rescued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and placed in the temporary care of the Alaska Zoo. In May 2013, the cub, named Kali, was transported to the Buffalo Zoo
- 2015-12-13Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, during a Pearl Harbor Day rally on Monday, December 7. Earlier in the day, a press release for Trump's campaign called "for a complete a
- 2015-12-12Runners dressed as Santa Claus make their way through the Grote Markt in Antwerp, Belgium, during a Santa Run on Saturday December 12.
- 2015-12-12Martina Leinz, 53, stands in front of the National Rifle Association headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, along with other gun control advocates on November 14, 2015. Leinz has been to more than two dozen NRA protests, beginning with the first one, held aft
- 2015-12-11The Land and Water Conservation Fund uses royalties from offshore oil drilling to help states and local governments purchase and develop outdoor recreation areas. Some of the fund covers federal land projects. This is Big Hole National Battlefield in Mont
- 2015-12-11Star Wars fans congregate in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, in anticipation for the new film, 'The Force Awakens', which opens on December 17.
- 2015-12-11Perhaps you've heard of Darth Maul's brother, "Dennis."
- 2015-12-11Houston Texans running back Arian Foster opened up about his beliefs and publicly stated that he doesn't believe in God in an interview with ESPN published August 6. "Everybody always says the same thing: You have to have faith," he said. &
- 2015-12-11Frank Sinatra was called, simply, "The Voice." But his prized pipes only told part of the story. Sinatra was also an Oscar-winning actor, a shrewd judge of songcraft and a champion showman. "Sinatra: The Photographs" captures the man t
- 2015-12-11Behold the massive cast of the 2014 film "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The movie is based on a classic "X-Men'"storyline from the comic books. Because of the time travel element, it gathers characters from all of the previous &quo
- 2015-12-11Kylo Ren's lightsaber from "The Force Awakens" is surely an unorthodox design. The smaller blades are not technically crossguards, but simply power vents.
- 2015-12-11Elmgreen & Dragset have created a "self-portrait" consisting of labels to other artists' work, recreated using orthodox fine art techniques. Here a label recalling a David Hockney drawing is made by engraving a flawless slab of white ma
- 2015-12-11Elmgreen & Dragset's most famous creation has taken on a life of its own. Prada Marfa is a "living sculpture" painstakingly recreating a Prada boutique in the Texan desert town of Marfa. Beyonce visited in 2012, and has become a pilgri
- 2015-12-11Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters and signs autographs after a campaign stop in Spencer, Iowa, on Saturday, December 5.
- 2015-12-11More than 100 million small arms and light weapons are currently circulating in Africa. These weapons stir fear in the masses, but they also inspire reverence. Armed men command status and respect. Freedom songs connect AK-47s with liberation. Mozambique&
- 2015-12-11There's no shortage of delicious cookbooks to give your loved ones this holiday season, and that's why we asked Amazon senior books editor Seira Wilson to pick her favorites for the cooks in your life. "Zahav" is a visually stunning lo
- 2015-12-11Crystal Serenity's round-the-world journey, which departs from San Francisco, lasts 101 nights and stops in Alaska, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific.
- 2015-12-11Anderson Cooper, host of 'CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,' meets Snooki before the big show.
- 2015-12-11Sotheby's Driven By Disruption sale saw singer Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche Cabriolet, under the hammer. The car's psychedelic paint job came courtesy of her roadie, Dave Richards. Joplin's Porsche landed $1.76 million sale, afte
- 2015-12-11This photo was taken from the Rhine river in Burkheim, Germany, in September 2010. French photographers Aude Boissaye and Sebastien Randé took photos from many different regions of the Rhine river basin. In every shot, water covers the lower part of the f
- 2015-12-11CNN's #campaigncamper traveled across the country to gauge the pulse of college students. The words they used to describe this election ranged from excitement to concern.
- 2015-12-10With the new movie coming out, "Star Wars"-related games and accessories are all the rage this holiday season. Keep your "Disney Infinity" figures organized in this stylish themed container, which also has room for your playing platfor
- 2015-12-10A house in Portland, Oregon, lies in ruins Wednesday, December 9, after a tree fell and killed a 60-year-old woman in the early hours of the morning. Heavy rain and winds have battered Oregon and Washington state, causing widespread flooding and power out
- 2015-12-10Matt Damon's Golden Globes nomination for best actor in a musical or comedy for his role in "The Martian" has some scratching their heads. Other nominees are Christian Bale ("The Big Short"), Steve Carell ("The Big Short"
- 2015-12-10The Beatles visited the ashram of Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi in 1968 to learn meditation. It's said that they wrote more than 40 songs during their stay, including some that were later featured on "The White Album" and "Abbey Road."
- 2015-12-10The U.S. soccer team celebrates together after winning the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 5. "World Champions!!" forward Christen Press said on Instagram. She's at bottom holding the medal.
- 2015-12-102016 candidates respond to NH heroin crisis
- 2015-12-10The Eurasian Lynx may be returning to the U.K. over 1,000 years after being driven to extinction, through a radical rewilding initiative.
- 2015-12-10Keoghan had a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience atop a volcano in Stromboli. But it's the Italian way of life that impresses him most. "If I was to pick a country where I think I've felt the warmth coming from other people, it would be I
- 2015-12-10"Migrant Mother," a photo of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in 1936, is one of Dorothea Lange's most iconic works. This image is part of an exhibition in Paris entitled "Who is afraid of women photographers?" It shows th
- 2015-12-10Sossusvlei means "the gathering place of water" but you'll need to bring your own if you don't want to dehydrate at this, one of Namibia's most outstanding attractions.
- 2015-12-10In the following slides, we compare the amount of sugar found in some of America's top-selling beverages -- according to Beverage Industry magazine's 2013 State of the Industry Report -- to the sugar found in common sugary snacks.
- 2015-12-10Misterbnb was created in 2013 after its founder (not pictured) experienced an uncomfortable experience at a homestay in Barcelona and had to cut short his visit.
- 2015-12-10Scroll through the gallery to see rare, collectible timepieces, that are on auction this winter. One of the watches was previously worn by the character Don Draper (Jon Hamm) on the television show, "Mad Men."
- 2015-12-10The Hoshinoya ryokan, nestled on the banks of Kyoto's Katsura river, can only be accessed by riverboat or a footpath that takes 20 minutes to traverse.
- 2015-12-09Norman Reedus plays the hugely popular Daryl Dixon on "The Walking Dead"
- 2015-12-09The new recommendations are to mix sitting with standing and moving at work. Gadgets and gears can help, even if you have to try out different ones until you find what works for you.
- 2015-12-09A growing amount of research suggests that just standing -- even if you don't walk around -- can have health benefits. To get the right balance, sit 20 minutes out of every half hour at work, standing for eight minutes and moving around for at least
- 2015-12-09Luxury Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado, a Don Pablo Collection resort in Samana Province, Dominican Republic, is the No. 1 all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean, according to TripAdvisor users. The mega travel site released its Travelers' Choice awards
- 2015-12-09The cast of the film "Straight Outta Compton" scored a surprising nomination for a SAG Award in the category of outstanding cast in a motion picture. Also nominated were the casts of "Beasts of No Nation," "Spotlight," "
- 2015-12-09"The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins tops Amazon's list of best-selling books of 2015. Hawkins' debut thriller was also the best-selling Kindle book and the most "wished-for" book on the site. Click through the gallery to
- 2015-12-09German magazine Ramp is like a fashion magazine for petrol-heads, pairing luxury autos with artistic photographers and fleshed-out editorial concepts. Now, in Passion for Cars: The Best of Ramp (Teneues) fans can find the magazine's best images from
- 2015-12-09Comedian Joan Rivers died September 4, 2014, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said. She was 81. Click through the gallery to look back at her career.
- 2015-12-09Holiday fruitcake gets a decidedly bad rap. Johnny Carson joked that there is only one fruitcake in the world, and it keeps getting regifted from person to person each Christmas. Calvin Trillin wrote that "nobody in the United States has ever bought
- 2015-12-09Built as a coastal defense in Britain's Thames Estuary, the Red Sands Sea Forts could become a luxury hotel and spa if an ambitious plan gets the go-ahead.
- 2015-12-09Two former "Terminators" pose for a selfie on Thursday, December 3. "The Reunion of the Machines!" actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, said on Facebook. "Fantastic to see my T-1000 friend Robert Patrick and catch up and reminisce
- 2015-12-09Pink Taxi is a Cairo car service with female-only drivers and passengers.
- 2015-12-09Officials say more than 70% of the buildings in the Syrian city of Kobani have been damaged or destroyed. Kurdish officials say they've already removed 1.6 million tons of rubble.
- 2015-12-09Scientists are using the Concordia research station in Antarctica to research the effects of long space missions. In winter, no sunlight is seen for four months and the typical crew of 12 live in complete isolation.
- 2015-12-09This week, Beijing issued its first red alert for hazardous pollution, closing schools, restricting traffic and shutting construction sites. Residents tell CNN what it's like to live in the smog-cloaked city.
- 2015-12-09The grazing herd at O'Hare International is comprised of more than 40 goats, sheep, llamas, burros and alpacas from Settlers Pond, an animal rescue facility in Beecher, Illinois. This is the third straight year the herd assisted in managing vegetatio
- 2015-12-09When we say visitors to Mumbai are over-stimulated in the best way, we're not exaggerating. Here's a guide to prepare you for the colorful experience of India's most populous city.
- 2015-12-09A Danish woman named Camilla works with a physical therapist during a weekly session in December 2014. Camilla has muscular dystrophy, and the exercises aim to stretch the muscles, release them from tension and delay the progress of the disease.
- 2015-12-08Why just brag that you went to the gym for 30 minutes when you can rattle off the number of calories you burned, steps taken or stairs climbed? A fitness tracker, with its heart rate monitor, accelerometer and other sensors, gives your giftee the power to
- 2015-12-08Universal Studios' new "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" themed land will open at its Hollywood location on April 7, 2016, following on the heels of similar attractions in Orlando, Florida and Osaka, Japan. This image is an artist's re
- 2015-12-08The USS Zumwalt, the Navy's biggest and most expensive destroyer ever built, heads out into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, December 7. The ship is out at sea for the first time to undergo sea trials.
- 2015-12-08Tulum ranks No. 1 on TripAdvisor's list of global Destinations on the Rise. The list, released Tuesday, was devised using an algorithm based largely on the year-over-year increase in positive feedback and booking interest for destinations on TripAdvi
- 2015-12-08Just revealed: 1 Undershaft will be the City of London's new tallest tower. Developers say it will be 309.6 meters high when built.
- 2015-12-08Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (L) shakes hands with Chinese premier Li Keqiang (R) before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 9, 2015. Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer, and their biggest buyer
- 2015-12-08Multi-disciplinary London-based collective Assemble celebrate after winning the 2015 Turner Prize at a ceremony at the Tramway art space last night in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 2015-12-08Bill and photographer Jean Depara made Kinshasa his canvas in the 1950s, capturing cowboys like Andrada in the urban neighborhoods they staunchly defended. Depara was an erstwhile shoemaker until 1953, first taking up the camera at his wedding in 1950, wh
- 2015-12-08On the northernmost tip of South America, Colombia's La Guajira Desert is slowly making its way onto the tourist map. At times it can resemble Arizona or Nevada, with its vast swathes of barren emptiness. Along the coast, the scenery often recalls Om
- 2015-12-08Colombia's mud volcano -- Volcán de Lodo El Totumo -- may be the country's messiest attraction. Attendants (in hats) slather bathers in mud once they're inside the volcano.
- 2015-12-08Visitors, some wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants, share a light moment as they take a selfie at the Jingshan Park on a polluted day in Beijing on December 7, 2015, the day Beijing's city government issued its first red alert for pol
- 2015-12-08Singapore Botanic Gardens is officially the most iconic garden in the city-state. It's the first attraction in Singapore to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world's first tropical garden to get the honor.
- 2015-12-07This photo, posted by model and TV personality Kendall Jenner, was the most-liked photo on Instagram in 2015. It has received 3.2 million likes so far. Jenner's mom, Kris, took to Instagram to congratulate her daughter on Wednesday, December 2.
- 2015-12-07Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr netted $9.2 million after he and his wife, Barbara Bach, auctioned 1,300 pieces of memorabilia. Starr got more than $2 million for this 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit. It's the drum kit Starr played during
- 2015-12-07Migrants waiting to enter Macedonia stand at the border between Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni, Greece, on Saturday, December 5.
- 2015-12-07Art Basel Miami Beach kicked off on December 3, showcasing work from across 267 galleries from over 11 countries. Scroll through for an alternative view of one of the last major art gatherings of the year.
- 2015-12-07German troops march through occupied Warsaw, Poland, after invading the nation on September 1, 1939, and igniting World War II.
- 2015-12-07U.S. Marines stand at attention during a December 7, 2012, ceremony to commemorate Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Arizona Memorial is in the background. The site was temporarily closed to visitors on May 27, 2015 for nine days after
- 2015-12-07Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards with 11 nods, including album of the year for "To Pimp a Butterfly." Also nominated are "Sound & Color" by Alabama Shakes, "Traveller" by Chris
- 2015-12-07Director George Lucas is best known as the creative force behind the "Star Wars" universe. The filmmaker also directed or produced such notable films as "American Graffiti" and the "Indiana Jones" series. Click through for t
- 2015-12-07Stonehenge, which is in the west of England, is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments.
- 2015-12-07They call it "The 12 Planes of Christmas" -- a fundraising campaign aimed at restoring, maintaining and flying a dozen military aircraft so important that they belong in museums. Members of the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force own and operate
- 2015-12-07BB-8, the plucky astromech featured in "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens," is the brainchild of designers Matt Denton and Joshua Lee, who eschewed CGI and created a tactile version of the droid for use on set.
- 2015-12-07Located on Park Avenue, the Waldorf-Astoria has hosted every U.S. president from Hoover to Obama. Michael Romei, chef conceirge of Waldorf Towers/Waldorf Astoria (not pictured), shares his insider tips on getting the most out of New York.
- 2015-12-07Rwanda's new solar plant was in full production only a year after the agreement to construct it was signed. The Africa-shaped solar field has 28,360 photovoltaic panels, and has increased the country's generation capacity by 6%.
- 2015-12-07Lee Ufan stands next to a painting from the series "From Wind" at his recent show at London's Pace Gallery. Discover the artist's "Tansaekhwa" works, made in South Korea during the 1970s and early 80s -- a period of domestic
- 2015-12-07The Xi'an City Wall is the only complete ancient city wall in China. It encloses the 36-square-kilometer old Xi'an city center in a rectangular circuit.
- 2015-12-07This past March, Greta Rybus spent a month working on a photo series in Saint-Louis, Senegal. This photo shows Aye Sarr at the helm of his large, wooden fishing boat. Most fishermen live in Guet Ndar, an overpopulated area coping with rising sea levels.
- 2015-12-06The American flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Thursday, December 3, in Washington after President Barack Obama signed a proclamation ordering all flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting in Sa
- 2015-12-04Dr. Daniel Ivankovich is an orthopedic surgeon who treats patients in Chicago's troubled neighborhoods, regardless of their ability to pay.
- 2015-12-04Top 10 CNN Hero Rev. Richard Joyner is leading his rural North Carolina community to better health by helping young people grow and distribute fresh food.
- 2015-12-04Jody Farley-Berens' nonprofit provides assistance to single moms in the Phoenix, Arizona, area who are battling cancer.
- 2015-12-04For 23 years, Dr. Jim Withers has been doing street rounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bringing medical care to the homeless.
- 2015-12-04Rochelle Ripley and her nonprofit, hawkwing, provide healthcare and education opportunities to the Lakota people in South Dakota.
- 2015-12-04The updated Roku 2 lacks the voice-search remote control of the Roku 3 and a headphone jack for private listening. But it offers pretty much everything else -- speed, easy search functions and a wide selection of apps -- at an affordable price. Unless you
- 2015-12-04What's the answer to gun violence? 10 views
- 2015-12-04In this photo from November 29, 2015, provided to CNN by the activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, residents assess the damage to a building in the northern Syrian city -- ISIS's headquarters -- which has been the target of French airst
- 2015-12-04"Santa is a healthy outdoorsman," says Tom Valent, dean of the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Michigan. His Santas-in-training take a fitness class every year to remain limber.
- 2015-12-04Law enforcement officers search a residential area in San Bernardino, California, after a mass shooting killed at least 14 people and injured 21 on Wednesday, December 2. The shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center, where employees with the coun
- 2015-12-04Police officers stand guard as they investigate a suspicious vehicle in Redlands, California, on Wednesday, December 2, after a mass shooting in nearby San Bernardino in which 14 people died and 21 were injured. The shooting took place at the Inland Regio
- 2015-12-04People walk through a flooded street in Chennai, India, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Heaviest rainfalls in more than 100 years have devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes and scho
- 2015-12-04Actress Reese Witherspoon, President Barack Obama and Malia Obama on stage during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse south of the White House on December 3.
- 2015-12-04Architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi have collaborated in design for 55 years. This year, the pair have been awarded the American Institute of Architects' highest honor, the gold medal.
- 2015-12-04A grand stairway, a central round sofa under a Bohemian crystal chandelier and old fashion landline telephones are some of art deco flourishes in the lobby of the Atlanta Hotel in Bangkok, making it a photographer's heaven.
- 2015-12-03British pop-rock band Coldplay -- from left, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion, frontman Chris Martin and bassist Guy Berryman -- will headline the halftime show at Super Bowl 50 in February, according to reports. Here are some of the memora
- 2015-12-03For the last 12 years, CNN Hero Bhagwati Agrawal has been fighting the water crisis in his homeland of India. He and his nonprofit created a rainwater harvesting system called Aakash Ganga -- Hindi for "River from the Sky."
- 2015-12-03Sean Gobin and his nonprofit support U.S. combat veterans as they "walk off the war" on the Appalachian Trail and other long-distance hikes throughout the country.
- 2015-12-03Through her Time for Change Foundation, Top 10 CNN Hero Kim Carter helps homeless women and children reclaim their lives.
- 2015-12-03Though he will always remain best known as a musician, John Lennon never tried to hide his fondness for the visual arts. He'd attended art college in Liverpool, after all, and he made sketches and caricatures at every opportunity. This 1977 work, &qu
- 2015-12-03Sure, you expect Christmas albums from artists like Mariah Carey, Josh Groban and Mannheim Steamroller. But KC and the Sunshine Band? Not so much. Here's a look at some surprising new holiday albums, starting with this collaboration between soul sing
- 2015-12-03Pantone, the company that considers itself the authority on colors in consumer trends, announced in December that Rose Quartz and Serenity are their colors of the year for 2016. The two colors reflect "connection and wellness as well as a soothing se
- 2015-12-03Winter is northern lights season in Iceland. Some of the best sites for spotting them are in western Iceland. Here, fishing villages like Akranes -- with its beautiful lighthouse -- Borgarnes, and the Snaefellsnes peninsula make great settings. Photo by B
- 2015-12-03The seven-floor Sharifi-ha in Tehran is the award-nominated creation of locally based designers Next One.
- 2015-12-03Actress Stephanie Mills plays Dorothy in "The Wiz," a musical that opened on Broadway in 1975. The musical, a retelling of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with an all-black cast, was later adapted into a 1978 film starring Diana Ross. Mil
- 2015-12-03Anacleto Escobar and his wife, Cayetana Roman, laugh at a ceremony commemorating his 100th birthday Wednesday, January 7, in Neembucu, Paraguay. Escobar, a veteran of the Chaco War that was fought between Paraguay and Bolivia in the 1930s, was given a hou
- 2015-12-03South African model Reeva Steenkamp died in February 2013 after she was shot at the home of her boyfriend, Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius. She was 29. Pistorius has been found guilty of the murder, after South Africa's Supreme Court overturned the
- 2015-12-03From globally acclaimed athlete to convicted killer, Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013, after South Africa's Supreme Court overturned the previous conviction of culpable homicide.
- 2015-12-03The cell in the Kgosi Mampuru II Prison in Pretoria, South Africa where Oscar Pistorius stayed for a year for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
- 2015-12-03Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, 1989 (renovated 2014)
- 2015-12-03Carolyn Russo took nine years to compile her exhibition of airport control towers around the world. She visited many while on vacation or other business. "I love the Edinburgh tower," she says. "It was on my wish list for years. There was a
- 2015-12-02And who put him there? Seriously, we need to know. We've fallen for the little guy, and this does not look okay to us. But let's stick to the picture here: Is new face Rey purchasing it from a scavenger? On a desert planet? Could it be that BB-8
- 2015-12-02Relatives and friends of Fatme Robova's family prepare and arrange her wedding dowry in front of her parents' house in Ribnovo, Bulgaria. Ribnovo is home to a few thousand Pomaks, or Bulgarian-speaking Muslims.
- 2015-12-0284-year-old Latif al Ani was Iraq's most famous documentary photographer during the country's cosmopolitan 60s. But as Saddam Hussein rose to power, he was driven into retirement. Scroll through to see his incredible "memory bank" of t
- 2015-12-02The main pit of the Jwaneng diamond mine in Botswana, November 2015
- 2015-12-02The Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names tends to reflect pop culture's influence. It's impossible to say with certainty who inspired baby name trends, but movies, TV, music and sports can reveal who keeps the
- 2015-12-02Actor Joe Manganiello tweeted a selfie with his wife, actress Sofia Vergara, during their honeymoon in the Caribbean on Monday, November 30. "I cannot thank @RealRobertEarl enough for the best vacation of my life! #ParrotCay!" he said.
- 2015-12-02Dr Muiz Ali Taha, founder of the canine mine clearance program in Sudan.
- 2015-12-02A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, Darth Vader was a Grecian god. At least, that's what Travis Durden would have you believe. The pop-culture-obsessed artist (the clue's in his moniker, which mixes "Taxi Driver" with "Fight
- 2015-12-02Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent decades traveling the world and taking stunning aerial shots of natural and industrial landscapes.
- 2015-12-02CNN cameraman Wesley Bruer has photographed scenes all over the world, but for its variety of historic sites, shooting light and friendly faces, Cambodia will always be one of his favorite places to shoot. Here he's greeted by a family on the road to
- 2015-12-01Want to ride bikes through New York's Central Park with Bono? People who donate this holiday season to Red, an organization that helps fund research to fight AIDS, will be entered to win a bike ride with the U2 frontman, at left in May with Jimmy Fal
- 2015-12-01Porn actor James Deen co-starred with Lindsay Lohan in 2013's "The Canyons," playing Christian, a "film producer who enjoys filming his own three-way sex sessions," according to IndieWire. Deen had gained quite a fan following for
- 2015-12-01Take a look at the stars of the seminal series "Seinfeld," then and now.
- 2015-12-01There's now a roster of must-see meccas for motoring enthusiasts around the globe, containing rarely seen gems including a $40 million Bugatti and James Bond's Aston Martin.
With nearly 95,000 square feet of exhibit space the Petersen is alrea
- 2015-12-01Goodreads, the free website where readers share their reviews and recommendations with other bibliophiles, asked its readers to pick the best books of 2015. They picked Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," her prequel to "To Kill a Mockin
- 2015-12-01Here comes the holiday season of shopping until you're exhausted and your credit card is maxed out. With so much suffering around the world, why not make your holiday gifts to do some good? Click through the gallery for a few ways to give presents th
- 2015-12-01World AIDS Day 2015
- 2015-12-01Ben Schlappig is a professional "Hobbyist" -- a traveler who uses a mixture of frequent flyer miles and credit card reward points, to zoom around the world at a fraction of the cost.
- 2015-12-01As a self-proclaimed "aviation junkie," artist Toby Fraley was excited by the idea of having his award-winning robot repair shop displayed in an airport. Fliers passing through Pittsburgh International can enjoy the retro-futuristic installation
- 2015-12-01The latest resort to open in Macau, Melco Crown Entertainment's Studio City takes on a Hollywood theme. The exterior design of the structures is described as "Art Deco meets Gotham City."
- 2015-12-01SART researchers at the Institute of Space Systems in Bremen, Germany, have come up with the SpaceLiner concept. This hypersonic jet would be made up of a booster and a passenger stage, which separate after being propelled into the mesophere.
- 2015-12-01The latest new concept design to spark debate is the Skreemr. It would supposedly travel at speeds as fast as Mach 10, reaching New York from London in 30 minutes.
- 2015-12-01"We are not humans having a spiritual experience, but rather we are spiritual beings having a human experience." In memory of David M., Atlanta, 1988