Amazon isn’t happy with FAA’s proposed drone rules
Current FAA rules bar commercial drone flights, although about two dozen exemptions have been approved. CNN is among those pursuing news uses for drones though a partnership with the Georgia…
Wurlitzer wizards bring the music back to Amsterdam’s art deco marvel
A second key brings the sound of tweeting birds, and another the clopping sound of horse hooves, as if someone is standing off-stage with a pair of coconut shells. Then…
Cycling in Amsterdam: How to pedal like a local
It’s pancake flat, it’s riddled with cycle tracks and almost everyone gets around on two wheels. There are so many bikes it looks like — hard though this may be…
Biting Cold Air Follows Latest New England Blizzard
Frigid cold nipped at New England after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through, piling another foot of snow on top of 6-foot-high mounds in Boston, and…
Boehner Says He’d Allow Homeland Security Shutdown
WASHINGTON — The House speaker, John A. Boehner, said Sunday that he was “certainly” prepared to allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse, raising the possibility that…
Denmark attacks: Suspect was ‘well-known’ to police
With the assailant now dead, some questions might never be answered. But more and more details are starting to surface. Here’s the latest: Cartoonist, possible target speaks out The carnage…
House Fires: Could Your Family Escape One In Time?
In March 2011, Maureen Aissa’s Binghamton, New York, home caught fire in the middle of the night with her five children inside. Her family, who did not have a fire…
A Lineup of New York Icons, With Carmelo Anthony on the Bench
On Pro Basketball By HARVEY ARATON Inside the Javits Center complex on the windy, frigid West Side of Manhattan on Sunday morning, there was genuine warmth for the N.B.A. legends…
Egypt Conducts Airstrikes on Islamic State Targets in Libya
CAIRO — The Egyptian military said on Monday that it carried out airstrikes in Libya in retaliation for the beheading of more than a dozen Egyptian Christians by a branch…
U.S. Revels in Victories and Its Rising Status in a Sport
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — When the Alpine world ski championships came to the United States this month for the first time since 1999, the 13-day event was quickly defined by…
Meet The Mystery Man Behind SNL’s Cue Cards
NBC’s Joelle Garguilo reports on “Cue Card Wally,” the man who has been in about every “Saturday Night Live” sketch for the past quarter of a century – you’ve just…
Egypt Launches Airstrikes On Islamic State In Libya After Video Of Mass Killing
Egypt said Monday it has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Egyptian Coptic Christians it…
Solar flair: NASA mission provides mesmerizing images of the sun
And now, following the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission’s fifth anniversary, we can share in some of the most dramatic and mesmerizing moments of the last half-decade in space. –…
Qantas to enforce lounge dress code following passenger complaints
According to a statement from the airline released to CNN, from April 1 travelers visiting domestic Qantas Clubs and Business Lounges in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney airports…
Egypt Strikes IS Group in Libya After Video of Mass Killing
CAIRO — Egypt said Monday it has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Egyptian Coptic…
Egypt says it bombed ISIS targets in Libya after killings of Christians
The Egyptian military said Monday it has bombed ISIS targets in Libya after the militant group released a video that appeared to show the mass beheadings of Coptic Christians. “The…
How North Korean defector’s story unraveled
Shortly after escaping from North Korea, Shin Dong-hyuk formulated what he called a “sanitized” version of the his life, which he repeated for almost 10 years and subsequently became a…
C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons
The Central Intelligence Agency, working with American troops during the occupation of Iraq, repeatedly purchased nerve-agent rockets from a secretive Iraqi seller, part of a previously undisclosed effort to ensure…
Southern U.S. faces messy mix of snow, ice and sleet
Southern Indiana could see up to 10 inches of snow while northern Kentucky faces between 8 to 14 inches, according to the National Weather Service. “Travel will be treacherous with…
David Carr’s Last Word On Journalism, Aimed At Students
David Carr was known at The New York Times as a supreme talent scout, a mentor to young reporters and a blunt critic of those who didn’t measure up. He…
UN Security Council Demands Houthi Rebels Relinquish Control Of Yemen Government, End Violence
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab world’s…
Low down payment mortgages make a comeback
Fannie and Freddie Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee more than half the country’s mortgages. At the end of 2014, the two government-backed companies announced plans to slash minimum down…
What we know about the bank hacking ring
What did they get? Hackers managed to steal the money in all sorts of creative ways, Doggett said. They managed to take $7.3 million by reprogramming a single bank’s ATMs….
Hong Kong ferry captain jailed for deadly collision
A jury found him guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter and endangering the lives of others at sea on Saturday. The captain of the other vessel, which was owned by…
Dangers, Frustrations and Snow Keep Piling Up in New England
BOSTON — Leaden skies tested the patience and sanity of winter-weary New Englanders once again over the weekend, unleashing more than two feet of new snow on parts of the…
Newspaper in India Pays a Price for Reprinting a Charlie Hebdo Cartoon
MUMBAI, India — The Charlie Hebdo slaughter in Paris has reverberated into the multireligious ethnic sprawl of Mumbai, where an Urdu newspaper has closed and its editor faces charges and…
Suddenly, Layering Is the Rage
What felt like Arctic-strength winds were blowing on Sunday as New York Fashion Week attendees braved their shows — and the temperatures, with the wind chill, hovered perilously close to…
Kanye Performs New Song ‘Wolves,’ With Sia & Vic Mensa, During Awesome ‘SNL 40’ Appearance
Kanye West performed a medley of songs on the “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary special. West started with “Jesus Walks,” transitioned to “Only One” and closed out his appearance with…
Watch Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake Rap A History Of ‘SNL’ Catchphrases
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon started the “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary special with a rap song about the show’s dozens and dozens of catchphrases. They don’t come from France,…
The search for MH370: Next phase gets underway
The next phase in the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun. The GO Phoenix search vessel arrived in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean and…