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☆ Hiking family discovers rare T. rex fossil
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, the museum has unveiled what it calls “Teen Rex,” a rare juvenile T. rex skeleton, one of only a handful in existence. We had cameras rolling while it was happening.”The dinosaur-discovering family returns to the site in July 2023 for the excavation, including (clockwise from upper left) Sam Fisher, Emalynn Fisher, Danielle Fisher, Liam Fisher, Kaiden Madsen and Jessin Fisher. A lower jaw of the T. rex skeleton is uncovered during the 11-day excavation. Courtesy Denver Museum of Nature and Science“That’s been a fiercely fought out debate, the Nanotyrannus versus Tyrannosaurus Rex,” Lyson said. “Tyrannosaurus isn’t common and juvenile dinosaurs are incredibly rare, so young T. rex are the rarest of the rare,” he said.

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☆ World War II veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 while traveling to France for D-Day’s 80th anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old World War II US Navy veteran, died last week while on his way to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, according to Honor Flight Rochester, a veteran’s organization. Persichitti was a “wonderful, pleasant, humble guy,” who was “easy know, easy to talk to,” said Honor Flight Rochester President and CEO Richard Stewart, who told CNN he learned of his friend’s death last Friday. Persichitti fell ill last week during a stop in Germany while headed for Normandy, Al DeCarlo, a friend who was traveling with Persichitti, told CNN affiliate WHAM. “She put his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, on her phone and he peacefully left us.”Persichitti had heart problems in the past, “but for 102, I would say he was in superb health,” Stewart told CNN. Persichitti enjoyed traveling and speaking with younger generations about his experiences, often visiting schools to talk with students about World War II, his friend, Pastor William Leone, told WHAM.

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☆ Ben: French artist dies aged 88, hours after the death of his wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Joseph Ataman | Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ben, the French artist best known for his irreverent approach to modern art, has died aged 88, taking his own life hours after the death of his wife, his family said in a statement Wednesday. Annie Vautier, Ben’s wife, died at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, having suffered a stroke on Monday, the Vautier family said in a statement posted to the Facebook page of the family gallery. “Unwilling and unable to live without her, Ben killed himself a few hours later at their home,” in the south of France, the artist’s family announced. Ben poses next to one of his art works during his exhibition 'Strip-tease integral' at the Museum of Modern Art in March 2010. His works have been exhibited around the world, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.

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☆ King Charles travels to mark D-Day anniversary while Prince William takes greater role
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Max Foster | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

On Thursday morning, King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion’s commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer. King Charles and Queen Camilla were joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at the British Normandy Memorial. Corbis/Getty Images British troops reach the shore in the early morning. Germans rained mortars and artillery down on Allied troops, killing many before they could even get out of their boats. U.S. Army Injured American soldiers wait to be moved to a field hospital after storming Omaha Beach.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow Walmart turned Bentonville, Arkansas into a boomtownWalmart's hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas has become a boomtown with many amenities you might expect to find in New York or San Francisco – fancy restaurants, craft cocktails, bike paths and a world-class art museum. The town has more cranes per capita than any other U.S. city as Walmart builds a 350-acre new headquarters. Bentonville's population is expected to triple by 2050. But with the boom comes big-city economic challenges. CNBC's Melissa Repko travels to Bentonville for the story.

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☆ Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Researchers studying ancient Neanderthal DNA found traces of three viruses that cause colds, cold sores, genital warts, and cancer. And ancient humans might have been the ones who started spreading these bugs, according to the scientists who recently published their work in the peer-reviewed journal "Viruses." This isn't the first time researchers have found inert (no longer infectious) ancient human viruses. That means tools used to study ancient human DNA might not work for viruses, Sally Wasef, a paleogenetics researcher at Queensland University of Technology, told New Scientist. Massilani also had some concerns with how the researchers were interpreting the ancient DNA.

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☆ Craft cocktails, mountain bikes and art: Walmart's hometown is booming, and getting more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

— When Gil Curren's family moved into a run-down farmhouse in Walmart's hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, in 1971, the now-retail giant wasn't yet a decade old. Craft cocktails, hipster coffee shops and chef-driven restaurants have popped up around the city. Realtor Kristen Boozman, who works for Sotheby's, helps clients search for homes in the Bentonville area, including many buyers who are relocating from another city. Home values have shot up in the Bentonville area. A Walmart spokeswoman said the Walton Family Foundation funds and advocates for affordable housing projects in the Bentonville area.

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☆ How a humble Indian fabric became a symbol of luxury in 1960s America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But this staple of preppy American fashion has humble origins, far from Martha’s Vineyard or the hallways of Yale or Harvard, in Chennai, India, the coastal city from which it takes its name. Krishnan Nair,” a biography of the Indian textile magnate and hotelier who first sold Jacobson the madras, in a video interview with CNN. From Chennai to shores of the CaribbeanFort St. George was established in the 1630s, helping the British cement a monopoly on the highly lucrative Indian textile industry. Research by the London School of Economics estimates that Indian cotton textiles, which were often exchanged for slaves, accounted for 30% of the total export value of 18th century Anglo-African trade. A madras fabric weaving workshop in Chennai, the Indian city once known as Madras, circa 1990.

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☆ 3 boys hunting for fossils made the ultimate discovery: a young T-rex skeleton that scientists have dubbed Teen Rex
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Three boys found a young Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton while hiking in North Dakota in 2022. The discovery, dubbed Teen Rex, was made in the Hell Creek Formation of the Badlands. Scientists said the find was significant as only a few juvenile T. rex fossils have ever been found. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . And not just any dinosaur, but a young Tyrannosaurus rex.

Persons: Rex, —, Jessin, Liam Fisher, Kaiden Madsen Organizations: Badlands . Scientists, Service, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Business Locations: North Dakota, Marmarth

☆ Dubai Mall set for $408 million expansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Editor’s Note: This CNN series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights. United Arab Emirates real estate developer Emaar Properties announced Monday plans for a 1.5 billion dirham ($408 million) expansion of Dubai Mall. The 12-million-square-foot mall is already the largest shopping center in the world by total area, and the expansion will add a further 240 luxury stores, along with new food outlets. Emaar PropertiesLast year, Dubai welcomed a record number of tourists, and the mall says it received 105 million visitors last year, up 19% from 2022. Government initiatives including the Dubai Shopping Festival — launched in 1996 — have given the emirate a reputation for offering a premium shopping experience across dozens of malls.

Persons: Mohamed Alabbar, Majid Al Futtaim Organizations: CNN, United, United Arab Emirates, Emaar Locations: United Arab, Dubai Mall, Dubai, Burj, footfall, Emaar

☆ World War II Veteran Dies at 102 While Traveling to D-Day Event in France
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A World War II Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima died while traveling to France to participate in an event commemorating D-Day, a veterans organization said. Robert Persichitti, 102, died Friday, said Richard Steward, president of the Honor Flight Rochester, a veteran’s organization that Mr. Persichitti belonged to. Mr. Persichitti, of Fairport, N.Y., was among the dwindling number of his generation still attending D-Day celebrations. According to WHEC News 10, an NBC affiliate in Rochester, N.Y., Mr. Persichitti flew overseas with a group connected to the National World War II Museum and a companion, whom the organization identified as Al DeCarlo. He was on his way to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, known as D-Day, which turned the tide of World War II in Europe.

Persons: Robert Persichitti, Richard Steward, Persichitti, Al DeCarlo Organizations: Navy, WHEC, NBC Locations: U.S, Iwo Jima, France, Fairport, N.Y, Rochester , N.Y, Normandy, Europe, Germany

☆ World likely to blast beyond grim warming milestone in the next five years, UN weather agency says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's a stark change from 2015, when the WMO considered the prospect of temporarily overshooting 1.5 degrees Celsius close to zero. The 1.5 degrees Celsius limit is the aspirational target of the landmark Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change that was adopted in 2015. Scientists say that exceeding this temperature threshold over the long term will lead to increasingly frequent and catastrophic extreme weather events. António Guterres United Nations Secretary-GeneralEven at current levels of global warming, there are already devastating climate change impacts. Guterres said that the battle to limit long-term temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be won or lost in the 2020s under the watch of today's world leaders.

Persons: Javier Torres, António Guterres, Guterres, Antonio Guterres, Charly Triballeau, Angelos Tzortzinis Organizations: Afp, Getty, United Nations, World Meteorological Organization, WMO, UN, American Museum of Locations: Quilpue comune, Valparaiso region, Chile, Paris, Russian, New York, Italy, Athens

☆ King Charles banknotes enter circulation for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONOND — Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III entered circulation on Wednesday for the first time, the Bank of England said in a statement . New bank notes that bear a portrait of King Charles III, and which will enter circulation on June 5, 2024, are displayed for a photograph after having been presented to Britain's King Charles III by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of England Chief Cashier Sarah John, at Buckingham Palace in London on April 9, 2024. Notes featuring Queen Elizabeth II will remain legal tender and will be in circulation alongside those showing Charles, the Bank of England said. "This means the public will begin to see the new King Charles III notes very gradually." People would, however, be able to exchange notes they already have for the new ones featuring Charles.

Persons: Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner, Alan Turing, King Charles III, Britain's King Charles III, Andrew Bailey, Sarah John, we've Organizations: Bank of England Museum, Bank of England Locations: London, United Kingdom, Buckingham

☆ Christina Applegate says MS made her depressed. I was too when first diagnosed, but I found a way out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Lindsay Karp | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On a recent episode of the MeSsy podcast, Christina Applegate said she doesn't enjoy living because of her multiple sclerosis (MS) battle. It took me 13 years to get diagnosed with multiple sclerosisSeven years ago, I received my official MS diagnosis after 13 years of pleading with doctors for an answer. AdvertisementIt took the author 13 years to get diagnosed with MS and an additional three years for the meds to start working on her symptoms. You begin comparing life before disease onset to your current capabilities, and you mourn the loss of everything in between. For the first three years, the infusions worsened every MS symptom I'd ever had.

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☆ What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —June 6, 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The Allied troops’ invasion was coordinated across air, land and sea, in what can be described as amphibious landings. On D-Day alone, around 4,440 Allied troops were confirmed dead, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), with more than 5,800 troops wounded or missing. Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Within minutes of reaching Omaha Beach, 16 of these men were killed and four were wounded.

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☆ Muhammad Ali’s Childhood Home Goes on the Market
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Johnny Diaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The childhood home where Muhammad Ali, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and activist, learned to box and that was along the route of his funeral procession in Louisville, Ky., is for sale. On Tuesday, the pink one-story home, which for several years was a museum of sorts, focusing on Ali’s early life and humanitarian pursuits, and two of its neighboring properties were listed for sale through Christie’s International Real Estate Bluegrass for $1.5 million, according to the company’s listing. “Home to ‘The Greatest,’” the listing states, noting that the ranch style, one-story house at 3302 Grand Avenue in the Parkland neighborhood of the city features two bedrooms. The living area of the three homes combined is 3,363 square feet.

Persons: Muhammad Ali, ’ Organizations: Christie’s Locations: Louisville, Ky, Parkland

☆ Meet Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's 6 children
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementVivienne Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt at the world premiere of "Eternals" at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on October 18, 2021. On her 18th birthday on May 27, Shiloh filed to legally change her name to Shiloh Jolie, TMZ and People reported. Knox, Zahara, Pax, Jolie, Vivienne, and Shiloh at the world premiere of "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" in 2019. AdvertisementShiloh Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt at the UK premiere of "Eternals" on October 27, 2021 in London, England. Vivienne is listed as "Vivienne Jolie" in the Playbill, but it's unclear if she legally changed her name.

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☆ In Gregory Crewdson’s photographs, an enduring, haunted vision of American life
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —By now, the famed photographer Gregory Crewdson’s well-oiled, large-scale shoots are well documented. Gregory CrewdsonCrewdson nods to the Hitchcock classic “Vertigo” and the female lead’s doubled self in this photograph from his most recent series, “Eveningside,” from 2021-22. For the series, the photographer returned to Adams, Massachusetts, and transformed vacant storefronts, revisiting locations from earlier series. With Crewdson’s work, he added: “It’s completely staged, and every detail is thought through. It’s that moment — not the final picture — that he’s always chasing, he reiterated on the call.

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☆ ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of the controversial designer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” he is brooding, combative and ambitious, sure — but we are equally encouraged to root for him. Despite Dietrich’s protestations, the creators of “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” seem to side with their muse. Parisian fashion in the 1970s was, “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” suggests, a scene broadly gatekept by a handful of squabbling men. "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld" intends to plunge the viewer into the heart of 1970s Paris, Monaco and Rome, to "follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality," say the show notes. “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” is, stylistically, a luxurious tribute to ‘70s flair: gorgeous to look at and offering an aggressively humanized look at some of fashion’s biggest names.

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☆ Belgium Shows What Europe Has Become - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Anton Jäger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Delivering a speech to a group of Belgian businessmen this year, Barack Obama warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence, climate change and geopolitical conflict. In what is billed as the largest election year in human history, with about half of the planet heading to polls, Belgium cuts a rather inconspicuous figure. For all its singularity, Belgium tells a quintessentially European story. In Brussels, the seat of the European Union, rising crime, pollution and decaying infrastructure symbolize a continent in decline. With unusual clarity, Belgium shows what Europe has become in the 21st century: a continent subject to history rather than driving it.

Persons: Barack Obama, Obama wouldn’t Organizations: Magritte Museum, European Union Locations: Belgian, Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Flanders

What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ Holocaust Museums Debate What to Say About the Israel-Hamas War
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Dana Goldstein | Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At a Holocaust museum in Atlanta, staff members had typically ended their tours by saying that many survivors of the death camps immigrated to Palestine. But after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the guides noticed that some students would ask a simple but complicated question: Is this the Palestine that we’ve been hearing about? So staff members at the museum, the Breman, made a few changes, according to Rabbi Joseph Prass, the museum’s education director. Now, docents explain to visitors that many Holocaust survivors found refuge in “the British Mandate of Palestine” or “the area that would become the country of Israel.”

Persons: we’ve, Rabbi Joseph Prass, ” Locations: Atlanta, Palestine, Israel, British

☆ Uno, the card game, has been around for 52 years. It may be more popular than ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The family-favorite card game has been around for 52 years — but it may be more popular than ever. The game was recently featured in an episode of the TV series “Hacks,” when lead character Deborah Vance joins some old friends for a card game in Las Vegas, only to learn that instead of poker they’re playing Uno. It’s often there in the background in people’s homes — stacked on a shelf with other board and card games or stored in a drawer, ready for game nights and camping trips. The card game is now for sale in over 80 countries. In the first quarter of 2024, it was the second-most popular game in Circana’s traditional games category, right behind traditional Uno.

Persons: Uno, That’s, Michelle Parnett, Dwyer, ”, Morgan Coder, Kathleen Stoughton, Kim, Alisha Jucevic, Obama, Joe Jonas, Kylie Jenner, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Questlove, Taylor Swift, Jason Sudeikis, Deborah Vance, Lil Yachty, Uno Uno, Merle Robbins, Robbins, Parnett, Yu, Daniel Karmann, Ray Adler, Harry Potter, “, Adler, It’s, ” Adler, today’s, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Mattel, Strong, Museum of, Uno, Washington Post, Walmart, AP, Global, of, NFL, Toy Hall of Fame Locations: Rochester , New York, Portland , Oregon, Las Vegas, Ohio

☆ Forget traveling to Europe. I get my fill of Spanish architecture, culture, and cuisine by visiting an excellent city in northeast Florida.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Megan Dubois | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementI made a point to visit the Villa Zorayda MuseumThe Villa Zorayda Museum was modeled after the Alhambra Palace in Spain. Megan duBoisI've passed by the Villa Zorayda Museum many times while exploring St. Augustine, but I'd never ventured inside until this visit. The Spanish influence is visible all over the city's architectureMore showcases of Spanish architecture can be found around the city. For a Spanish-inspired drink, I went straight to Columbia RestaurantI love the white sangria at Columbia Restaurant. I shared a pitcher of white sangria with two other people, and it was loaded with fresh citrus and a splash of Torres 10 brandy.

Persons: —, I've, Megan duBois I've, Augustine, I'd, Megan duBois, Ponce de Leon Hall, Leon Hall, Ponce de Leon, George Street, Castillo, San, Castillo de San, San Marcos — Organizations: Service, Business, Villa Zorayda, Villa Zorayda Museum, Ponce de, Leon, Ponce, Lightner, Museum, Spanish, Columbia, Historic District, San Marcos Locations: Spain, Barcelona, St, Augustine , Florida, Jacksonville, Granada, Moroccan, Ponce, Flagler, Ponce de, Spanish, Penedes, San Marcos, Castillo de San Marcos

☆ Tschabalala Self is an artist expanding what it means to paint
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Both a source of inspiration and a place to ground herself, Harlem holds a special meaning for the artist Tschabalala Self. Tschabalala Self Paula Virta/Courtesy the artist/EMMA -- Espoo Museum of Modern ArtSelf’s own relationship with the concept of home has evolved in recent years. This conversation with the traditional western canon of painting is ongoing for Self, and influences other facets of her work. In thinking about the concept for “Lady in Blue,” Self considered the increased attention on monuments, particularly in recent years. But the commission also represents much more than the sculpture’s identity or physicality alone, added the artist.

Persons: Tschabalala, ”, Black, “, I’ve, —, Paula Virta, EMMA, Anthurium, ” Paula Virta, domesticity, it’s, Leon Neal, “ It’s, ” Tschabalala, EMMA – Organizations: CNN, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo Museum of Modern, MoMA, Hammer, Self, Saastamoinen, Museum of Modern Art Locations: Harlem, Manhattan, New York, Finland, ”, Espoo, New York City, Trafalgar, London, American

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