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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A dog abandoned at the San Francisco airport has found a forever home with a United Airlines captain, according to the San Francisco SPCA. A pup named Polaris had arrived to San Francisco with a traveler from an international destination. But the dog was abandoned at the airport when “the customer

By Forrest Brown, CNN With much of the United States still reeling from a nearly weeklong winter storm, flight cancellations and delays and other transportation challenges continued to pile up on Christmas Day. At least 3,181 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. And

Kate Springer, CNN “The jungle is our playground, and the sea is our wonderland.” That’s how Sook Yee Lai remembers her childhood on Christmas Island, an overseas territory of Australia that’s about a 3.5-hour flight northwest of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. “We do lots of free diving, snorkeling, diving, surfing, caving and walking

By Shivani Vora, CNN Christmas is celebrated in many ways in many corners of the globe, and the cuisine that marks the holiday is as diverse as the people feasting on it. Food traditions are comforting at a time when many of us have had another very challenging pandemic year. And Christmas dishes are particularly

Hanna Pham and Leah Dolan, CNN The 2022 red carpet circuit — filled with experimentation, self-expression and play — was one to remember. The year saw a notable uptick in celebrities dipping into archival fashion, with some moments — namely Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe gown at the Met Gala — proving more controversial than others.

Francesca Street, CNN For Catalina Bernal Andrade, Christmas 2009 was unusual — in more ways than one. That year, Catalina’s father had been diagnosed with colon cancer. Catalina, then 31, had moved back into her parents’ home in Bogotá, Colombia, to support them through his treatment. Christmas rolled around, and Catalina and her family celebrated

By Forrest Brown and Karla Cripps, CNN Winter weather continues to disrupt holiday travel across the United States on Friday, leaving travelers facing delays and cancellations during one of the busiest times of the year. On Friday, 5,934 flights were canceled after nearly 2,700 cancellations on Thursday, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. Cancellations were

Kate Springer, CNN Almost every year since she was a child, Hokkaido resident Naomi has looked forward to her family’s traditional Christmas meal: a KFC “party barrel” brimming with salad, cake and lots of fried chicken. “In Japan, it is customary to eat chicken at Christmas,” says the 30-something Japanese woman. “Every year, I order

By Xiaofei Xu A red and white banning sign on top of a black burning cigarette — the universal non-smoking symbol — will be the new addition welcoming ski enthusiasts from around the world in the small village of Les Gets in the French Alps this month. On December 17, as the ski grounds of

By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN Thousands of Thursday and Friday flights have already been canceled as holiday travelers try to make their way to their destinations. Chicago O’Hare and Denver International airports were seeing the most cancellations on Thursday, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, while many of Friday’s cancellations were