There never was an Overlook Hotel, but fans of ‘The Shining’ still flock here
ESTES PARK, Colo. (CN) — Spoiler alert: The Overlook Hotel is a fictional place from a book about ghosts. But that hasn’t stopped tourists from haunting the Stanley Hotel, the inn that inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining” more than 50 years ago. “For me,...
Selma, Alabama to preserve former hotel with long ties to Black civil rights
SELMA, Ala. (CN) — Along the Alabama River on Water Avenue in downtown Selma is a property that was once a slave marketplace. Many of the city’s Black residents were held in wooden barracks here. These enslaved people ended up at plantations across the South, fueling...
Family of Epstein accuser calls for more inquiry after palace yanks ‘prince’ title, royal digs from Andrew
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — The family of Virginia Giuffre joined the British prime minister and other politicians Friday in praising King Charles III’s decision to strip his brother Andrew of all remaining titles and honors. Andrew will no longer have the status...
Louvre to get anti-ramming barriers by year end: Minister
PARIS (AFP) — France’s culture minister said Friday anti-ramming devices would be set up around the Louvre by year’s end, after a high-profile heist at the famed museum reignited debate over its security. The announcement comes after four thieves parked a...
What would Voltaire do?
The list, compiled by a group called Media Lab Index, which did not respond to inquiries, ranked states in three categories: prisoners per 100,000 state population; crimes per 100,000 population; and average sentence length. It assigned each state a score, “so that...
Portland trial pits local cops against feds over protest tactics
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a trial over the legality of deploying federal troops to Portland, federal and local law enforcement officers on Thursday offered dueling depictions of the situation at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Portland, joined...
Judge approves $38 million class action settlement over Monsanto merger
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge granted final approval to a $38 million class action settlement in a case against Bayer over shareholders’ claims the German pharmaceutical giant didn’t conduct adequate due diligence before making a multibillion-dollar deal...
Dutch elections: Holland poised to have a younger and greener leader — Rob Jetten
(CN) — Holland has found a new political face in Rob Jetten, the telegenic and openly gay leader of Democrats 66 — a center-left force in Dutch politics since 1966, the year the party was founded. Jetten emerged as the clear favorite to lead the country’s next...
Immigrants testify to warrantless ICE arrests in Colorado
DENVER (CN) — During a federal hearing on Thursday seeking a preliminary injunction limiting immigration officers’ use of warrantless arrests, an immigrant from Mexico who had lived in Colorado for two decades testified to his three-month detention earlier this...