Brent crude oil prices shot up as the US and Israeli war against Iran disrupted oil supplies in the Middle East. CNN’s Word of the Week asks: How did the benchmark barrel of oil get the name “Brent”?

Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

RECESS, which opened in September, is one of a new wave of businesses debuting across North America that are often called “social bathhouses”: venues reimagining saunas and other bathing rituals as ...

Here’s a look at the life of Mitt Romney, former US senator from Utah. Romney is also a former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1947 ...

Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Personal Birth date: March 15, 1933 Death date: September 18, 2020 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Joan Ruth ...

Roy Wood Jr. doesn’t sound like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper or Erin Burnett. And yet, his importance to CNN could start approaching that of those popular anchors. Wood isn’t at CNN to deliver the ...

The blizzard of 2026 has already broken a state snowfall record set during the infamous and unforgettable Blizzard of 1978, which buried New England under feet of snow, and remains seared into several ...

Rep. Omar tells CNN why she yelled out at Trump during the State of the Union address The passengers on a Florida-registered boat that opened fire on Cuban forces were all Cubans with residency in the ...

Millions are under blizzard conditions, as snow and wind continues to batter the northeastern US. We take you inside the military operation that killed Mexico’s most-wanted cartel drug lord. A new CNN ...

When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed ...

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Anderson Cooper on Monday said he is leaving his role as a correspondent on CBS’s “60 Minutes” after 20 years, amid massive changes at the network’s news division. Cooper, however, will remain in his ...