2,000-year-old marble head of Rome’s first emperor discovered

(CNN) — A 2,000-year-old marble head of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, has been discovered in Isernia, an Italian town in the south central region of Molise.Read More

4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violatingRead More

US employers added just 266K jobs in April as hiring slows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling toRead More

Florida school district investigating recorded incident of student being paddled at elementary school

(CNN) — A Florida school district is investigating an incident that happened at an elementary school after a mother secretly recorded her 6-year-old being paddledRead More

This tiny dinosaur hunted in the dark and heard better than an owl

(CNN) — With unusually large eyes and hair-trigger hearing, the tiny desert-dwelling dinosaur hunted its prey at night, offering more definitive evidence that dinosaurs weren’tRead More

Tahiti and the rest of French Polynesia has reopened to tourism

(CNN) — The beautiful islands of French Polynesia have officially reopened their borders to tourists. The group of Pacific islands, which include popular beach getawaysRead More

Major cruise ship company may avoid Florida if state doesn’t permit Covid-19 vaccination checks, CEO says

(CNN) — Florida’s new law prohibiting businesses from asking whether employees or customers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may take a toll on its cruise business. The CEO ofRead More

One of Italy’s most famous sites just reopened with a striking change

(CNN) — When Florence’s Uffizi gallery reopened this week after another government-imposed lockdown, it was with a fanfare. After a six-month closure for renovations, theRead More

A Liechtenstein prince is accused of killing one of Europe’s biggest bears

(CNN) — Romanian authorities are investigating after one of Europe’s largest brown bears was allegedly shot and killed by a prince from Liechtenstein. Prince Emanuel von und zuRead More

Giant ‘river monster’ fish found in Detroit River may be over 100 years old

(CNN) — Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a “real life river monster” — a giant fish believed to be more thanRead More