Witness on Pike execution: ‘Nothing about today was normal’

Media witness Tori Gessner describes what she saw and heard before and during Tennessee’s attempted execution of Christa Pike.

The Bay Area turned out on Wednesday to celebrate the 2026 WNBA champions, the Golden State Valkyries, with a parade in San Francisco.

Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo on Wednesday, wearing a black sweatshirt, black gloves, and carrying a black umbrella. This is not the first time that Bob Dylan has met a pope. He met Pope John Paul II back in 1997. CNN's Christopher Lamb reports from the Vatican.

At the premiere of the second season of Ryan Murphy’s “All’s Fair,” Glenn Close met her match when professional shapeshifter Alexis Stone came dressed as her carbon copy. CNN's Leah Dolan spoke to Stone about the moment and why he feels his craft is at risk in the age of AI.

Since 1994, the English town of Edenbridge has burned an effigy of a public figure as part of Bonfire Night, which marks the failed attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605.

LEGO has unveiled its biggest set ever: a 12,060-piece recreation of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família to mark 100 years since architect Antoni Gaudí’s death. CNN’s Anna Stewart tries her hand at building it.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon shows us how he used a computer to submit his US midterm ballots at the International Space Station.

Japanese artist Mariko Mori has spent over three decades building a diverse body of work that spans everything from photography and computer-generated images to sculpture and large-scale interactive installations. Now a major retrospective exhibition at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum traces her career through 40 of her most defining works. The exhibition was co-curated by Mori Art Museum's Director Mami Kataoka and Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator at Large Global Arts Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, who spoke to CNN about the artist’s legacy. The exhibition is part of the city-wide events featured during Art Week Tokyo and will be on until late March.

In 1998, 29-year-old Karl Bushby set off on foot around the world. Today, 28 years later, he ended his journey at his mother’s home in northern England.