CNN Tennis/SportsVenus  | Williams wishes sister Serena would come out of retirement to join her in competition

(CNN) — As Venus Williams prepares to make her tennis comeback at the DC Open after more than a year away from the sport, she has unsurprisingly fielded questions from reporters on a video her sister, Serena, recently posted on social media.

In the video, the younger Williams sister looks as athletic as she did during her career, crushing huge groundstrokes that were such a nightmare for her opponents.

So, is there a Serena comeback on the cards, too?  –read more–

CNN underscored Gifts | The 36 best 50th birthday gifts that are truly milestone-worthy

Technically, every birthday is special. That said, anyone who has made it to 50 deserves a gift that’s extra noteworthy. It is half a century, after all! But that doesn’t mean the thing you buy them needs to highlight all of the years they’ve lived. Personally, I associate one’s fifties with luxury. In other words, it’s a good time to upgrade the things one already loves and also a time to indulge in new experiences.

Additionally, the fifties are generally when people begin to prioritize their health more than ever. They might also have more free time (even if they’re not retired yet) to expand their current interests, look into new hobbies and go on more trips.

No matter who you’re shopping for — whether it’s a sibling, parent or friend — the gifts on this list will make them feel appreciated and ready to take on another 50 years. Many of the picks are editor favorites too, so you can count on the recipient’s long-term satisfaction.  –read more–

CNN Climate | This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why

Once synonymous with leisure and reprieve, summer has increasingly become a season marked by anxiety and disruption. Fossil fuel pollution — alongside other compounding factors — has transformed these months into a time of mounting peril, punctuated by relentless heat waves, rampant wildfires and catastrophic flooding.

This summer, in particular, has been defined by a tragic surge in deadly flash floods across the United States, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

It’s no accident this is the summer of flooding, climate scientists say, with 100-year to 1,000-year deluges happening nearly simultaneously in multiple states on multiple days.  –read more–

WY Music ’95 | Bishop T.D. Jakes – Divine Strategies (AZUSA ’97)

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David Sanborn – Topic | David Sandborn – Chicago Song

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CNN underscored | The 45 best cooling products to fend off the summer heat

When the temperature starts to climb, the best cooling products help keep you comfortable both indoors and outdoors. From neck fans to cooling blankets, a variety of gadgets and home products can make all the difference in being a sweaty mess or staying cool.

We’ve crafted a list of our best-tested cooling fans, cooling apparel, cooling pillows and beyond for a much more tolerable summer. There are even some cooling beauty products that can help calm your skin after scorching-hot days.  –read more–

CNN travel | Maritime town offers boating, great seafood and more than 250 years of history

Annapolis, Maryland (CNN) — It’s Sunday night at Middleton Tavern, where a handful of drinkers at the rustic wooden bar are surrounded by glimpses of America’s colonial past.

Copper pots hang over a fireplace, while seascape paintings, farm tools, old naval uniforms and models of sailing ships adorn the walls. The patio offers views of Annapolis’ City Dock, where Chesapeake Bay watermen once brought in the day’s catch.

And the tavern itself dates to 1750 – before America became a country – when Horatio Middleton opened it to lodge travelers crossing the bay on his ferry. If you believe the local lore, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin once drank here.  –read/see more–

CNN style | The women artists who were way ahead of their time

(CNN) — Visitors to European galleries with an interest in pioneering women artists will have plenty of choice this summer, with a series of new exhibitions featuring some of the biggest names in 20th century art.

Fantastical sculptures and dreamlike drawings by the late French artist Louise Bourgeois, famed for her towering spiders, are on display at the Courtauld Gallery in London. Elsewhere in Spain, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is hosting a solo exhibition of American collagist and conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. And fellow American artist Cindy Sherman, known for her chameleonic self-portraiture, is the focus of a solo show at Hauser & Wirth Menorca, on the picturesque Balearic Islands.  –read more–

Lady A | Lady Antebellum – American Honey (Official Music Video)

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CNN Business | Trump’s victory over PBS and NPR ‘bias’ will be ‘devastating’ for rural areas, station leaders say

(CNN) — Public television stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Thursday, after lawmakers advanced a bill that cancels all the federal funding for the network and for NPR.

Radio and TV stations may need to lay off staffers and cut back on programming. Popular shows like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” may reach fewer people. Big Bird of “Sesame Street” fame isn’t going away, but the financial system that supported him for decades is being stripped away.

House Republicans passed the spending cuts bill shortly after midnight Friday. Once President Trump signs the bill into law, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when television stations still broadcast in black and white.  –read more–