The Weather Channel This US Beach Is The Only One To Make World’s Top 50

The annual ranking of the world’s best beaches is out for 2026, and the best beach in the U.S. may not be where you expect it.

CNN underscored | The best jump starters we tested

Best jump starter: Gooloo GT4000S Jump Starter

Best budget jump starter: Noco GB40 Boost Plus Jump Starter

The best jump starter doesn’t achieve top status just by shocking your car back to life whenever you have a dead battery. Beyond that prerequisite, this road trip essential has to simplify each step of the process because you might go months or years between uses and no amount of studying the instructions will help them stick in your mind for that long. It’s especially paramount because of how much energy is on the move here; a misstep can do damage to your car or, worse, injure you.

The options for any driver who wants the security of a jump starter can be frustrating. It’s a market flooded with overblown claims that can make a middling model seem elite and an adequate choice appear inferior. Enough amps to fire up a diesel engine? The capacity for 30 starts per charge? Maybe, but a jump starter’s performance will also depend on external conditions and, of course, your car. —read more—

CNN Science | David Attenborough turns 100 and gets a newly identified species named after him

Scientists have named a newly identified species of wasp after David Attenborough to honor the legendary naturalist and broadcaster’s 100th birthday.

The wasp, called Attenboroughnculus tau, had been sitting in the collection of London’s Natural History Museum since 1983 after its discovery in southern Chile’s Valdivia province.

It’s not unusual for specimens to spend a long time in museum archives before being properly analyzed or classified, according to Gavin Broad, principal curator of insects at London’s Natural History Museum. Broad led a study on the species that was published Thursday in the Journal of Natural History. —read more—

CNN US | CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman, nicknamed “The Mouth of the South” for his outspoken nature, built a media empire that encompassed cable’s first superstation and popular channels for movies and cartoons, plus professional sports teams like the Atlanta Braves. —read more—

HGTV | Garage Workshops That Work as Hard as You Do

Pick up the clutter and add a touch of personality. It’s time to make your garage workspace work for you. —read more—

HGTV |Charming, Nostalgic Dutch Doors Are Trending

This quaint door adds instant appeal. Get inspired by these welcoming entries, and see if a Dutch door is right for you. —read more—

CONAN on TBS | Ice Cube, Kevin Hart And Conan Help A Student Driver

CNNstyle | Met Gala 2026: The most striking red carpet looks

New York —  Hundreds of stars ascended the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala on Monday evening, bringing a range of interpretations to this year’s dress code, “Fashion is Art.”

Guests climbed the front steps against a verdant backdrop reminiscent of Monet, with the museum creating a garden-like setting of romantic hanging florals, barriers of green hedges, pots of lavender and a carpet resembling mossy bricks.  –read more

London — GameStop has offered to buy ecommerce giant eBay for $55.5 billion, a tie-up that the video game retailer’s boss believes could produce a “legit competitor” to Amazon.

The offer comes amid something of a revival at eBay, which has pushed to reinvent itself in the face of rising competition from the likes of Walmart, Amazon, Shein and Facebook Marketplace. –read more

Billionaire (1) life coach and entrepreneur Tony Robbins has advice for anyone who thinks they have to build wealth before they donate to a good cause.

He believes generosity actually builds wealth.On a recent edition of The Iced Coffee Hour podcast, he said that consistently pledging a percentage of his income for charitable initiatives may have fueled his success. —read more—