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Some thrill seekers describe bungee jumping as a near-death experience, but few come quite as close as one man who managed to survive his cord snapping in Thailand.

As ever, March Madness has given fans some brilliant storylines from the world of college basketball.

Royal tours are normally planned months in advance. But the Prince of Wales' surprise trip to Poland this week was a rare anomaly. Pulled together relatively last minute, it came at his personal request.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has pleaded with politicians to "keep politics and sports apart" while defending the IOC's controversial plans to include Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Games.

CNN has obtained an internal affairs investigation report that the New Haven, Connecticut, police chief said led him to recommend the termination of the officers involved in a June 2022 incident that left Randy Cox, 36, paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van.

When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and brands that make up a key part of the short-form video app's audience and business, it was Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas who got on stage for the industry keynote event.

In her striking images of the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago between Iceland and her native Norway, photographer Andrea Gjestvang depicts islanders and livelihoods that are as tough and unforgiving as the windswept landscape.

The judge handling the civil lawsuit of E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump says jurors' personal information will be kept confidential and other security measures will be taken to protect them, citing the former president's history of attacking the legal system.

While other European train services are beset by striking workers, infrastructure costs and extreme weather, Dutch railways are facing a more unusual threat: Badgers.

Inflation comes in many forms, including the running-time bloat that can afflict sequels. Hence the economical 90-some-odd minutes of "John Wick" becomes 2 hours and 49 minutes in "John Wick: Chapter 4," a more-is-less epic that showcases the dazzling stunt work for which the franchise is known while piling on the action to near-exhausting extremes.

The multi-year saga of TikTok's struggles in Washington is approaching a dramatic climax. As the company's CEO testifies in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, two widely different visions of the company will be on display.

• EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then Germany suddenly changed its mind • Video: Graphic shows changes in global temperature since 1850

The 39-year-old tourist opted for a bungee jump after being dared to by his friends. He was left with multiple injuries after the cord snapped seconds into his jump.

Once former President Donald Trump predicted his forthcoming arrest in New York City, attention naturally shifted to the Manhattan district attorney. Yet his more serious legal peril may lie 900 miles south in Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' investigation into the efforts by pro-Trump forces to overturn the 2020 election continues.

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A wolverine was spotted this week by people fishing on the Columbia River near Portland, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Mortgage rates dropped again this week for the second week in a row amid lingering concerns about bank failures and uncertainty in the financial markets.

Doris the cow pretends to be sleeping to get out of milking duty. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Hungary says it would not arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin if he entered the country, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for him last week, accusing him of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.