Tristen Rouse

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Tristen Rouse

Val Kilmer, the 1980's and ‘90s movie star who played everything from Batman to Doc Holliday, died on Tuesday, April 1, according to a statement released by his daughter to the New York Times and the Associated Press. He was 65. Kilmer's acting career was rooted in the theater. At 21, he became the youngest student at the time to be accepted into Julliard School’s drama department.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Tristen Rouse

The moon shone a dramatic red Thursday evening into Friday morning, as it passed into Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is between the sun and moon, and the three celestial objects line up in a nearly perfect row in an alignment called syzygy. When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, faint sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges on all sides in the colors of a sunset, bathing the moon in reddish hues.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Tristen Rouse

Friday, February 28 marked the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The tradition is observed by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts from sunrise to sunset. The Ramadan fast is one of the five pillars of Islam. The ninth month in the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is the month in which the prophet Mohammed received the first of the revelations that make up the Quran.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Tristen Rouse

Officials believe there are no survivors after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below, a DC fire official said. There were 64 people on board the plane and the three soldiers in the Army helicopter, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Tristen Rouse

A large-scale search operation is underway following a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, just outside Washington, DC, late Wednesday night. The plane, American Airlines Flight 5342, was carrying 64 people. The helicopter was carrying three soldiers.