Catalan independence activists being investigated by a Spanish court have admitted to knowledge of a plan to storm Catalonia’s parliament, and carrying out bomb-making experiments. According “Catalan activists admit experimenting with bombs and planning to occupy regional parliament”
Donald Trump ‘urged attorney general to hold conference saying Ukraine call broke no laws’, US media reports
Donald Trump wanted his attorney general William Barr to hold a press conference saying a call he made to the Ukrainian president broke no laws, “Donald Trump ‘urged attorney general to hold conference saying Ukraine call broke no laws’, US media reports”
Winter solstice 2019: Why do pagans celebrate the shortest day of the year?
The December solstice happens at the same instant for everyone, everywhere on Earth – and this year the winter solstice occurs on Sunday December 22, at 04:19 GMT “Winter solstice 2019: Why do pagans celebrate the shortest day of the year?”
‘OK boomer’: New Zealand MP shuts down climate change heckler with viral quip
A 25-year-old New Zealand politician dismissed a heckler during a speech about climate change with the viral quip "OK, boomer" – highlighting the generation gap “‘OK boomer’: New Zealand MP shuts down climate change heckler with viral quip”
Ambushed and massacred by ‘monsters’: How a Mormon family became the latest victims of Mexican cartel turf war
The journey was meant to end with a wedding. Fourteen children and their three mothers set out on Monday, driving from their ranch in the northern “Ambushed and massacred by ‘monsters’: How a Mormon family became the latest victims of Mexican cartel turf war”
Italian farmers protest outside parliament in Rome to call for drastic culling of rampaging wild boar
Tucking into steaming bowls of wild boar stew, Italian farmers staged an unprecedented protest outside parliament in Rome against the country’s rapidly increasing population of “Italian farmers protest outside parliament in Rome to call for drastic culling of rampaging wild boar”
Police clear 1,600 migrants from two Paris camps
French police evacuated over 1,600 migrants from two camps in northern Paris on Thursday, one of the biggest such operations in the city in years, “Police clear 1,600 migrants from two Paris camps”
Olympic Figure Skater Adam Rippon on Why It Took Him So Long to Come Out—and How Everything Changed Once He Did
If you’re a charismatic young man hoping to work in the entertainment business, there are a few common ways to break in. You can land “Olympic Figure Skater Adam Rippon on Why It Took Him So Long to Come Out—and How Everything Changed Once He Did”
Selena Gomez’s Latest Ads Are Fit and Fierce: ‘I Might Not Be Perfect, but I’m Always Me’
Selena Gomez may have just starred in her second collection for Puma back in January — as a ballerina for the brand’s En Pointe collection, which is “Selena Gomez’s Latest Ads Are Fit and Fierce: ‘I Might Not Be Perfect, but I’m Always Me’”
Pink Sang the Super Bowl National Anthem with the Flu and NAILED It
While you may be most excited for Justin Timberlake’s halftime show performance or, you know, the actual football game, just know that the real Super Bowl 2018 “Pink Sang the Super Bowl National Anthem with the Flu and NAILED It”