@GrumpyLars / Twitter screen shot Four US Marines Killed During NATO Exercise Four American Marines were killed when their MV-22B Osprey aircraft crashed Friday in a training accident in Norway. By Jack Davis March 19, 2022
Ashley Landis / AP Russian Speedskater Celebrates Beating US with Vulgar Gesture, Triggering Apologies Aldoshkin's gesture was controversial because it came amid US-Russia tensions over an anticipated Russian invasion of Ukraine. By Andrew Jose February 16, 2022
Christof Stache - AFP / Getty Images Sexism Controversy Hits Olympics as 5 Female Ski Jumpers Are Disqualified Over Their Uniforms For the second time in just four days, controversial disqualifications are making headlines in the Beijing Olympics. By Grant Atkinson February 8, 2022
Posten / YouTube screen shot Strange New TV Commercial Turns Santa Claus Into a Gay Man Santa Claus falls in love with a man in a Christmas commercial marking 50 years since Norway decriminalized homosexuality. By Abby Liebing November 26, 2021
Guillaume Souvant / AFP via Getty Images Vaccine Alert: France Tells Millions of Citizens to Skip Moderna, Cites Crippling Heart Inflammation France has become the highest-population European country to urge anyone under 30 not to get the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus. By Jack Davis November 10, 2021
Hakon Mosvold Larsen / NTB Scanpix via AP 'Radicalized' Convert to Islam Held in Bow-and-Arrow Attack That Killed 5 'This is unreal. But the reality is that five people have been killed, many are injured and many are in shock.' By The Associated Press October 13, 2021
titaniusanglosmith / TikTok screen shotCommentary Here's Why This Remote Arctic Circle Base Is Fortified with a Heavy-Duty Fence Our society tends to think of polar bears as cute and cuddly creatures. But that decidedly is not the case. By Garion Frankel April 4, 2021
Richard Bord / Getty Images Jean-Claude Van Damme Saves Puppy Entangled in Fake Passport Fiasco from Being Put Down Say what you will about Van Damme's acting chops or the quality of his films, but his love for life and puppies can't be denied. By Bryan Chai December 25, 2020
Commentary Did Norway Just Criminalize 'Misgendering' a Trans Person, Even in Private Homes? Norway's parliament recently outlawed 'hate speech' against transgender invidivuals, even within the privacy of citizens' homes. By Michael Austin December 12, 2020
The Nordic Pineapple B&B / Facebook B&B Pressured To Remove 'Confederate' Flag That's Actually Norwegian Flag The owners of an inn were pressured into taking down their Norwegian flag after it was mistaken for the Confederate flag. By Michael Austin August 4, 2020