Created with the Icelandic Cat Protection Society, Iceland’s reality TV show about kittens has recently gained global appeal thanks to the Reddit community, who are currently discovering the 2017 show for the first time. Rescued from an animal shelter, four nine-week-old kittens lived together in a miniature house, getting into all kinds of hijinks together. If you can name Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall, and Kylie, then you can memorize the names of the original stars, Guðni, Ronja, Briet, and Stubbur, from Icelandic broadcaster, Nutiminn....

GROSS: Iceland seems farthest along in developing a post-fossil-fuel economy. How have you managed to get here? HAARDE: We are blessed with a lot of clean and renewable energy. For us, it’s always been natural to use the natural warm water that comes out of the ground. We have done that for centuries to heat pools to bathe in, and for the past 70 years to heat our houses. These sources provide almost all our electricity....

Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were all stabbed to death when an intruder broke into a shared student house in the town of Moscow, Idaho. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology Ph.D. student, was arrested on December 30, and has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder along with burglary. Kohberger’s legal team have indicated he will plead not guilty and will seek to clear his name....

Vandals redshirt junior quarterback Matt Linehan on Thursday blasted university president Chuck Staben for his decision to move the program down to FCS beginning in 2018. Linehan’s rant came after his team defeated Colorado State 61-50 at the Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho. BOWLS: Rankings | Pick ’em “We belong in FBS, period,” Linehan said after the game (via CFBonESPNRadio). “That’s what I believe, that’s what everyone believes. We know that we can compete, we belong here....

Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin were found dead in an off-campus rental house in Moscow on November 13. Two weeks later, police said that no suspect has been identified and that “only vetted information that does not hinder the investigation will be released to the public.” Mary Ellen O’Toole, who retired as an FBI profiler in 2009, said the perpetrator is someone who arrived at the house with the intent to kill....

“Jonny Wilkinson was my favourite rugby player. When YouTube first appeared, as a kid, I think I watched every YouTube highlights video of Jonny Wilkinson,” Gillan said of the hero of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup triumph. “I’ve probably watched them about 100 times each. I loved how he played. He played with a lot of heart and was an awesome kicker as well. “I also liked watching (former Scotland fly-half) Chris Paterson kick conversions....

“It was like: Absolutely, I’m in. How much can I get in? That became the challenge,” McConaughey said. “Because I wanted to be in more.” Yes, hard to believe, McConaughey being overly enthusiastic. Right? And after he’d spent nearly 27 minutes Tuesday with journalists covering soccer, it was easy to reach this conclusion: If every MLS team had a McConaughey, the league might be pushing the established “top four” men’s leagues even harder than it is....

Back in January the pair were two weeks away from launching their first Web start-up: a trading platform like eBay, where users would buy and sell used items like CDs and books. Nifty idea. But then another Netrepreneur with the same idea and a better sense of panache came along and persuaded a small town in Oregon called Halfway to rename itself after his Web site: Half.com. The media ate it up (can you blame us?...

The Selangor state government youth, sports, culture and enterpreneur development executive committee member, YB Amirudin Shari believes that the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) have the fund they need to settle their purported debt. The state government, through FAS president (since resigned) and the state’s chief minister, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has stop providing funds to the FAS. Azmin Ali resigned from his post as the president and FAS is reportedly struggling to find their own fund for the 2017 M-League....

What should be done eventually must be done immediately. After a truly awful performance from the Florida Gators in a blowout home loss to Missouri, there can be no denying it: Will Muschamp’s days as the Florida coach are over. MORE: Week 8 photos | Midseason All-Americans | Best Week 8 players | Top 25 Maybe even as soon as Sunday morning. Even though Foley said last month that he would wait until the end of the season to make a decision on Muschamp, there’s nothing left of Muschamp’s tenure....

Since its launch in February in Japan, Sotsuen Net has attracted more than 5,000 smokers. Each pays a monthly fee of 260 yen ($2.20) - the average price of a pack of cigarettes in Japan - to get the service delivered to their J-Phone mobile phones. A collaboration between Mayumi Abe, a respiratory doctor at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, and the publisher Shogakukan, the service offers the kind of feedback you might get from a support group....

The Australian rapper, 32, had taken to Twitter to praise Minaj’s new song, “Super Freaky Girl”, which soared straight to the top of the charts. Azalea wrote on August 12: “‘Super Freaky Girl’ is a really well written song. Like, it’s constructed to be a hit and it’s BIG sounding.” One of Minaj’s fans—who are commonly known as “Barbs”—had nothing but contempt for Azalea, suggesting she only tweeted the compliments in order to secure a collaboration with the rapper....

But the Australian rapper, 31, has also come under fire from a number of detractors, who have accused her of Blackfishing in the video. In one part of the clip, the usually blonde star is seen in the back of a truck wearing a long, black wig as she’s flanked by a host of vogueing dancers. As screenshots from the scene began circulating on Twitter over the weekend, the star was accused of darkening her skin for the video, prompting charges of Blackfishing....

The rapper, 31, took to Twitter on Sunday to address the industry’s executives, singling out Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, and Rob Stringer, chairman of Sony Music Group and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. She started her thread: “I REALLY WISH record labels would all agree to make it mandatory to hire at least ONE psychologist per label. “Almost EVERY artist in recent times has expressed struggling with the level of hate & pressure....

On May 16, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Swedish furniture maker posted an article on its internal website, underscoring support for the LGBT community. The post also encouraged employees to ask customers what pronoun they preferred and engage in conversations with LGBT customers about their partners and families. That didn’t sit right with at least one employee in Warsaw, identified only as Tomasz K. He told Polish state broadcaster TVP Info, “I’ve been hired to sell furniture but I’m a Catholic and these aren’t my values....

The Minnesota Democrat said the party needed to move forward with bills that delivered “progress for the American people” and hit out at the notion of bipartisanship in response to McConnell’s remarks. At a press conference on Wednesday, McConnell said his party was “100 percent” focused on “stopping” the Biden administration. He said that a “narrow majority” of Democrats in the Senate threatened to turn America into a socialist country....

Colorado passed a similar bill in May 2019. The Illinois law limits out-of-pocket insulin costs to $100 for a 30-day supply. Before Pritzker delivered his signature, the bill was passed by the Illinois state legislature in November 2019. “Health care is a right for all, not a privilege and that is why I am so proud that we created an insulin price cap that successfully puts patients above profit,” Pritzker said in a press release....

The Beloved Church of Lena in Stephenson County, which has a roughly 80-person congregation, held services beginning in the morning, according to local media outlets. Since Pritzker’s stay-at-home order went into effect on March 21, Pastor Stephen Cassell has flouted its ban on public gatherings and continued to hold meetings for worship, Bible study and prayer. The state has issued the Beloved Church of Lena with “cease-and-desist” orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic to stop it from putting people in harm’s way....

Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman also sentenced Samantha Dehring, 25, to one year of unsupervised probation and a one-year ban on making a return visit to Yellowstone, according to the National Park Service. Dehring, of Carol Stream, Illinois, pleaded guilty to willfully remaining, approaching and photographing wildlife within 100 yards on Wednesday, while prosecutors dropped a charge of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife. A viral video taken on May 10 captured Dehring about 15 feet away from a sow grizzly that charged her as she photographed the bear and three cubs with her cell phone....

The 35-year-old forward, who spent the last five years playing in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, confirmed his intention to return to the NHL in March and now it appears NHL executives are lining up to sign the 2018 Olympic gold medalist. J.P. Barry, Kovalchuk’s agent at Creative Artists Agency, is “in discussions with teams interested in bringing Kovalchuk back to the NHL,” according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. GOLDEN STANDARD: How the Knights became the most successful expansion team in sports history...