SEVERANCE, Colorado (PNN) - December 7, 2018 - Under Severance, Colorado’s Municipal Code, snowball fights were illegal until 9 year old Dane Best decided to challenge the law and make his case to the town’s board members, giving a list of reasons why the city should remove the ordinance on Monday night, December 3.

By L. Neil Smith

December 5, 2018 - When I wrote the celebrated space pirate novel Henry Martyn, way back in 1988, I wanted it to be about an ancient star-spanning civilization, not entirely unlike our own, based on euphemism - a culture in which nobody ever said exactly what he (or she) meant. In that society, it would be considered ill-mannered - and a moral confession in a milieu where, just as a single example, arranged, profitable, and politically advantageous marriages, are forced on innocent young women in a custom known as “gavage” - the process by which geese are force-fed to render their ruined livers a gourmet delicacy.

By Walter E. Williams

December 5, 2018 - A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51% of Amerikan millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42% prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Half of millennials have never heard of Communist Mao Zedong, who ruled China from 1949 to 1976 and was responsible for the deaths of 45 million Chinese people.

AXUM, Ethiopia (PNN) - December 4, 2018 - Bible scholars believe the legendary Ark of the Covenant may have landed in Africa after it was taken out of Israel.

The Ark is said to be a gold-covered wooden chest containing two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments - which Moses brought down from Mount Sinai - are written.

It is also said to contain other biblical items such as Aaron’s rod, which is thought to have magical powers.

KATOWICE, Poland (PNN) - December 5, 2018 - Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the UN climate change summit, accusing them of behaving like irresponsible children.

LONDON, England (PNN) - December 4, 2018 - By a vote of 311 to 293, British Prime Minister Theresa May has been found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to release the full legal advice on her deal with the EU on the Fascist United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The vote also orders the immediate publication of the final and full legal advice on the Brexit deal.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - November 26, 2018 - An associate of Roger Stone said Monday he is refusing to sign a plea deal offered by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Jerome Corsi, whose role in Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election largely revolves around the possibility that he was an intermediary between Stone and WikiLeaks, said he was offered a deal to plea on one count of perjury.

DHS warns of criminals and gang members among caravan.

TIJUANA, Mexico (PNN) - November 23, 2018 - The mayor of Tijuana declared an international humanitarian crisis on Thursday following the arrival of more than 6,200 mostly Central American migrants - with more on the way.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (PNN) - November 20, 2018 - North Korea has followed through with the further demolition of guard posts on their side of the demilitarized zone as part of an agreement with South Korea. On Tuesday, this came to fruition in dramatic fashion.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PNN) - November 17, 2018 - After months of talks, South Africa is set to go ahead with proposals that will see farms seized without compensation - something critics have said will be devastating.

The country’s outlaw president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been attempting to amend South Africa’s Constitution for months, but has been met with stiff opposition.

But now the controversial seizures will become legal after the changes were approved by a parliamentary review committee.