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Harry And Meghan Will Drop The "Royal" From Their Brand And Have Laid Out Their Future Plans

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spelled out their (sovereign-sanctioned) plan for their new life — or, for a one-year "review period."

Ellie Hall

A Royal Divorce And The Curious Slant Of Leaks To The Press

Why does every story about the royal family now somehow seem to involve Harry and Meghan?

Ellie Hall

A White Supremacist Was Convicted Of Killing Two Men Who Stood Up To Him On A Portland Train

Ricky John Best and Taliesin Namkai-Meche were stabbed to death after they stood up for two teen girls who were being harassed by the white supremacist.

Salvador Hernandez

21 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

From the heated democratic debate in Las Vegas to a horrific crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500, these are the most striking and memorable pictures from this past week.

Gabriel H. Sanchez

The Political Fundraising Model Is Breaking Down. The Success Of Bernie Sanders And Mike Bloomberg Are The Clearest Sign.

The fundraising model that powered politics between 2000 and 2016 is breaking down — and so is institutional party power.

Katherine Miller

An 11-Year-Old Girl's Brother, Mom, And Dad Were Arrested After She Was Raped And Gave Birth In A Bathtub

Police were called after the baby boy was brought to a hospital with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached.

Otillia Steadman

TikTok Said It Removed These College Students' Hilarious Parody About Scorpios Being Gay Because Of "Human Error"

Neither the company nor the young content creators know for certain why the TikTok was flagged and taken down. Probably a group of hurt Scorpios, TBH.

Tanya Chen

"Little Women" Star Bob Odenkirk Said He Believes Oscar Voters Were "Prejudiced" Against The Film

"I think that kind of prejudice on a piece of work is stupid," Odenkirk told BuzzFeed News.

Krystie Lee Yandoli

Opinion: Let The Women Of Louisiana Make Our Own Decisions About Abortion

I know from personal experience that it’s already very hard to get an abortion in Louisiana. The Supreme Court could make things even worse.

Jasmine Rivers

What We Know About The Third “To All The Boys” Movie! Plus, Billie Eilish Opens Up — This Week on “Did You See This?”

Catch up on all the stories we can't stop talking about from Did You See This?

Josh Billinson

A Doomsday-Obsessed Mom Was Arrested In Hawaii But Her Idaho Kids Remain Missing

Lori Vallow's friends and family say that before her children went missing she became obsessed with the end of the world.

Otillia Steadman

I Talked To Jake Paul About His “Financial Freedom” Courses And, Well, Woof

This week's newsletter: Lauren's takeaways from talking to the controversial YouTuber (and why his thoughts about school are wrong and borderline dangerous) and a mom blogger's hilarious high-production photo.

Tanya Chen

A Mexican Man Has Become The Seventh Immigrant To Die In ICE Custody Since October

The 34-year-old man's death in Ohio means the agency is close to eclipsing the total number of in-custody deaths for all of the 2019 fiscal year.

Hamed Aleaziz

Democratic Presidential Campaigns Made Their Cases For Immigration Reform Ahead Of Super Tuesday

The campaigns discuss asylum, immigration enforcement, the role of ICE, and other controversial issues that have become a major hallmark of Trump's presidency.

Salvador Hernandez

Trump Criticized The Oscars For Awarding Best Picture To “Parasite,” A South Korean Movie

"Can we get, like, Gone With the Wind back, please?"

Stephanie K. Baer

This Democrat Tried To Oust A Republican From Congress. She Blames Michael Bloomberg For Her Loss.

“Had we not had Mike Bloomberg fundraising for... the other side, we very well might have taken that seat.”

Kadia Goba

The Harvey Weinstein Jurors Want To Rehear Key Testimonies Involving Annabella Sciorra's Rape Allegation

As the third day of deliberations came to a close, the jury requested to rehear the cross-examination "and everything afterwards" in Sciorra's testimony.

Tasneem Nashrulla

Some Committees Have Waited “Many Months” For The Treasury Department To Produce Records They’ve Requested

An official said the department has “provided approximately 60,000 pages of FinCEN records” to two committees since Trump took office.

Emma Loop

Here’s Why The Cruise Ship Quarantine Turned Into Such A Disaster

Bad ventilation and a botched quarantine on the Diamond Princess likely caused hundreds of illnesses and two deaths in the largest outbreak outside China.

Dan Vergano

Elizabeth Warren Has Reversed On Super PAC Support: "That’s How It Has To Be"

Warren, who has campaigned against money's influence in politics, said the day after her debate she would not disavow a super PAC supporting her.

Molly Hensley-Clancy

Netflix's "Love Is Blind" Is Messy. Not In A Good Way.

The new Netflix dating show is a grab bag of reality TV genres that doesn’t quite go anywhere.

Pier Dominguez

A Viral Email About Coronavirus Had People Smashing Buses And Blocking Hospitals

Ukraine’s security service said the fake email that was supposedly from the Ministry of Health had actually been sent from outside the country.

Christopher Miller

This Is Roscoe. A Photo Of Him In A Magnifying Mirror Has Taken The Internet By Storm.

Who is that little catto in the mirror? It's Roscoe!

Lauren Strapagiel

Trump’s Close Ally Roger Stone Was Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison

Stone is the most recent member of Trump’s inner circle to be convicted.

Dominic Holden

A Getty Rep Reviewed And Approved The National Archives' Altered Women's March Photo, Emails Show

Documents show a Getty employee reviewed and approved the National Archives' edits to obscure an anti-Trump protest sign and the words "pussy" and "vagina" on the photo.

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Things Got Ugly At The Democratic Debate In Vegas. Here Are The Most Savage Takedowns.

"Are you mocking me here, Pete?"

David Mack

Reese Witherspoon And Kerry Washington's New Show Is All About Race, Privilege, And Blind Spots

“What I hope the show will do is it will start to make you look at your own gut reactions and have to dissect them and critically think about them a little more,” showrunner Liz Tigelaar told BuzzFeed News.

Krystie Lee Yandoli

Nevada Is The First Diverse State To Vote In 2020. Democrats Barely Discussed Immigration In The Debate There.

“It’s a disservice to immigrants and to immigrant families,” an immigrant advocate said after the debate.

Nidhi Prakash

Elizabeth Warren Put Herself At The Center Of The Primary Again In Wednesday’s Debate

Elizabeth Warren had a plan to go on the attack — and she dominated the debate. But it might be too late to reignite her campaign in Nevada.

Molly Hensley-Clancy

Amy Klobuchar And Pete Buttigieg Are On Each Other’s Nerves. It Showed At Wednesday’s Debate.

“I wish everyone was as perfect as you, Pete,” Klobuchar snarked at one point.

Henry J. Gomez

Michael Bloomberg Had To Face The Other Candidates For The First Time. It Didn’t Go Very Well.

This is the problem with keeping the candidate himself at a remove from the fray. It turns out the fray is pretty tough.

Rosie Gray

Bloomberg Fans Were Disappointed By The Debate But Still Think He Could Beat Trump

“If we have to have a battle of the billionaires, I’m picking Mike Bloomberg 100%.”

Caroline Haskins

26 Of The Best Tweets About The Drama At The Democratic Debate

"For someone who hates socialism Bloomberg sure loves getting publicly owned."

Amber Jamieson

Warren And Biden Challenged Bloomberg To Release Women From Sexual Harassment NDAs During The Debate. He Refused.

“None of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe they didn’t like a joke I told,” Bloomberg said.

Molly Hensley-Clancy

Warren And Klobuchar Immediately Went After Bloomberg For His Past Sexist Comments At The Debate

"I'd like to talk about who we're running against. A billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse faced lesbians, and no I'm not talking about Donald Trump, I'm talking about Mayor Bloomberg."

Amber Jamieson