Quickly catch up on the day's news

-- Six people linked to the far right were arrested in France as part of an investigation into a suspected plot to attack President Emmanuel Macron, officials told CNN. The arrests come after Macron warned in a recent interview of the rising threat of the far-right movement.

-- More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been found in areas formerly controlled by ISIS, a United Nations report revealed. The grave sites in Iraq may contain up to 12,000 bodies.

-- A total of 30 people have become sick, including 10 deaths, in connection with an adenovirus outbreak at a New Jersey health care facility, the state's Department of Health announced.

-- A man rescued from a raft took a plea deal for involuntary manslaughter after his wife went missing at sea. Prosecutors said his wife's death resulted in part from her husband's "gross negligence, amounting to wanton and reckless disregard for human life."

-- A mysterious interstellar object spotted tumbling through our solar system last year may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth, astronomers from Harvard University have suggested. But some experts are skeptical.

-- Rebel Wilson has apologized after claiming she was the first plus-size woman to star in a romantic comedy, referring to her upcoming movie "Isn't it Romantic." Wilson's comment stirred controversy, with many on social media pointing out that other plus-size actresses such as Queen Latifah and Mo'Nique had starred in rom-coms.

-- British actor Idris Elba has been named People's 2018 "Sexiest Man Alive." Elba first became famous in the States for his portrayal of drug kingpin Russell "Stringer" Bell on HBO's "The Wire."

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