Protesters in Paris continued to spar with riot police, setting makeshift barricades on fire as police moved in with water canons and heavy gear. (Dec. 8)
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Riot police advance on Paris protesters
Protesters angry at their President and France’s high taxes returned to the streets of Paris on Saturday, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week’s rioting. (Dec. 8)
Today in History for December 8th
America enters World War Two; Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death in New York. (Dec. 8)
Pearl Harbor: veteran remembers Japanese attack
Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was a young sailor in 1941. Now 77 years later , Long remembers the Japanese attack from from across the Pacific near his home in Napa, California. The 97-year-old survivor reflects and honors those who died.( Dec 7)
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Significant filings in Russian investigation
Special counsel Robert Mueller made court filings in cases against President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday. (Dec. 7)
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Here’s the latest for Friday, December 7th: Mueller’s team recommends jail time for Michael Cohen; Comey questioned by House committees about Clinton emails; Trump nominates William Barr for attorney general; Australia alpacas used for patient therapy.
Guilty verdict in Charlottesville car attack
A man who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted of first-degree murder for killing a woman in an attack that inflamed acial and political tensions across the country. (Dec. 7)
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Pearl Harbor survivors remember ‘Day of Infamy’
The youngest survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor are now in their 90’s, but about 20 of them joined dignitaries and others in commemorating the attack that occured 77 years ago today. (Dec. 7)
James Comey: Closed-door hearing should have been open
Former FBI Director James Comey says he testified about Hillary Clinton’s emails during a closed-door interview Friday with two House committees. (Dec. 7)
Pearl Harbor survivors remember ‘Day of Infamy’
The youngest survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor are now in their 90’s, but about 20 of them joined dignitaries and others in commemorating the attack that occured 77 years ago today. (Dec. 7)