Nice

A man armed with a knife killed three people and wounded several others at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France.

Rescuers in France and Italy were searching for victims and providing residents emergency assistance after devastating floods hit a mountainous region on both sides of the border, killing at least four people.

Ingrid Hjelmseth proved to be a shootout hero once again as Norway beat Australia on penalties Saturday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup. Hjelmseth saved Emily Gielnik’s kick and Ingrid Engen, who is playing in her first World Cup, hit the decisive penalty as Norway won the shootout 4-1 after the match had finished 1-1....

A Maryland man stole a U-Haul van with the intent of using it as a weapon in an ISIS-inspired plot against pedestrians at National Harbor, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Ziggy Shuffledust & the Spiders From Mars break out the David Bowie jams at the Casbah Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Swedes questioned their country’s welcoming immigration policies with pride and pain on Sunday after learning that an asylum-seeker from Uzbekistan was allegedly behind the truck rampage that killed four people, Stockholm’s deadliest extremist attack in years....
The Swedish capital was slowly, but resolutely, regaining its normal rhythm as details about the 39-year-old suspect in the attack emerged. Police said he had...

A Swedish prosecutor says a person has been formally identified as a suspect “of terrorist offenses by murder” by driving a hijacked truck into a crowd of pedestrians, killing four people and wounding 15 others....
The prosecutor, Hans Ihrman, said Saturday that the unidentified suspect should face a pre-trial custody hearing before midday Tuesday or be released....
Ihrman and police spokesman Lars...

Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare? Try something in between: “surreal,” which is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, unveiled Monday. Meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” or “unbelievable, fantastic,” the word joins Oxford’s “post-truth” and Dictionary.com’s “xenophobia” as the year’s top choices. “It just seems like one of those years,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor...

When the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade steps off Thursday morning, a balloon dubbed Trixie the Dog will bounce above a crowd of 3.5 million wide-eyed New Yorkers and tourists. On the jammed streets down below, eight real dogs will be hard at work keeping the crowds safe by using their ultra-sensitive noses to sniff out the merest whiff of explosives....

A truck driver plowing into a crowd of pedestrians in Nice was exactly the kind of low-tech, vehicular attack on a soft target that terrorism experts say is almost impossible to prevent. Pick-ups and vans laden with improvised explosive devices are a well-established threat in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the attack in Nice underscores fears that the use of vehicles...

Rihanna is currently on the European leg of her world tour.

World leaders are expressing dismay, sadness and solidarity with France over the attack carried out by a man who drove truck into crowds of people celebrating France’s national day in Nice, killing at least 84 people. President Barack Obama condemned what he said “appears to be a horrific terrorist attack” in Nice. Both presidential candidates also condemned the attacks, with...

The celebration and revelry of Bastille Day turned into death and destruction of on Thursday when a truck plowed into a crowd of people celebrating the holiday on the streets of Nice, France. In the aftermath of the attack that left at least 84 people dead, people offered prayers and support using #PrayForNice on social media....
Some residents of Nice offered...

The actors were spotted filming on the beach in France.

Consumer Reports has issued their sixth annual “Naughty & Nice” list for 2015, ranking the companies where you spend your hard earned dollars.