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Former French President Jaques Chirac Dies At 86

Chirac served two terms as president — from 1995-2007. He was mayor of Paris for nearly 20 years. Chirac had been hospitalized with a lung infection.

A police officer walks on Dec. 21, 1988, by the nose of Pan Am Flight 103 near Lockerbie, Scotland, where it lay after a bomb aboard exploded, killing a total of 270 people.

32 Years Later, U.S. Charges Alleged Bomb Maker In Pan Am Flight 103 Attack

The new charges follow decades of work by Justice Department leaders aimed at investigating and prosecuting those responsible for 270 deaths.

James Holland (second from left) and a group of history buffs in accurate kit, recreate a World War II overland march by British Tommies during the Battle of France in 1940.

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: World War Speed

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Follow historian James Holland on his quest to understand how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed the first pharmacological arms race.

In many cases, federal agents can request access to state DMV records by filling out a form. This is an example of a Homeland Security request that was made to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles in 2017.

ICE Uses Facial Recognition To Sift State Driver's License Records, Researchers Say

Some of ICE's efforts target undocumented immigrants who have legally obtained driver's licenses, says Alvaro Bedoya of Georgetown Law's privacy and technology center.

'The Pursuit Of William Abbey' Travels A Twisty Path

Claire North's new book starts with a doctor witnessing an atrocity in Africa in 1884, but becomes a spy thriller, a horror story, a supernatural mystery and an indictment of capitalism and empire.

An arrangement of U.K. daily newspapers shows front page headlines reporting on the tight new coronavirus restrictions for London and the southeast of England, cancelling Christmas gatherings for those in the new "Tier 4" category.

'We Cannot Continue With Christmas': U.K. Tightens Rules As Virus Variant Spreads

All of London and much of southeastern England is now under strict "Tier 4" lockdown restrictions after the discovery of what appears to be a new, more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.

KINGS OF THE CRAFT

Airs Thursdays, Jan. 12-Feb. 16, 2017 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

<em>Ghost World'</em>s Enid and Rebecca have no time for earnestness or sincerity — or laughs.

With These Comics, Learn How to Laugh Like It's 1999 (Hint: Don't)

As part of our summerlong tribute to funny books, we take a look back at the ennui-drenched anti-humor of some of the 1990s, when absurdity and surrealism were the rule — laughs not so much.

Spanish matador Alberto Lopez Simon makes a pass on a bull at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. The restaurant Casa Toribio, located just down the street, keeps the meat from from bulls killed in bullfighting on its menu all year long.

The Eating Of The Bulls: From The Spanish Fighting Ring To The Plate

After matadors kill bulls, restaurants and butcher shops will sell the meat during bullfighting festivals. One Madrid restaurant sells it all year long, despite opposition from animal rights groups.

The tomb of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Researchers are investigating whether the tomb contains hidden chambers.

King Tut's Tomb May Have Hidden Spaces Containing Organic, Metallic Materials

Radar scans add weight to the claim that there are secret chambers in King Tut's tomb. One theory: This is the secret, final resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

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