On This Day:
December 17
10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
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December 17, 2024
At Trump's Press Conference, a Telling Line
President-elect Trump gave a wide-ranging news conference on Monday at Mar-a-Lago, and one line in particular has caught the attention of outlets including Axios. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2023
Swedish Company Says It's Made Huge Battery Breakthrough
Europe's leading battery maker says it has made a breakthrough that could reduce the world's reliance on China. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2022
In a DOT Salt Pile, a 'Most Bizarre' Find
Authorities are investigating the discovery of a human heart in a salt pile at a Tennessee Department of Transportation facility. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2021
Girls Left a Thank-You Note, Sheriff Pulled a Gun
A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, girls in a Mormon youth group in eastern Idaho spent an evening taping thank-you notes shaped like turkeys on the doors of congregation members, knocking on their doors or ringing their doorbells, and then running away before the residents could see who had left the "thankful turkey." Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2020
You Can Expect 2nd Relief Check
It looks like Congress is on track to reach a deal on a COVID stimulus package before the end of the week, one that would include relief checks for Americans, though at a smaller amount than the first ones of $1,200. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2019
Groom Beaten to Death at His Wedding Reception
Hours after getting married, a groom was allegedly killed by wedding crashers at his own reception. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2018
US Woman Could Get Life for Jamaica Lottery Scam
A federal judge in North Dakota on Monday ordered a Rhode Island woman convicted of funneling lottery scam money between the US and Jamaica to remain jailed pending a February sentencing hearing where she could face a stiffer sentence than the alleged mastermind, the AP reports. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2017
Minnie Driver Shuts Down Matt Damon on Sex Harassment
Matt Damon opined this week that the wave of sex harassment and assault claims sweeping Hollywood and society at large include "a spectrum of behavior" and that "none of us came here perfect," and the woman he once dumped on Oprah wasted no time in shutting him down. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2016
'We're Mourning the Death of an Idea Called America'
"I was not raised in America, but I was raised in the American century," Lisa Pryor writes in the New York Times. Keep reading >>
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December 17, 2015
Parents Tell Surrogate to Abort Triplet, She Refuses
When 26-year-old Brittneyrose Torres of Thousand Oaks, Calif. Keep reading >>
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