Saturday, November 16, 2024

French police clash with anti-virus pass protesters in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass with marches through Paris and other French cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

French police clash with anti-virus pass protesters in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass with marches through Paris and other French cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

French police clash with anti-virus pass protesters in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass with marches through Paris and other French cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

French police clash with anti-virus pass protesters in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass with marches through Paris and other French cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

French far-right chief criticized for her mainstream turn

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge and ignoring grassroots members, with some warning that this could cost her votes in next year's presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

French far-right chief criticized for her mainstream turn

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge and ignoring grassroots members, with some warning that this could cost her votes in next year's presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

French far-right chief criticized for her mainstream turn

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge and ignoring grassroots members, with some warning that this could cost her votes in next year's presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

French far-right chief criticized for her mainstream turn

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge and ignoring grassroots members, with some warning that this could cost her votes in next year's presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

French far-right chief under fire for her mainstream turn

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge, and ignoring grassroots members, with voices from inside and outside warning this could cost her votes in next year's presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Nasty Riviera campaign key to hopes of France's far-right

PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Nasty Riviera campaign key to hopes of France's far-right

PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Nasty Riviera campaign key to hopes of France's far-right

PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Nasty Riviera campaign key to hopes of France's far-right

PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Riviera campaign is key to hopes of France's far-right party

PARIS (AP) — The best chance of victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in this weekend’s French regional election runoff is a European lawmaker who meets regularly with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and celebrated Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Police fire tear gas on banned Palestinian march in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Palestinian march in Paris defies ban, is met by tear gas

PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

4 held as French seek motive in deadly police station attack

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

4 held as French seek motive in deadly police station attack

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

4 held as French seek motive in deadly police station attack

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

4 held as French seek motive in deadly police station attack

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French authorities detained a fourth person Saturday as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

French probe police station attack for any extremist ties

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — French anti-terrorism investigators questioned three detained people on Saturday, seeking to establish a motive and uncover any possible ties to extremism after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

French probe of police station killing focused on motive

RAMBOUILLET, France (AP) — Anti-terrorism investigators questioned three people who were detained after a police official was fatally stabbed Friday at a police station outside Paris, seeking Saturday to establish a motive, if the attacker had ties to an extremist group and whether he acted alone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad

PARIS (AP) — The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking racial justice and fighting police brutality on the other side of the Atlantic and beyond, where Black Lives Matter has also become a rallying cry.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad

PARIS (AP) — The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking racial justice and fighting police brutality on the other side of the Atlantic and beyond, where Black Lives Matter has also become a rallying cry.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad

PARIS (AP) — The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking racial justice and fighting police brutality on the other side of the Atlantic and beyond, where Black Lives Matter has also become a rallying cry.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

France fights hold of Islamist radicals with dragnets, laws

PARIS (AP) — More than three dozen French police officers descended on a small private school in Paris, blocked the 92 students inside their classrooms, took photos everywhere even inside the refrigerator, and grilled the school director.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

France fights hold of Islamist radicals with dragnets, laws

PARIS (AP) — More than three dozen French police officers descended on a small private school in Paris, blocked the 92 students inside their classrooms, took photos everywhere even inside the refrigerator, and grilled the school director.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

France fights hold of Islamist radicals with dragnets, laws

PARIS (AP) — More than three dozen French police officers descended on a small private school in Paris, blocked the 92 students inside their classrooms, took photos everywhere even inside the refrigerator, and grilled the school director.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Dragnet, planned law boost French fight of Islamic radicals

PARIS (AP) — More than three dozen police officers descended on a small private school in Paris, blocked the 92 students inside their classrooms, took photos everywhere, even inside the refrigerator, and grilled the school director in her office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action

PARIS (AP) — Three leading rights organizations joined with grassroots groups Wednesday to launch France’s first class action suit targeting the country’s massive police machine, contending that it lawfully propagates a culture leading to systemic discrimination in identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action

PARIS (AP) — Three leading rights organizations joined with grassroots groups Wednesday to launch France’s first class action suit targeting the country’s massive police machine, contending that it lawfully propagates a culture leading to systemic discrimination in identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action

PARIS (AP) — Three leading rights organizations joined with grassroots groups Wednesday to launch France’s first class action suit targeting the country’s massive police machine, contending that it lawfully propagates a culture leading to systemic discrimination in identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Class action opened over racial profiling by French police

PARIS (AP) — In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Class-action lawsuit claims French police discriminate often

PARIS (AP) — In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Class-action lawsuit: French police discriminate in checks

PARIS (AP) — In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

French court convicts IS operative over foiled train attack

PARIS (AP) — A French court on Thursday convicted an Islamic State operative over a train attack five years ago that was foiled with the dramatic intervention of three American passengers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French court convicts IS operative in foiled train attack

PARIS (AP) — A French court on Thursday convicted an Islamic State operative in a train attack five years ago that was foiled with a dramatic tackle by three American passengers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism

PARIS (AP) — The French government unveiled a draft law Wednesday aimed at better arming France against Islamist radicalism, a project promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to root out what he calls “separatists” undermining the nation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Train gunman tells French court his target only US soldiers

PARIS (AP) — The gunman charged over a foiled 2015 train attack told a French court Wednesday that he had targeted only American soldiers, after refusing instructions from an Islamic State ringleader to kill members of the European Commission he was falsely told were in the train car.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

American passenger recalls trying to kill train attacker

PARIS (AP) — One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified Friday that he tried to kill the man who stormed into their passenger car with an arsenal of weapons.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

US sec'y of state begins difficult 7-nation tour in France

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed “global challenges” with a handful of members of a Paris think tank Saturday at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward since all the nations on his schedule …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

US top diplomat arrives in France on difficult 7-nation tour

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward since all the nations on his schedule have congratulated Joe Biden for his victory in the U.S. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

European leaders say collaboration key in anti-terror fight

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that extremist attacks are a “European reality” and the European Union must tighten the screws on weak spots like external borders and the internet after two deadly extremist attacks in France and another in Austria in recent weeks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure

PARIS (AP) — The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France’s Muslims are feeling squeezed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure

PARIS (AP) — The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France’s Muslims are feeling squeezed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France reacts to boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday for calls to boycott French products cease immediately, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France says stop boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday that calls to boycott French products cease immediately, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France reacts to boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday for calls to boycott French products cease immediately, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France says stop boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday that calls to boycott French products cease immediately, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France reacts to boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday for calls to boycott French products cease immediately, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, saying “the second wave is here.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French militant group, mosque to close after teacher slaying

PARIS (AP) — France’s president on Tuesday named a domestic militant Islamist group as “directly implicated” in last week’s gruesome street beheading in a Paris suburb of a teacher who had shown his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French militant group, mosque to close after teacher slaying

PARIS (AP) — France’s president on Tuesday named a domestic militant Islamist group as “directly implicated” in last week’s gruesome street beheading in a Paris suburb of a teacher who had shown his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French mosque shut over message linked to teacher beheading

PARIS (AP) — A mosque in a Paris suburb is being closed for six months starting Wednesday night on orders from France's interior minister in a crackdown following the beheading last week of a teacher.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France

PARIS (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France

PARIS (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

French leader decries terrorist beheading of teacher

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

France: Teacher beheaded, police shoot dead suspected killer

PARIS (AP) — A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was beheaded in a French street on Friday and police have shot dead the suspected killer, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

France: Teacher decapitated, suspect shot dead by police

PARIS (AP) — A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was decapitated in a French street on Friday and police have shot the suspected killer dead, a police official said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Europol: Criminals exploit virus crisis as fresh opportunity

PARIS (AP) — Criminals are preying on a fearful public and disrupting the provision of medical care during the coronavirus pandemic by selling counterfeit products, impersonating health workers and hacking computers as many citizens do their jobs online at home, European law enforcement agency Europol said Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices

PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices

PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices

PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Paris without its cafes? Virus shutdown hits France's core

PARIS (AP) — What's it like in France after government orders restaurants and bistros to close to contain the spreading coronavirus?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Paris without its cafes? Virus shutdown hits France's core

PARIS (AP) — What's it like in France after government orders restaurants and bistros to close to contain the spreading coronavirus?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Nasty Paris mayoral race digs at capital's dirty underbelly

PARIS (AP) — The battle to win the hearts of Parisians and preside over France's capital from the opulent city hall, has been nasty, and unpredictable.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

D-Day Pointe du Hoc site gets facelift

PARIS - The Nazis thought the jagged cliffs were unassailable until the elite U.S. Rangers scaled them in a valiant D-Day assault. Now the rocks are undergoing major surgery to save them from an even greater force - Mother Nature.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO