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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).
On this date:
In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.
In 1843, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.
In 1915, legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was born in Paris. German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who discovered the pathological condition of dementia, died in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Poland, at age 51.
In 1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.
COMMENTARY
Editor’s Note: Ten years ago, Palestinian terrorists murdered Kristine Luken and nearly killed her friend Kay Wilson. In the article, Jonathan Feldstein interviews Kathleen Luken, Kristine’s identical twin sister about how she grapples with forgiveness in the face of terror. Feldstein is the founder of the Genesis 123 Foundation, a Jewish non-profit organization whose “mission is to build bridges between Jews and Christians with Israel in ways that are new, unique, and meaningful.”
Ten years ago, two Palestinian Arabs lay in wait along a pristine hiking trail on the slopes of the Judean mountains outside Jerusalem. Unlike terrorists who blow up buses or cafes or attack civilians on the street, these men waited for their victims to come to them, knowing that on the beautiful sunny Shabbat (Sabbath) day, people would flock to this well-known area.
there. thanks for joining us. i m brian bolter. and i m shawn yancy. police found the teenager s body this weekend near parakeet drive. fox 5 s will thomas is live where a large crowd gathered earlier tonight. good evening. a 19-year-old man who lived right down the street with his family is being remembered in the park where fairfax county police discovered his body yesterday about noon time. we get down here, you can see a memorial is growing full of candles, flowers, some pictures, even a bottle of apple cider. apparently he liked that. he was shot to death, but who pulled the trigger is still a mystery. he always had a smile, yet he was very, very smart. reporter: more than 100 friends gathered at silas burke park to say good-bye to a young man who touched so many lives. you never know when you re going to lose somebody. so just tell the people that you love that you love them. hold them close to you. there s no guarantee. reporter: jahel bobby was a student a
means the first day of winter today. good morning and thank you for being with us. i m steve chenevey. and i m allison seymour. finally we can hit the cold temperature. and i would like to say i got up at 3:00 this morning. to see the moon? to see it and i couldn t see a thing. i couldn t even see where it should be. you needed to be where tucker was because he saw everything. is that right? so he claims. i was so disappointed. were the clouds obscuring your view? before i went to bed a looked to make sure out of my window where the moon was. well it moves. that much? [ laughter ] perhaps you should have walked outside. perhaps i should have put on my boots. if you looked at the place i figured it would be in the same vicinity. i mean how much does it move? well it does a rotation every night. in two hours. ask the weather guy and we ll explain how much it can move. we do have it on video though. that s hilarious. let s look at what i
green, pretty quiet. some overnight road work is wrapping up, northbound 95 in virginia though looks like a good rid from dumfries to the mixing bowl. you ll find all the travel lanes open there. as well as along 395, clean from he hadal to dr, edsall road to the 14th street bridge. switching to virginia, 495 connection quiet inner loop still from braddock road to i-66 through the construction zone there but all lanes should be open. towards maryland, on the inner loop side beltway, looks like from i-95 to 270, all clear, no delays. as we head back to prince george s county areas, we get the all clear around route 4 both ways as well as route 5 and 301 quiet so far. next traffic at about 4:40. thank you, richard. a look at some things we ve been following for you. south korea is going ahead with some live firing drills. this despite threats of retaliation from the north. military exercises are taking place on south korea s yeonpyeong island where residents have been ord