On This Day: December 7

10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
December 7, 2024
Duck Dynasty 's Phil Robertson Is 'Struggling': Son
Phil Robertson, head of the clan featured on A&E's reality-TV show Duck Dynasty, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. TMZ reports on the development, revealed on Friday's edition of the Unashamed With the Robertson Family podcast, which Robertson himself didn't appear on.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2023
UNLV Shooter Was a 67-Year-Old Professor: Sources
The gunman in Wednesday's shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a professor who had unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told the AP.  Keep reading >>
 
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December 7, 2022
Anne Heche's Final Autopsy Results Released
According to her autopsy, Anne Heche was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol when she crashed her car into a Los Angeles home in the August accident that ultimately killed her.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2021
Brooke Shields Blasts Barbara Walters for 1980 Interview
In an October interview with Vogue, Brooke Shields spoke about the famous Calvin Klein jeans ad she'd made in 1980, when she was 15, and how she hadn't at the time realized how sexual in nature it was widely interpreted as.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2020
4 Months After One Death, Another Tragedy
Her daughter took her own life four months ago at the age of 23 after enduring an unwanted national spotlight, and now Melinda Coleman has died by apparent suicide herself at the age of 58, reports the Kansas City Star.  Keep reading >>
 
 
December 7, 2019
Amazon to New York: We're Coming After All
Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out of a deal for a larger headquarters in the borough of Queens after politicians and activists objected to nearly $3 billion in incentives, the AP reports.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2018
Lance Armstrong's $100K Uber Investment Went Wild
It's expensive being Lance Armstrong, especially after his endorsements fell by the wayside and he was hit with various lawsuits as a result of his doping scandal.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2017
Al Franken Resigns, Makes Reference to Trump's Behavior
In a speech on the Senate floor Thursday, Al Franken did what sources had been saying he would since Wednesday: resign his seat in the wake of mounting sexual misconduct allegations.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2016
Trump Boeing Tweet Came After CEO Criticized Policy
The immense power that Donald Trump's tweets now carry was brought home Tuesday morning, when he tweeted a complaint about "out of control" costs for Boeing's new 747 Air Force One jets, saying "Cancel order!"—a move that caused Boeing's stock to fall around 1%, or nearly $2 a share, in early trading.  Keep reading >>
 
December 7, 2015
Walmart: Crying Cashier Story Seems to Be a Hoax
Treat people with kindness, "because they are fighting a battle that none of us know about."  Keep reading >>