Eric Baradat / AFP via Getty Images Olympics Adds First 'Urban Event' as Games Try To Diversify Breakdancing, officially called breaking, has been declared an Olympic medal sport beginning in 2024 in Paris. By Jack Davis December 24, 2020
Michel Euler / AP Feminists Get Taste of Their Own Medicine, Fined Under Gender Equality Act for Hiring Too Many Women The mayor of Paris has been fined over $100,000 for hiring 11 women and five men to fill out staffing positions in 2018. By C. Douglas Golden December 17, 2020
Christophe Ena / AP Islamist Train Attacker Tells Court He Was Targeting Americans The month-long trial for attempted terrorist murder opened Nov. 16. El Khazzani risks life in prison if convicted. By The Associated Press November 25, 2020
DNCC / Getty Images Biden Just Created a 'Climate Czar' Position And Named a Familiar Face to the Role Biden, should he win the election, he will name former Secretary of State John Kerry as ‘climate czar’ to oversea his green agenda. By Kipp Jones November 23, 2020
Thomas Samson / AFP via Getty Images American Hero Gives Heart-Stopping Account of Foiled Train Attack in Gunman's Trial American Alek Skarlatos testified in French court five years after helping thwart an Islamic terrorist attack aboard a train to Paris. By The Associated Press November 20, 2020
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Under the Cover of a Chaotic Election, Trump Just Fulfilled One of His Biggest Promises to the American People The 'science' appears to show that America can protect its own environment without the need for restrictions imposed by the rest of the world. By Jared Harris November 4, 2020
Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP via Getty Images Government Cracks Down on Militant Islamic Group After Teacher Beheading The French government also ordered a mosque in the northeast Paris suburb of Pantin to close for six months. By The Associated Press October 21, 2020
Michel Euler / AP Teacher Beheaded in Street After Showing Images of Muhammad in Lesson on Free Expression The beheading of a French teacher is the latest example of the cultural clash in the country where Islamists continue to target free speech. By Kipp Jones October 16, 2020
Kiran Ridley / Getty Images Suspect in Bloody Meat Cleaver Attack Confirmed as Islamic Terrorist The suspect in a Paris double stabbing said he carried out the attack in anger over a satirical cartoon mocking Muhammad. By The Associated Press September 26, 2020
Thibault Camus / AP Stabbings Carried Out at Site of Infamous Charlie Hebdo Attack Police arrested two suspects in connection with a knife attack outside the former offices of Charlie Hebdo. By The Associated Press September 25, 2020