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Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 12/07/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2025. There are 24 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States declared war against Japan the follow As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes 12/07/2025 12:21am • DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner mercenary group is carrying out abuses including rapes and beheadings as it teams up with Mali 's military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting have told The Associated Press. The Africa Verstappen takes pole position for F1 title-deciding Abu Dhabi GP ahead of Norris and Piastri 12/06/2025 10:57am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Max Verstappen took a brilliant pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Formula 1 title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on Saturday. The thrilling three-way battle will be decided on Sunday at the Yas Marina Circuit. The McLar Michael Annett, who made 436 combined starts in NASCAR’s 3 national touring series, dies at 39 12/06/2025 10:51am • MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Annett, a former racecar driver who made 436 combined starts in NASCAR’s three national touring series, has died. He was 39. JR Motorsports, one of Annett's former teams, posted the news on social media on Friday. No cause of death was announced. “Our thoughts Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood 12/06/2025 09:04am • KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Many of the voices were frantic and desperate. A few were steady and calm amid mounting, frightening danger, and in some cases, inescapable doom. They came from families huddled on rooftops to escape rising, swirling waters, mothers panicked for the wellbeing of their child 'One more time, I'm Bob Immler': WTOP Traffic reporter signs off after 15 years 12/06/2025 08:01am • Friday was bittersweet in the WTOP newsroom as our very own traffic reporter Bob Immler celebrated his last day before retiring after over four decades in the traffic business. Immler celebrated the day surrounded by his WTOP colleagues, anchoring traffic reports and with his favorite bribe — p What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott 12/06/2025 12:51am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia 12/05/2025 09:45pm • ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced against time on Friday after last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides that struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people. Relief operations were underway, but the scale of need overwhelmed the capabilities of rescuers. Authorities 911 calls reveal terror of July 4 floods as those trapped in attics and camp cabins beg for help 12/05/2025 09:44pm • A man clinging to a tree on the Guadalupe River and screaming for a helicopter rescue. A father hustling his family into the attic to escape the rising waters. A Camp Mystic staffer pleading with a 911 operator to send help immediately. Five months after catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 pe The Latest: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released 12/05/2025 09:40pm • A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule When a Lowe's store cat disappeared, staff pulled out all the stops to find her 12/05/2025 08:05pm • ▶ Watch Video: Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat that disappeared onto freight truck Richmond, Virginia — At a Lowe's in Richmond, Virginia, store manager Mike Sida has always had a favorite employee: Francine the cat. "Sh 911 calls from Texas floods reveal chaotic and desperate pleas for rescues 12/05/2025 07:51pm • KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — In an instant, frantic voices overwhelmed the two county emergency dispatchers on duty in the Texas Hill Country as catastrophic flooding inundated cabins and youth camps along the Guadalupe River. A firefighter clinging to a tree who watched his wife be swept away. A famil High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passenger 12/05/2025 07:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City high school senior was jailed Friday on a federal arson charge after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger. Hiram Carrero, 18, was not required to enter a plea during his arraignment in Manhattan federal court. The fire early Another must-watch moment for Michael Jordan as NBA great testifies at NASCAR trial 12/05/2025 07:46pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan has had a lifetime of big moments. His latest came on the witness stand in a federal courthouse. The retired NBA great testified Friday against NASCAR in an antitrust case he is pursuing against the stock car series on behalf of his race team, 23XI, along with Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana 12/05/2025 07:40pm • KENNER, La. (AP) — The doors of Carmela Diaz's taco joint are locked, the tables are devoid of customers and no one is working in the kitchen. It's one of many once-thriving Hispanic businesses, from Nicaraguan eateries to Honduran restaurants, emptied out in recent weeks in neighborhoods with lot