On this day
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There are few places where historical periods slam into each other quite so forcefully as they do outside New Delhi, where musclemen whose ancestors fought invaders now defend bar patrons.
A review of official documents revealed 62 cases in which inmates were seriously injured by correction officers between last August and January, a period of increased attention on conditions at the jail complex.
Where industrial jobs have grown scarce, nurses and other health care professionals are increasingly leading the way to middle-income lifestyles.
Wisconsin’s governor, a Republican, has made shifts in how he talks about abortion and same-sex marriage since his re-election victory over a well-funded Democrat.
President Obama’s veto of the pipeline bill this week, the third and most significant one of his six years in office, would most likely be followed by others.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 18, 2015, covering February 22, 2015.
Taylor Swift
Various Artists
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Fifth Harmony
2015Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)[†]
Christopher James Harley, known by the stage name Chris Rainbow, was a Scottish pop rock singer and musician whose songs "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" were often played by British radio DJs Kenny Everett and Tony Blackburn in the 1970s.
2015A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.[†]
On 22 February 2015, a two-deck ferry traveling on the Padma River in the Manikganj District, Dhaka Division in Dhaka, Bangladesh, capsized. Up to 70 people were killed in the crash when it hit a trawler.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]