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The Mets starter Harvey, a Yankees fan as a child, stood on the mound at the beloved Yankee Stadium and dismantled his former favorite team.
Unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are unlikely to change significantly, despite the revelation Thursday that a drone strike had killed two hostages.
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on same-sex marriage, Cincinnati has become the measure of how far the gay rights movement has come in a traditionally conservative city.
As more savvy buyers use art to put off and sometimes avoid taxes under the like-kind exchange rule, the Obama administration wants to curb the practice.
Residents were on a difficult search for safety in Katmandu, where thousands have died and homes and temples have been reduced to rubble.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 22, 2015, covering April 26, 2015.
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All Time Low
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Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
2015Jayne Meadows, American actress (born 1919)[†]
Jayne Meadows was an American stage, film and television actress, as well as an author and lecturer. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards during her career and was the elder sister of actress, banker, and memoirist Audrey Meadows as well as the wife of original Tonight Show host Steve Allen.
2015Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)[†]
Joseph René Marcel Pronovost was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in 1,206 games over 20 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1950 and 1970. A top defenceman, Pronovost was named to four post-season NHL All-Star teams and played in 11 All-Star Games. He was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams with the Red Wings, the first in 1950, and won a fifth title with the Maple Leafs in 1967. Pronovost was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1978.
2015Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.[†]
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]