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The capture of Kunduz was timed to the American withdrawal, a steady influx of insurgent fighters, a series of territory grabs and a campaign that took advantage of resentment of the government.
Spruce Alpha fared worse than most in August, losing investors 48 percent of their money, documents show.
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign appears to be worried about Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. making a run for president and has taken steps to lock down support for her bid.
Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis cheered conservatives troubled by his words on poverty, the environment and immigration, and dismayed liberals who said it negated much of the good will he had built up on his trip.
For years, each shot fired by a New York City police officer has been meticulously studied, but not the more routine episodes of force, like baton blows and takedowns.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 30, 2015, covering October 1, 2015.
The Weeknd
Bring Me the Horizon
Brett Eldredge
Slayer
Taylor Swift
2015Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (born 1950)[†]
Božo Bakota was a Croatian footballer who throughout his entire professional football career played only for two football clubs, NK Zagreb and SK Sturm Graz. He played as a midfielder for NK Zagreb and as a forward for SK Sturm Graz during a career spanning from 1971 to 1986.
2015Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)[†]
William Donlon Edwards was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
2015Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (born 1985)[†]
Hadi Norouzi was an Iranian footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career with Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
2015Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)[†]
Jacob "Jack" Pressman was an American Conservative rabbi. He served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, California, from 1950 to 1985. He was a co-founder of the American Jewish University in Bel Air. He penned a weekly column in The Beverly Hills Courier, from 2004 to 2015.
2015A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.[†]
A shooting occurred on October 1, 2015, at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Chris Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old student who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others. Roseburg police detectives responded to the incident and engaged Harper-Mercer in a brief shootout. After being wounded, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The school shooting is the deadliest in Oregon's history, surpassing the 1998 Thurston High School shooting.
2015Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.[†]
On October 1, 2015, heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala—15 km (9.3 mi) east of Guatemala City, killing at least 280 people and leaving dozens unaccounted for across the village. The landslide leveled much of the village, leaving some areas under 15 m (49 ft) of earth and debris.
2015The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.[†]
SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Puerto Rico, the vessel was renamed Northern Lights in 1991 and, finally, El Faro in 2006. She was lost at sea with her entire crew of 33 on October 1, 2015, after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]