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The legal clash was abandoned, but BD, maker of the 45-year-old microtainer, and Theranos, which is still seeking F.D.A. approval for its nanotainer, sparred over the confusion the names could cause.
With his team trailing the Royals in the World Series, David Wright rose to meet the moment: He lined a two-run homer over the left-field fence, something indelible and clutch.
Curtis Granderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer, David Wright had four R.B.I. and Noah Syndergaard pitched six innings as the Mets bounced back after two road losses.
The Kogalymavia flight from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg crashed shortly after takeoff, officials said.
A controversial new biography paints a less than flattering portrait of the pioneering New York musician, provoking a defense by fans and intimates.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 2015, covering October 31, 2015.
Selena Gomez
The Game
The Weeknd
Fetty Wap
Drake & Future
2015Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (born 1925)[†]
Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage was an American entrepreneur, publisher and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. He served six terms from 1981 to 1993.
2015Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.[†]
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia. On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST, the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia. All 224 passengers and crew on board died. The cause of the crash was most likely an onboard explosive device as concluded by Russian investigators.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]