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Early-education experts are questioning the metrics used to measure the success of a public-private preschool program in Utah in which Goldman Sachs has invested.
In one of the most closely watched referendums in the country, voters repealed an anti-discrimination ordinance, handing gay rights supporters a stinging defeat.
The New York mayor has criticized the “consultant class” in politics, but he has met with some of them more often than some senior members of his administration.
She talks about directing her husband and switching hats between her roles as actress, screenwriter and director for her new film.
Companies in Japan form longstanding relationships that extend down manufacturing supply chains, but such ties can have downsides.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 4, 2015, covering November 4, 2015.
Pentatonix
Demi Lovato
The Weeknd
Machine Gun Kelly
Fetty Wap
2015Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)[†]
Piotr Krystian Domaradzki was a Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian who, during a longtime association with Chicago's Polish community, worked for 30 years at Dziennik Związkowy, the oldest and largest Polish-language newspaper in the United States. From October 2009 to March 2013, he served as the paper's editor-in-chief. He emigrated from Poland in 1984 and became a U.S. citizen in 1996.
2015René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)[†]
René Noël Théophile Girard was a French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
2015Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)[†]
Károly Horváth was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.
2015Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)[†]
William Lee Robinson was an American politician who was the Mayor of Macon, Georgia from 1987–1991, and a four-term State Senator of Georgia. At the time of his death, Lee Robinson was serving as the Circuit Public Defender of the Macon (Georgia) Judicial Circuit, which includes Bibb, Peach and Crawford Counties.
2015A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.[†]
On 4 November 2015, an Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft crashed near the White Nile shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport serving Juba, the capital city of South Sudan. At least 37 people were killed, including the crew of six. The crash is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in South Sudan since independence in 2011.
2015A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.[†]
The 2015 Lahore factory disaster resulted when a shopping bag factory located at Sundar Industrial Estate near Lahore, Pakistan collapsed on 4 November 2015, killing at least 45 people and trapping about 150. The recovery was led by the Board of Management Sundar Industrial Estate with support from the Pakistan Army, Rescue 1122 and Bahria Town Rescue Team.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]