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With Mr. Trump declaring he will skip Thursday’s debate, the most potentially consequential fight is no longer between him and his fellow Republican candidates.
Officials from the group announced that they would convene a meeting on Monday to decide whether to declare a public health emergency.
Depending on the moment, she is an electric vocalist or an indifferent one, an emotional savant or a naif, Jon Caramanica writes. And this is her eighth album.
Mattel has unveiled curvy, petite and tall versions of its fashion doll whose unrealistically thin shape has drawn criticism for decades. Sales have plunged as Barbie has struggled to remain relevant.
A reporter goes back to Manitowoc County, Wis., where residents who considered the 10-year-old case settled are being second-guessed about Steven Avery’s return to prison.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 27, 2016, covering January 28, 2016.
David Bowie
Adele
Justin Bieber
David Bowie
Twenty One Pilots
2016Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (born 1941)[†]
Signe Toly Anderson was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane.
2016Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)[†]
Paul Lorin Kantner was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane's successor band.
2016Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (born 1926)[†]
Franklin Gene Bissell was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University from 1952 to 1961 and again from 1963 to 1978, compiling a record of 115–119–7.
2016Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (born 1941)[†]
Vincent Albert "Buddy" Cianci Jr. was an American politician, attorney, radio talk show host, and political commentator who served as the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from 1975 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2002. Cianci was the longest-serving mayor of Providence, having held office for over 21 years.
2016Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1924)[†]
Robert James Tizard was a Labour politician from New Zealand. He served as the sixth deputy prime minister, the minister of Finance, minister of Health and minister of Defence.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]