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At the center of the argument, officials said, is a “top secret” C.I.A. program that is anything but secret — its effort to kill suspected terrorists with drones.
Mr. Trump’s White House run blurs the line between campaigning and brand-building and complicates his claims that he is funding his own campaign.
Archel Bernard seeks to help survivors of the Ebola pandemic rebuild, while pushing past the country’s boundaries on fashion.
A swirl of modern tastes, consumer expectations and the Internet is producing an ever-increasing number of “boutique therapies.”
Senator Bernie Sanders initially regarded complaints of trouble at the Department of Veterans Affairs as a play by conservatives to weaken one of the country’s largest social welfare institutions.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 3, 2016, covering February 6, 2016.
Panic! At The Disco
Adele
Justin Bieber
David Bowie
Twenty One Pilots
2016Dan Gerson, American screenwriter (born 1966)[†]
Daniel Robert Gerson was an American screenwriter and voice actor, best known for his work with Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He co-wrote the screenplays of Monsters, Inc., Monsters University and Big Hero 6, which was reported to be his last film as screenwriter.
2016Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)[†]
Daniel Ivan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. His idiosyncratic style combined elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He is perhaps best known for the songs "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music". His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the title of his tune "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?" His album Live at Davies (2013) capped over forty years of music.
2016An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.[†]
At 03:57 local time on 6 February 2016, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.4 struck 28 km (17 mi) northeast of Pingtung City in southern Taiwan, in the Meinong District of Kaohsiung. The earthquake struck at a depth of around 23 km (14 mi). Its comparatively shallow depth caused more intense reverberations on the surface. The earthquake had a maximum intensity of 7 on the Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale, causing widespread damage and 116 deaths. Almost all of the deaths were caused by a collapsed residential building, named Weiguan Jinlong in Yongkang District, while two other people were killed in Gueiren District. Sixty-eight aftershocks have occurred. The earthquake was the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]