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Some Fox News employees say there is an internal split inside the network, pitting those who support Roger Ailes against those who do not.
Mass shootings involving high-powered weapons, rising anxiety about domestic terrorism, and killings of and by police officers have emboldened the party.
The Democrats’ polished convention stands in contrast to the Republicans’ free-for-all. But Donald Trump has gotten where he is by defying the traditional media rules.
President Obama defended his legacy and laid out the ways Hillary Clinton would continue it at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposals aim to strengthen federal efforts to clamp down on collectors who hound people for debts they may not owe.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 27, 2016, covering July 28, 2016.
Drake
ScHoolboy Q
blink-182
Twenty One Pilots
Original Broadway Cast
2016Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (born 1918)[†]
Émile Derlin Zinsou was a Beninese politician and physician who was the President of Dahomey from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969, supported by the military regime that took power in 1967. Zinsou was present at the signing of the treaty that formed the African Union on 12 July 2000 in Togo. He was a nationalist.
2016Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (born 1926)[†]
Mahasweta Devi was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India. She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]