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The Syrians and Russians appear to be mobilizing to apply a kill-all-who-resist strategy to their most ambitious target yet.
News outlets and fact-checking sites can separate truth from fable after a debate, but it falls to the moderator to interject in the moment when a candidate lies.
This comedian smuggles social commentary into her new global tour. “I’ve gotten very rich, famous and humble,” she says.
The Metropolitan Opera’s season will open with “Tristan und Isolde,” starring Stuart Skelton, who waited for just the right moment to embark on the role.
This PBS documentary gives the candidates equal time while managing to avoid the journalistic pitfall sometimes labeled “false equivalency.”
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 21, 2016, covering September 25, 2016.
Travis Scott
A Day to Remember
Drake
Soundtrack
Florida Georgia Line
2016José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)[†]
José Delfín Fernández Gómez was a Cuban-born American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Miami Marlins from 2013 until his death in 2016. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 243 pounds (110 kg) during his playing career. He was affectionately known as "Niño" to his teammates and fans due to the youthful exuberance with which he played the game.
2016Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)[†]
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed "The King", Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.
2016Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)[†]
Nahed Hattar was a Jordanian writer and political activist.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]