Frank Ocean Is Finally Free, Mystery Intact
Mr. Ocean is restless and more than happy to drape himself in shadows. Here, he talks about being elusive, making music and regaining control of his career.
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Mr. Ocean is restless and more than happy to drape himself in shadows. Here, he talks about being elusive, making music and regaining control of his career.
The silver-haired hedge fund billionaire is on pace to hand investors a second year of steep losses, but they are counting on his knack for turning things around.
While discussing her new book, the Fox News anchor describes her initial run-in with Donald J. Trump as “prescient” and warns fellow journalists to remain vigilant while covering the Trump White House.
The Paris-based artist Julio Le Parc is one of Latin America’s foremost proponents of Kinetic art. Now, his work is finding a new audience in the United States.
The election of Donald J. Trump is perhaps the starkest illustration yet that social networks are helping to rewire human society.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 16, 2016, covering November 16, 2016.
Jeezy
Kenny Chesney
Meek Mill
Avenged Sevenfold
Lady Gaga

2016Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (born 1918)[†]
Jay Wright Forrester was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as a graduate student in 1939, and eventually retiring in 1989.
2016Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (born 1922)[†]
Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last living Representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death.
2016Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (born 1972)[†]
Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan was a Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]