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The gangs that make El Salvador the murder capital of the world are not sophisticated global cartels but mafias of the poor.
President-elect Donald J. Trump hinted strongly that he was considering picking James N. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, to be defense secretary.
How a misinformed Twitter post the night after the presidential election fueled a nationwide conspiracy theory and became a talking point — even as it was being proved false.
In delivering his plea to Mike Pence after the show, the Broadway actor Brandon Victor Dixon was also speaking to Donald J. Trump, meeting directness with directness.
The J.K. Rowling-scripted fantasy is a boon for the studio, whose last three big-budget efforts drew cool reactions from critics.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 16, 2016, covering November 20, 2016.
Jeezy
Kenny Chesney
Meek Mill
Avenged Sevenfold
Lady Gaga
2016Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (born 1984)[†]
Gabriel Badilla Segura was a Costa Rican footballer who played as a defender.
2016Gene Guarilia, American basketball player (born 1937)[†]
Eugene Michael Guarilia was an American basketball player who played four seasons for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is historically the only NBA player with at least a three-year career to play on a championship team every season of his career.
2016Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (born 1926)[†]
Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.
2016William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (born 1928)[†]
William Trevor Cox was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize, the last for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name was also mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2016Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.[†]
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. Johnson has won seven Cup championships, including five consecutive titles, tying him with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time. He is widely considered one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]