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Fake news has become a partisan tool, but people differ widely on their ability to discern what is real and what is fabrication.
Dan LeFranc’s sweet and scary, lackadaisical and hypnotic play centers on a pending divorce and baby-boomer couples with a lot of time on their hands.
The chairman of the luxury group Richemont said the disappearance of traditional skills had prompted him to act.
Offering free legal services to the gun control groups, law firms say they are hoping to match the resources, coordination and power of the gun lobby.
Whether the blossoming fund-raising is because of the election of Donald J. Trump or other factors, watchdog news groups are gaining new public support.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 7, 2016, covering December 7, 2016.
Metallica
Bruno Mars
Miranda Lambert
Pentatonix
A Tribe Called Quest
2016Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (born 1964)[†]
Junaid Jamshed Khan was a Pakistani Islamic preacher, singer-songwriter and television personality. Jamshed first gained nationwide and international recognition as the vocalist of Vital Signs. Their 1987 album, Vital Signs 1 included the hit singles "Dil Dil Pakistan", and "Tum Mil Gaye". The commercial success of the album helped develop Pakistan's rock music industry.
2016Greg Lake, English musician (born 1947)[†]
Gregory Stuart Lake was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).
2016Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.[†]
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661 was a Pakistani domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by Pakistan's flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines. On 7 December 2016, the aircraft serving the route, an ATR 42-500 twin-turboprop, crashed near Havelian following an engine failure. All 47 people on board died, including singer-turned-preacher and entrepreneur Junaid Jamshed, and the Deputy Commissioner of the District of Chitral.
In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]