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Investors are concerned about a dollar that has gained too much in value, the potential for trade wars and whether Donald J. Trump can keep his promise to cut taxes.
Party leaders hope Mr. Priebus will transform the new president’s storm-the-gates campaign into a normal, functional White House.
President-elect Donald J. Trump will take office with less popular support than any new president in modern times, according to an array of polls.
App stores backed by giant corporations have created choke points for the internet, which governments are now exploiting.
Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has a provocative vision for his museum and his adopted city.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 2017, covering January 18, 2017.
The Weeknd
Soundtrack
Bruno Mars
Drake
J. Cole
2017Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)[†]
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras, commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life. His death at the age of 97 is considered to have been murder.
2017Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)[†]
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, was an English cricketer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six Test series: in total, she played for the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. Heyhoe Flint was captain when her team won the inaugural 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, which England hosted. She was also the first female cricketer to hit a six in a Test match, and one of the first ten women to become a member of the MCC.
2017Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (born 1930)[†]
Roberta Peters was an American coloratura soprano.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]