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More expectant mothers are using marijuana, believing it safe. But research suggests it may hurt brain development and reduce birth weight.
The fashion brand is changing its chief executive, one in a rash of executive moves in the fast-changing fashion industry.
With far-right groups edging into the mainstream, self-described “anti-fascists” and anarchists are vowing to confront them, even if it means resorting to violence.
The waterfront of Astoria, Queens, has been quiet for decades, but activity is finally picking up.
The city native, about to turn 90, looks back at a glorious past and wonders what his next act will be.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 1, 2017, covering February 3, 2017.
The Weeknd
The xx
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Bruno Mars
2017Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931)[†]
Dritëro Agolli was an Albanian poet, writer and politician. He studied in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, and wrote primarily poetry, but also short stories, essays, plays, and novels. He was head of the League of Writers and Artists of Albania from 1973 until 1992. He was a leading figure in the Albanian Communist nomenklatura.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]