On this day
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Three federal judges were considering a lower court’s ruling that allowed previously barred travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries to enter the country.
President Trump’s claim runs counter to what has long been considered a given: that abundant media coverage has given terrorists the attention they crave.
Charlotte Law’s struggles highlight the questions being raised over for-profit law schools and the sky-high amounts that students are borrowing for their education.
A new railway line from Djibouti to Ethiopia has showcased China’s effort to extend its influence, with aid and expertise, throughout Africa.
The Brotherhood, with millions of followers, is the oldest Islamist group in the Middle East, and designating it as a terrorist group would roil the region.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 8, 2017, covering February 8, 2017.
The Weeknd
John Mayer
Soundtrack
Bruno Mars
AFI
2017Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (born 1933)[†]
Sir Peter Mansfield was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfield was a professor at the University of Nottingham.
2017Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (born 1998)[†]
Rina Matsuno was a Japanese singer, model, actress, and tarento who was a member of the idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.
2017Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (born 1929)[†]
Alan Francis Simpson was an English scriptwriter. He was best known as part of the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcom Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961), the first two series of Comedy Playhouse (1961–1963), and Steptoe and Son (1962–1974).
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]