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Seeing progress in the fight against the nation’s opioid epidemic, many providers are frustrated that the Affordable Care Act may be dismantled.
Handbags, dresses and other ordinary items — and where they are bought — have become politicized, turning shopping decisions into acts of protest for the millions.
The Knicks’ handling of the Charles Oakley episode and the owner James L. Dolan’s comments, on top of everything else, have been stunning.
He is proving to be less of a radical than either his campaign statements or his tempestuous early phone calls with foreign leaders would suggest.
When a famous QB gets flimflammed, some gumshoeing is in order.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 8, 2017, covering February 11, 2017.
The Weeknd
John Mayer
Soundtrack
Bruno Mars
AFI
2017Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)[†]
Fabricio Paulino de Melo was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga Sorocabana and Brasília of the Brazilian Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Prior to entering the NBA in 2012, he played two years of college basketball for Syracuse, where he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.
2017Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)[†]
Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.
2017Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)[†]
Trisha Jaimee Doan was a Korean-Canadian musician, photographer and television producer, best known for her tenure as the bass guitarist for the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie.
2017North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.[†]
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]