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When Roger Ailes left as Fox News chairman, executives promised a cleanup. Reports of harassment claims and payouts make it hard to see what changed.
Where other American presidents might have used the gas attack in Syria to call for the departure of Bashar al-Assad, Mr. Trumpâs spokesman dismissed the notion as impractical.
Companies are finding it harder to justify the cavernous spaces and sky-high rents along the shopping strip, as tourism slows and online shopping speeds up.
President Trumpâs narrow obsession over American trade deficits departs from the realities of global commerce.
Itâs easy to hate digital ads, especially the personalized ads that follow you across the internet. But theyâre creating a more efficient advertising market.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 2017, covering April 5, 2017.
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Rick Ross
Soundtrack
Depeche Mode
2017Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (born 1943)[â ]
Attilio Benfatto was an Italian professional road cyclist. He most notably won two stages of the Giro d'Italia. Throughout his career, he competed in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia and two editions of the Tour de France. His best placing was 25th overall in the 1969 Giro d'Italia.
2017Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)[â ]
Arthur Bernard Bisguier was an American chess player, chess promoter, and writer who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).
2017Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)[â ]
Paul G. Comba was an Italian-American computer scientist, an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.
2017Makoto Ĺoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)[â ]
Makoto Ĺoka was a Japanese poet and literary critic. He pioneered the collaborative poetic form renshi in the 1990s, in which he has collaborated with such well-known literary figures as Charles Tomlinson, James Lasdun, Joseph Stanton, ShuntarĹ Tanikawa and MikirĹ Sasaki.
2017Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (born 1956)[â ]
Paul O'Neill was an American composer, lyricist, record producer, and guitarist. He was the producer of the progressive metal band Savatage, and the founder of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
2017Tim Parnell, British race car driver (born 1932)[â ]
Reginald Harold Haslam "Tim" Parnell Jr. was a British racing driver from England. He was the son of Reg Parnell, another racing driver.
2017Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (born 1947)[â ]
Amelio "Memè" Perlini was an Italian actor and film director. His directorial debut, Italian Postcards, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
2017Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)[â ]
Atanase Sciotnic, also listed as Atanasie, was a Romanian sprint canoeist. He took part in the two-man and four man events at most major competitions between 1963 and 1974 and won two Olympic and nine world championships medals, including four gold medals.
2017Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)[â ]
Ilkka Antero Jouko Sinisalo was a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings. Later he was a scout for the Flyers.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]