On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Federal and state officials wield huge budgets for public advertising to dictate news coverage, routinely telling outlets what they should — and should not — report.
After a year without auditions, Hong Chau is now a supporting actress contender. But her portrayal of a Vietnamese refugee has drawn criticism for stereotyping.
From the biggest breakthrough to the best live set, here are the funniest moments in a year of paradoxes.
The newspaper drama revolves around the Pentagon Papers and other real-life events. But how much is real? We sort fact from fiction.
The Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan has survived intense pressure from American airstrikes and raids by United States and Afghan forces.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 20, 2017, covering December 25, 2017.
U2
Chris Stapleton
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
Pentatonix
2017D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston) (born 1929)[†]
David Herbert Lipson was an American magazine publisher and longtime owner of Philadelphia and Boston magazines. Born in Philadelphia to newspaper owner S. Arthur Lipson, he graduated from Lafayette College in 1952, and joined his father at what would become Philadelphia. He became publisher in 1963 and owner in 1968. He purchased Boston in 1970, and launched Manhattan, inc. in 1984. He married three times and had three children. He died in Philadelphia at the age of 88.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]