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Casting socialism as a threat could become the kind of rhetorical touchstone of President Trump’s re-election campaign that sounding the alarm about “criminal illegal aliens” was in 2016.
Pyer Moss may be the hottest brand at New York Fashion week. So why in the world would Kerby Jean-Raymond, its designer, decide not to have a show?
The talk radio host James O’Brien argues with Brexiteers every day on his show. It’s unclear if he has changed any minds, but it sure has made him famous.
The curious case of a bike-messengers’ dive bar that is devoted to F.C. St. Pauli, a minor-league club from Hamburg.
In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Facebook, working with a local partner, has found a way to overcome China’s internet blocks to make ad dollars.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 6, 2019, covering February 7, 2019.
Backstreet Boys
Future
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Weezer
2019John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)[†]
John David Dingell Jr. was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Dingell holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in American history.
2019Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)[†]
Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
2019Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930)[†]
Jan Ferdynand Olszewski was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure of the conservative Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland.
2019Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)[†]
Frank Robinson, nicknamed "the Judge", was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams over 21 seasons: the Cincinnati Reds (1956–1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966–1971), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972), California Angels (1973–1974), and Cleveland Indians (1974–1976). In 1975, Robinson became the first Black manager in big-league history, as the player-manager of the Indians.
In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]