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Money isn’t everything. But it does keep the lights on, and it explains why this Democratic field looks the way it does today.
The notorious jail in Manhattan was a sharp departure from his formerly gilded life. Here’s what happened inside.
In California, water is precious. The state’s hidden pools are yet another reason to treasure it.
The freeze-up in business confidence, caused in part by the trade war, could wind up affecting consumer confidence.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 2019, covering August 17, 2019.
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Billie Eilish
Lil Durk
Chris Brown
2019A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.[†]
On 17 August 2019, a suicide bombing took place during a wedding in a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 92 people were killed in the attack and over 140 injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the bombing, stating that the attack targeted the Shi'ites. More than 1,000 people were gathered for the wedding when the attack took place. The attack occurred a day before the 100th Afghan Independence Day, causing the government to postpone the planned celebrations taking place at the Darul Aman Palace. It was the deadliest attack in Kabul since January 2018.
In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]