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With an eye toward protecting the Republican majority, Senator Mitch McConnell is preparing a serious review of impeachment articles he sees as unavoidable.
In his memoir “Long Way Home,” Michael Douglas’s oldest son examines the “demented death wish” that drove him to drugs and crime, shining a light on his famous family along the way.
Indigenous work is all the rage in the Canadian art world. But life in the North is as much a struggle as ever.
After a rebuke by lawmakers in Parliament, the British prime minister warned that an extension would be bad for both sides.
Teens love the app, and now it’s getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get ... fun?
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 16, 2019, covering October 19, 2019.
SuperM
Summer Walker
Post Malone
DaBaby
Taylor Swift
2019Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)[†]
Deborah Jane Orr was a British journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications.
2019Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.[†]
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest extant institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]