Replaying Monday, December 5, 2016

The December 5, 2016 was a Monday under the star sign of . It was the 339 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 9 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, December 5, 2025, 200 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, December 5, 2026, in 164 days. You have lived for 3,487 days, or about 83,703 hours, or about 5,022,221 minutes, or about 301,333,260 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Walt Disney (actor, animator, caricaturist, director, film actor, film director, film producer, illustrator, inventor, manufacturer, painter, screenwriter, television presenter, voice actor, writer, born December 5, 1901)
  • Dev Patel (actor, film actor, taekwondo athlete, television actor, born December 5, 1990)
  • Werner Heisenberg (academic, mathematician, mountaineer, non-fiction writer, nuclear physicist, physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher, born December 5, 1901)
  • André-Pierre Gignac (association football player, born December 5, 1985)
  • Bhumibol Adulyadej (composer, engineer, environmentalist, jazz musician, military officer, monarch, painter, photographer, politician, sailor, saxophonist, social worker, statesperson, teacher, writer, born December 5, 1927)
  • Frankie Muniz (actor, composer, film producer, musician, racing automobile driver, screenwriter, talent manager, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born December 5, 1985)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan (pool player, born December 5, 1975)
  • Paula Patton (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 5, 1975)
  • Anthony Martial (association football player, born December 5, 1995)
  • Little Richard (musician, pianist, priest, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born December 5, 1932)
  • Władysław Szpilman (composer, musician, pianist, songwriter, writer, born December 5, 1911)
  • Joan Didion (essayist, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born December 5, 1934)
  • Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards (singer, ski jumper, born December 5, 1963)
  • George Armstrong Custer (military officer, born December 5, 1839)
  • Martin Van Buren (diplomat, lawyer, politician, slaveholder, statesperson, writer, born December 5, 1782)
  • Józef Piłsudski (military personnel, politician, born December 5, 1867)
  • Lauren London (actor, film actor, model, television actor, television personality, born December 5, 1984)
  • Sajid Javid (banker, economist, politician, born December 5, 1969)
  • Lin Biao (military personnel, politician, born December 5, 1907)
  • Shikhar Dhawan (cricketer, born December 5, 1985)
  • Strom Thurmond (judge, lawyer, politician, teacher, born December 5, 1902)
  • Ross Barkley (association football player, born December 5, 1993)
  • José Carreras (opera singer, recording artist, born December 5, 1946)
  • Fritz Lang (actor, film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born December 5, 1890)
  • Catherine Tate (comedian, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, writer, born December 5, 1969)
  • Amy Acker (actor, film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born December 5, 1976)
  • Lope de Vega (playwright, poet, translator, writer, born November 25, 1562)
  • Michael Patrick Kelly (composer, guitarist, musician, singer, born December 5, 1977)
  • Margaret Cho (comedian, fashion designer, film actor, musician, television actor, voice actor, born December 5, 1968)
  • David Taylor (amateur wrestler, born December 5, 1990)
  • Carlos Marighella (poet, politician, writer, born December 5, 1911)
  • Patricia Kaas (actor, recording artist, singer, born December 5, 1966)
  • Nina Ruslanova (actor, born December 5, 1945)
  • Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje (film producer, gangster, born December 5, 1959)
  • Nick Stahl (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 5, 1979)
  • Lisa Marie (film actor, model, born December 5, 1968)
  • Maria De Filippi (television presenter, born December 5, 1961)
  • Wendi Murdoch (businessperson, entrepreneur, film producer, born December 5, 1968)
  • Dynamite Kid (professional wrestler, born December 5, 1958)
  • Adán Canto (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 5, 1981)
  • Stefano Bollani (composer, pianist, singer, born December 5, 1972)
  • J.J. Cale (composer, guitarist, musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 5, 1938)
  • Kwon Yuri (actor, film actor, lyricist, model, pianist, singer, songwriter, born December 5, 1989)
  • Alisa Mizuki (actor, child actor, model, singer, born December 5, 1976)
  • Shizuka Itō (seiyū, singer, born December 5, 1980)
  • Shakin' Stevens (entertainer, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 5, 1948)
  • Alexander Sørloth (association football player, speed skater, born December 5, 1995)
  • Jessica Paré (actor, film actor, born December 5, 1980)
  • Yoshitomo Nara (artist, draftsperson, illustrator, installation artist, musician, painter, photographer, printmaker, sculptor, born December 5, 1959)
  • Yury Vlasov (journalist, member of the State Duma, politician, weightlifter, writer, born December 5, 1935)
  • Megan Lai (actor, film actor, model, singer, television actor, born December 5, 1979)
  • Fyodor Tyutchev (diplomat, philosopher, poet, politician, translator, writer, born December 5, 1803)
  • Keri Hilson (actor, artist, composer, dancer, film actor, musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 5, 1982)
  • Abdelhamid Ben Badis (teacher, born December 5, 1889)
  • Abbas Babaei chegeni (flying ace, military personnel, born December 5, 1950)
  • Christian Yelich (baseball player, born December 5, 1991)
  • Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (jurist, politician, born December 5, 1971)
  • Anastasio Somoza Debayle (politician, born December 5, 1925)
  • Michel'le (composer, rapper, singer-songwriter, born December 5, 1967)
  • Gabriel Luna (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 5, 1982)
  • Kim Young-ok (actor, film actor, voice actor, born December 5, 1937)
  • Otto Preminger (actor, character actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born December 5, 1905)
  • Camarón de la Isla (cantaor, cantaora, singer, born December 5, 1950)
  • Ross Bagley (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 5, 1988)
  • Rose Wilder Lane (children's writer, journalist, novelist, writer, born December 5, 1886)
  • Neil Druckmann (computer scientist, creative director, screenwriter, writer, born December 5, 1978)
  • Samantha Lewthwaite (musician, born December 5, 1983)
  • Amanda Lepore (actor, model, musician, singer, born December 5, 1967)
  • Kyung Soo-jin (actor, film actor, born December 5, 1987)
  • Payal Rajput (actor, television actor, born December 5, 1990)
  • Jeroen Krabbé (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, painter, television actor, voice actor, born December 5, 1944)
  • Justin Smoak (baseball player, born December 5, 1986)
  • Ravish Kumar (blogger, editor, journalist, news presenter, born December 5, 1974)
  • John Rzeznik (composer, guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 5, 1965)
  • Timothy Castagne (association football player, born December 5, 1995)
  • Carrie Hamilton (film actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, stage actor, television actor, writer, born December 5, 1963)
  • Afanasy Fet (autobiographer, poet, translator, writer, born December 5, 1820)
  • Kyle Long (American football player, born December 5, 1988)
  • Ibrahim Maalouf (composer, film score composer, jazz musician, pianist, trumpeter, born December 5, 1980)
  • Marion Kracht (actor, film director, born December 5, 1962)
  • Johannes Heesters (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born December 5, 1903)
  • Sachiko Kobayashi (actor, businessperson, composer, lyricist, seiyū, singer, born December 5, 1953)
  • Chu Ke-liang (comedian, film actor, singer, television presenter, born December 5, 1946)
  • Sailor Jupiter (cook, high school student, middle school student, born December 5, 1978)
  • Manish Malhotra (entrepreneur, fashion designer, personal stylist, born December 5, 1966)
  • Jim Plunkett (American football player, born December 5, 1947)
  • Krystian Zimerman (composer, conductor, music pedagogue, pianist, born December 5, 1956)
  • Moshe Katsav (politician, born December 5, 1945)
  • Peter Hyballa (association football manager, association football player, born December 5, 1975)
  • Roberta Capua (beauty pageant contestant, model, television presenter, born December 5, 1968)
  • Luciano Vietto (association football player, born December 5, 1993)
  • Naho Moriyama (musician, singer, born December 5, 1971)
  • Ingrid Fuzjko V. Georgii-Hemming (pianist, born December 5, 1932)
  • Christina Rossetti (hymnwriter, poet, writer, born December 5, 1830)
  • Shalom Harlow (actor, film actor, model, born December 5, 1973)
  • Katy Kung (actor, film actor, born December 5, 1989)
  • Milton H. Erickson (hypnotherapist, hypnotist, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, writer, born December 5, 1901)
  • Hideo Murai (author, conspiracy theorist, born December 5, 1958)
  • Gorō Yamada (critic, tarento, born December 5, 1958)
  • LeGarrette Blount (American football player, born December 5, 1986)
  • Manuel I Komnenos (emperor, born November 28, 1118)
  • Sajjan Jindal (chairperson, born December 5, 1959)
  • Bill Pickett (cowboy, born December 5, 1870)
  • Lisa Sheridan (actor, film actor, photographer, television actor, born December 5, 1974)
  • Zach Avery (film actor, born December 5, 1986)
  • James Cleveland (composer, vocalist, born December 5, 1931)
  • Lynne Ramsay (cinematographer, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born December 5, 1969)
  • Andrés de Santa Cruz (diplomat, military personnel, politician, born December 5, 1792)
  • Armando Diaz (military personnel, politician, born December 5, 1861)
  • Josh Smith (basketball player, born December 5, 1985)
  • Omar Elabdellaoui (association football player, born December 5, 1991)
  • Dolly Wells (actor, film actor, film director, born December 5, 1971)
  • Jim Tressel (American football player, head coach, born December 5, 1952)
  • Ferdinand I of Aragon (ruler, sovereign, born November 27, 1380)
  • Arnold Sommerfeld (mathematician, physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher, born December 5, 1868)
  • Gülşen Bubikoğlu (actor, model, born December 5, 1954)
  • Stanisław Bareja (actor, film director, screenwriter, born December 5, 1929)
  • مهدی گندی (film actor, television actor, theatrical director, born December 5, 1985)
  • Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (chemist, politician, writer, born December 5, 1905)
  • Jim Messina (audio engineer, engineer, guitarist, mandolinist, musician, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 5, 1947)
  • Dayanidhi Maran (politician, born December 5, 1966)
  • Walter Sittler (film actor, stage actor, born December 5, 1952)
  • Miralem Sulejmani (association football player, born December 5, 1988)
  • Eddy Curry (basketball player, born December 5, 1982)
  • Alexander Rodchenko (architect, designer, graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, typographer, born December 5, 1891)
  • Sachiko Kokubu (actor, fashion model, model, tarento, born December 5, 1976)
  • Pachrapa Chaichua (actor, model, born December 5, 1978)
  • Clara Rugaard (actor, singer, voice actor, born December 5, 1997)
  • Parvati Nair (actor, model, born December 5, 1992)
  • Ondrej Duda (association football player, born December 5, 1994)
  • Johan Renck (composer, film director, music video director, musician, record producer, singer, born December 5, 1966)
  • Kyōko Kagawa (actor, born December 5, 1931)
  • Shimako Iwai (novelist, born December 5, 1964)
  • Gary Allan (singer, singer-songwriter, born December 5, 1967)
  • Yoshinori Sato (baseball player, born December 5, 1989)
  • Aki Mizusawa (actor, model, seiyū, born December 5, 1954)
  • Caroline Calloway (blogger, influencer, internet celebrity, born December 5, 1991)
  • Evonne Hsu (actor, musician, singer, born December 5, 1979)
  • Klaus Allofs (association football manager, association football player, born December 5, 1956)
  • Andy Kim (singer, songwriter, born December 5, 1946)
  • Kali Rocha (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 5, 1971)
  • Danielle Winits (actor, presenter, born December 5, 1973)
  • Alberto Nisman (lawyer, prosecutor, born December 5, 1963)
  • Lydia Leonard (actor, born December 5, 1981)
  • Julie Ferrier (actor, comedian, dancer, film actor, stage actor, theatrical director, born December 5, 1971)
  • Yuriko Fuchizaki (child actor, seiyū, stage actor, born December 5, 1968)
  • Michelle Gisin (alpine skier, born December 5, 1993)
  • Rei Hiroe (illustrator, mangaka, born December 5, 1972)
  • Mariano el raro Martinez (actor, model, television actor, born December 5, 1978)
  • Matt Gutman (journalist, born December 5, 1977)

5th of December 2016 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 5, 2016

Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting

Date: 05 December 2016

Full Article

Trump Adviser Has Pushed Clinton Conspiracy Theories

Date: 05 December 2016

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Lt Gen Michael T Flynn and his son Michael G Flynn, both tapped for roles in Pres-elect Donald J Trump's incoming administration, are known to spread fake news on their Twitter feeds, including stories that implicate Hillary Clinton in various felonies; their Twitter habits are raising questions as to their fitness for jobs.

Full Article

In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

Date: 05 December 2016

By CECILIA KANG and ADAM GOLDMAN

Edgar M Welch is arraigned in Washington court for shooting up Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with assault-like AR-15 rifle, which he claims he did because he believed restaurant to be headquarters of child-trafficking ring; shooting underscores lasting power of fake news, as number of stories alleging restaurant was involved in child-trafficking circulated on social media, despite being debunked repeatedly by legitimate news outlets.

Full Article

Fake News Brings a Gunman to Washington

Date: 05 December 2016

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Full Article

After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell

Date: 05 December 2016

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.

Full Article

Baryshnikov Arts Center Unveils Spring 2017 Season

Date: 05 December 2016

By JOSHUA BARONE

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces lineup for 2017 spring season.

Full Article

As U.S. Braces for Change, a Play About the Working Class Heads to Broadway

Date: 05 December 2016

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Full Article

Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.

Date: 05 December 2016

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Japanese leaders have expressed concern over declining interest in climate change among young people; some Japanese millennials say they feel hopeless in face of huge problem and doubt their actions will make difference.

Full Article

Bhutan Faces an Important Test of Press Freedom

Date: 05 December 2016

By KAI SCHULTZ

Prominent journalist Namgay Zam of Bhutan is jailed and faces defamation suit for sharing Facebook post documenting property dispute involving local businessman; Bhutan's Prime Min Tshering Tobgay calls case one of landmark significance, with potential to shape restrictions on social media usage in country.

Full Article

Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’

Date: 05 December 2016

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Britain's Supreme Court initiates hearing to decide whether Parliament should vote before government takes formal steps to leave European Union; outcome of case would affect plans by Prime Min Theresa May to begin withdrawal negotiations by end of March.

Full Article

Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting

Date: 05 December 2016

Full Article

Trump Adviser Has Pushed Clinton Conspiracy Theories

Date: 05 December 2016

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Lt Gen Michael T Flynn and his son Michael G Flynn, both tapped for roles in Pres-elect Donald J Trump's incoming administration, are known to spread fake news on their Twitter feeds, including stories that implicate Hillary Clinton in various felonies; their Twitter habits are raising questions as to their fitness for jobs.

Full Article

In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

Date: 05 December 2016

By CECILIA KANG and ADAM GOLDMAN

Edgar M Welch is arraigned in Washington court for shooting up Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with assault-like AR-15 rifle, which he claims he did because he believed restaurant to be headquarters of child-trafficking ring; shooting underscores lasting power of fake news, as number of stories alleging restaurant was involved in child-trafficking circulated on social media, despite being debunked repeatedly by legitimate news outlets.

Full Article

Fake News Brings a Gunman to Washington

Date: 05 December 2016

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Full Article

After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell

Date: 05 December 2016

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.

Full Article

Baryshnikov Arts Center Unveils Spring 2017 Season

Date: 05 December 2016

By JOSHUA BARONE

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces lineup for 2017 spring season.

Full Article

As U.S. Braces for Change, a Play About the Working Class Heads to Broadway

Date: 05 December 2016

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Full Article

Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.

Date: 05 December 2016

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Japanese leaders have expressed concern over declining interest in climate change among young people; some Japanese millennials say they feel hopeless in face of huge problem and doubt their actions will make difference.

Full Article

Bhutan Faces an Important Test of Press Freedom

Date: 05 December 2016

By KAI SCHULTZ

Prominent journalist Namgay Zam of Bhutan is jailed and faces defamation suit for sharing Facebook post documenting property dispute involving local businessman; Bhutan's Prime Min Tshering Tobgay calls case one of landmark significance, with potential to shape restrictions on social media usage in country.

Full Article

Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’

Date: 05 December 2016

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Britain's Supreme Court initiates hearing to decide whether Parliament should vote before government takes formal steps to leave European Union; outcome of case would affect plans by Prime Min Theresa May to begin withdrawal negotiations by end of March.

Full Article

Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting

Date: 05 December 2016

Full Article

Trump Adviser Has Pushed Clinton Conspiracy Theories

Date: 05 December 2016

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Lt Gen Michael T Flynn and his son Michael G Flynn, both tapped for roles in Pres-elect Donald J Trump's incoming administration, are known to spread fake news on their Twitter feeds, including stories that implicate Hillary Clinton in various felonies; their Twitter habits are raising questions as to their fitness for jobs.

Full Article

In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

Date: 05 December 2016

By CECILIA KANG and ADAM GOLDMAN

Edgar M Welch is arraigned in Washington court for shooting up Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with assault-like AR-15 rifle, which he claims he did because he believed restaurant to be headquarters of child-trafficking ring; shooting underscores lasting power of fake news, as number of stories alleging restaurant was involved in child-trafficking circulated on social media, despite being debunked repeatedly by legitimate news outlets.

Full Article

Fake News Brings a Gunman to Washington

Date: 05 December 2016

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Full Article

After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell

Date: 05 December 2016

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.

Full Article

Baryshnikov Arts Center Unveils Spring 2017 Season

Date: 05 December 2016

By JOSHUA BARONE

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces lineup for 2017 spring season.

Full Article

As U.S. Braces for Change, a Play About the Working Class Heads to Broadway

Date: 05 December 2016

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Full Article

Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.

Date: 05 December 2016

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Japanese leaders have expressed concern over declining interest in climate change among young people; some Japanese millennials say they feel hopeless in face of huge problem and doubt their actions will make difference.

Full Article

Bhutan Faces an Important Test of Press Freedom

Date: 05 December 2016

By KAI SCHULTZ

Prominent journalist Namgay Zam of Bhutan is jailed and faces defamation suit for sharing Facebook post documenting property dispute involving local businessman; Bhutan's Prime Min Tshering Tobgay calls case one of landmark significance, with potential to shape restrictions on social media usage in country.

Full Article

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Full Article

Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’

Date: 05 December 2016

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Britain's Supreme Court initiates hearing to decide whether Parliament should vote before government takes formal steps to leave European Union; outcome of case would affect plans by Prime Min Theresa May to begin withdrawal negotiations by end of March.

Full Article

Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting

Date: 05 December 2016

Full Article

Trump Adviser Has Pushed Clinton Conspiracy Theories

Date: 05 December 2016

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Lt Gen Michael T Flynn and his son Michael G Flynn, both tapped for roles in Pres-elect Donald J Trump's incoming administration, are known to spread fake news on their Twitter feeds, including stories that implicate Hillary Clinton in various felonies; their Twitter habits are raising questions as to their fitness for jobs.

Full Article

In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

Date: 05 December 2016

By CECILIA KANG and ADAM GOLDMAN

Edgar M Welch is arraigned in Washington court for shooting up Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with assault-like AR-15 rifle, which he claims he did because he believed restaurant to be headquarters of child-trafficking ring; shooting underscores lasting power of fake news, as number of stories alleging restaurant was involved in child-trafficking circulated on social media, despite being debunked repeatedly by legitimate news outlets.

Full Article

Fake News Brings a Gunman to Washington

Date: 05 December 2016

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Full Article

After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell

Date: 05 December 2016

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.

Full Article

Baryshnikov Arts Center Unveils Spring 2017 Season

Date: 05 December 2016

By JOSHUA BARONE

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces lineup for 2017 spring season.

Full Article

As U.S. Braces for Change, a Play About the Working Class Heads to Broadway

Date: 05 December 2016

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Full Article

Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.

Date: 05 December 2016

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Japanese leaders have expressed concern over declining interest in climate change among young people; some Japanese millennials say they feel hopeless in face of huge problem and doubt their actions will make difference.

Full Article

Bhutan Faces an Important Test of Press Freedom

Date: 05 December 2016

By KAI SCHULTZ

Prominent journalist Namgay Zam of Bhutan is jailed and faces defamation suit for sharing Facebook post documenting property dispute involving local businessman; Bhutan's Prime Min Tshering Tobgay calls case one of landmark significance, with potential to shape restrictions on social media usage in country.

Full Article

Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’

Date: 05 December 2016

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Britain's Supreme Court initiates hearing to decide whether Parliament should vote before government takes formal steps to leave European Union; outcome of case would affect plans by Prime Min Theresa May to begin withdrawal negotiations by end of March.

Full Article

Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting

Date: 05 December 2016

Full Article

Trump Adviser Has Pushed Clinton Conspiracy Theories

Date: 05 December 2016

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Lt Gen Michael T Flynn and his son Michael G Flynn, both tapped for roles in Pres-elect Donald J Trump's incoming administration, are known to spread fake news on their Twitter feeds, including stories that implicate Hillary Clinton in various felonies; their Twitter habits are raising questions as to their fitness for jobs.

Full Article

In Washington Pizzeria Attack, Fake News Brought Real Guns

Date: 05 December 2016

By CECILIA KANG and ADAM GOLDMAN

Edgar M Welch is arraigned in Washington court for shooting up Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with assault-like AR-15 rifle, which he claims he did because he believed restaurant to be headquarters of child-trafficking ring; shooting underscores lasting power of fake news, as number of stories alleging restaurant was involved in child-trafficking circulated on social media, despite being debunked repeatedly by legitimate news outlets.

Full Article

Fake News Brings a Gunman to Washington

Date: 05 December 2016

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Full Article

After Nine Years and 2,810 Posts, a Dot Earth Farewell

Date: 05 December 2016

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

After nine years and 2,810 posts, a blog seeking a sustainable path for humans on a finite planet comes to an end.

Full Article

Baryshnikov Arts Center Unveils Spring 2017 Season

Date: 05 December 2016

By JOSHUA BARONE

Baryshnikov Arts Center announces lineup for 2017 spring season.

Full Article

As U.S. Braces for Change, a Play About the Working Class Heads to Broadway

Date: 05 December 2016

By MICHAEL PAULSON

Full Article

Japan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.

Date: 05 December 2016

By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Japanese leaders have expressed concern over declining interest in climate change among young people; some Japanese millennials say they feel hopeless in face of huge problem and doubt their actions will make difference.

Full Article

Bhutan Faces an Important Test of Press Freedom

Date: 05 December 2016

By KAI SCHULTZ

Prominent journalist Namgay Zam of Bhutan is jailed and faces defamation suit for sharing Facebook post documenting property dispute involving local businessman; Bhutan's Prime Min Tshering Tobgay calls case one of landmark significance, with potential to shape restrictions on social media usage in country.

Full Article

Britain’s Supreme Court Hears Legal Challenge to ‘Brexit’

Date: 05 December 2016

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Britain's Supreme Court initiates hearing to decide whether Parliament should vote before government takes formal steps to leave European Union; outcome of case would affect plans by Prime Min Theresa May to begin withdrawal negotiations by end of March.

Full Article