2014Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)[†]
Edward Matthew Joyce was a former television executive. He was president of CBS News. He lived for many years in California's Santa Ynez Valley and in Redding, Connecticut.
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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
2014Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)[†]
Edward Matthew Joyce was a former television executive. He was president of CBS News. He lived for many years in California's Santa Ynez Valley and in Redding, Connecticut.
2014Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)[†]
Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
2014Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)[†]
Barbara Prammer was an Austrian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). In 2006 she was the first woman to become President of the National Council of Austria, an office she held until her death.
2014James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)[†]
James Thompson was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki. He had a master's degree in English philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he was fluent. He studied six languages. He published four crime novels with the Finnish inspector Kari Vaara as the protagonist.
2014At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.[†]
The 2014 Kunshan explosion was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. As of December 30, 2014, the explosion killed 146 workers and injured 114 others.
In Slovyansk, a city of 80,000 that was a stronghold for pro-Russian rebels, Ukraine authorities have a difficult task ahead to shift the loyalties of residents to keep the peace.
The number of veterans chopped from the roster of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox is staggering.
A battle over a proposal, packed away in a broader initiative meant to raise the financial cap on medical malpractice awards, is being closely watched across the country.
The process will ultimately help calculate how many people were killed or seriously hurt by the flawed switches.
After a session in which both parties shared the blame for inaction on major issues, a five-week recess lies ahead.
After Dustin Johnson took a leave of absence from golf, the PGA Tour was mostly silent about the news, casting a spotlight on the opacity of the tour’s drug policy.
Celebrities dot New York State’s list of those who have never claimed money totaling billions from forgotten savings accounts, security deposits and the like.
The Israeli military said the soldier who had been thought captured by Palestinian militants during a deadly clash on Friday was now considered to have been killed in battle.
A new study that assessed the value to banks of the implied guarantee by taxpayers raised more questions than it answered.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has worked to burnish its legacy by revamping its museum and programs to prepare for the centennial of the founding of what became the N.F.L.
Critics have raised an outcry over Sovaldi, a hepatitis C drug heralded as a breakthrough but costing $84,000 for a typical person’s total treatment.
Hundreds of thousands of kits from sexual assault cases have gone untested, but cities like Memphis and Detroit are beginning to test evidence and get results.