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In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]
2017Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)[â ]
Albert Johnson, known professionally as Prodigy, was an American rapper and record producer. He was best known for being in the rap duo Mobb Deep along with Havoc, yet Johnson still had a solo career, regularly collaborating with producer The Alchemist. Johnson released eight albums during his career in Mobb Deep as well as five solo studio albums.
Just as investors were mourning the demise of the old-style conglomerate, Jeff Bezosâ company announced it would stretch its boundaries by buying Whole Foods.
The group of sailors who died on Saturday represented todayâs military, which heavily recruits in immigrant communities from coast to coast.
Third Rail Projects turns the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center into a haunted house of theatrical ego.
The watchdog group Common Sense will introduce a âpositive gender representationsâ label for content that prompts boys and girls to think beyond traditional roles.
The criminal charges against the British bank and four former executives take aim at how it avoided a government bailout during the financial crisis.
A music-filled journey through Georgia, with a side trip to Turkey, leads to ancient churches and mountain fortresses.
A land-based vacation in the GalĂĄpagos offers snorkeling, cave exploration, mountain hikes, tortoises and, sometimes, a little mystery.
A new episode of âThe Adventures of Puss in Boots,â an animated show, includes interactive elements that will result in different story lines.
Delray Beach, Fla., was once a godsend for substance abusers. But now, a sprawl of fraudulent outpatient centers capitalize on addictsâ thwarted recoveries.
A Stanford professorâs vision of an economy wholly powered by renewable fuels has drawn a heated rebuttal from scholars who question many of its assumptions.
This product of a rich immigration past thrives today as cooks across the country, and far beyond, continue tinkering with the recipe.
The artist donated his large sculpture âBouquet of Tulipsâ to honor terrorism victims. The project is stuck in red tape, and its critics wish it would disappear.