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February 23, 2020

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Headlines from February 23, 2020

Teaching Children How to Reverse an Overdose

By Dan Levin

In rural Carter County, Tenn., health officials have embraced a strategy for stemming addiction: Teaching children as young as 6 how to administer Narcan, a nasal spray that can stop an opioid overdose from being fatal.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 19, 2020, covering February 23, 2020.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial by Roddy Ricch

    Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial

    Roddy Ricch

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  3. 3
    Album cover for Music To Be Murdered By by Eminem

    Music To Be Murdered By

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Father Of All... by Green Day

    Father Of All...

    Green Day

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish

    When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go?

    Billie Eilish

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    46

Historical Events

Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

2020Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.[†]

On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia. Three white men, who later claimed to police that they assumed he was a burglar, pursued Arbery in their trucks for several minutes, using the vehicles to block his path as he tried to run away. Two of the men, Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, were armed in one vehicle. Their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, was in another vehicle. After overtaking Arbery, Travis exited his truck, pointing his weapon at Arbery. Arbery approached Travis and a physical altercation ensued, resulting in Travis fatally shooting Arbery. Bryan recorded this confrontation and Arbery's murder on his cell phone.

Historical Context for February 23, 2020

In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]