With Weinstein Conviction, Jury Delivers a Verdict on #MeToo
The defense argued #MeToo had gone too far, but the jury suggested the opposite: that accountability could extend from the court of public opinion to a court of law.
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The defense argued #MeToo had gone too far, but the jury suggested the opposite: that accountability could extend from the court of public opinion to a court of law.
The country, preparing for trade talks with Brussels, is vowing to break with European Union rules. But that could wall off a vast market for its exports.
The president ratcheted up a fight with a judicial system he sees as biased against him.
The spread of the coronavirus has rattled investors who fear new outbreaks will push down global demand.
Carrie Lindsey’s facial massage comes at a price. Her Brooklyn clients are willing to pay for it.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 19, 2020, covering February 25, 2020.
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Post Malone
Eminem
Green Day
Billie Eilish

2020Dmitry Yazov, last Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1924)[†]
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet Union. Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990, the only Marshal born in Siberia, and at the time of his death on 25 February 2020, he was the last living Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]