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After a career playing good guys and audience surrogates, the actor has created his own series, “Breeders,” a dark comedy about the agonies of parenting. Don’t make him come up there.
Hunter Biden, his name forever linked to President Trump’s impeachment, says painting “is literally keeping me sane” after years of addiction and poor choices.
The 1907 Tin Building is disassembled and recreated nearby on the Manhattan waterfront.
The Upstate region, which has been transformed by global trade, is frustrated by the president’s tariffs and wary of a Democratic front-runner who embraces democratic socialism.
Female mohels are in high demand.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 26, 2020, covering February 28, 2020.
Justin Bieber
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Tame Impala
Roddy Ricch
Monsta X
2020Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (born 1930)[†]
Joseph Hardin Coulombe was an American entrepreneur who founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's in 1967 and served as its CEO until his retirement in 1988.
2020Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (born 1923)[†]
Freeman John Dyson was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. He was professor emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a member of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
2020Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (born 1917)[†]
Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt was an Australian public servant. His career in the Commonwealth Public Service spanned from 1939 to 1980, and included periods as a senior adviser and departmental secretary. His most prominent position was as secretary of the Prime Minister's Department during the Gorton government (1968–1971). He worked closely with Prime Minister John Gorton, although his initial appointment in place of John Bunting was seen as unconventional. Hewitt was also influential as secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy during the Whitlam government (1972–1975), working under minister Rex Connor. He later served as chairman of Qantas (1975–1980).
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]