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In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]
2020Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)[†]
Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.
2020Stepa J. Groggs, American rap artist (born 1988)[†]
Injury Reserve was an American hip hop group formed in 2012 in Tempe, Arizona. The group consisted of rappers RiTchie with a T, Stepa J. Groggs, and producer Parker Corey. After the death of Groggs in 2020 and the release of the group's second and final studio album, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, the remaining members regrouped under the name By Storm in July 2023.
2020Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986)[†]
Hachalu Hundessa was an Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Hachalu played a significant role in the 2014–2016 Oromo protests that led to Abiy Ahmed taking charge of the Oromo Democratic Party and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, and subsequently becoming prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018.
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The deaths of Eric Garner in New York and George Floyd in Minnesota created national outrage over the use of deadly police restraints. There were many others you didn’t hear about.
As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts.
When homebound workers need to spiff up moments before a meeting, they reach for the breakout garment of quarantine season.
Filming Bravo’s hit reality franchise about yachts and yachties is a complex logistical operation.
Worn by extremists toting assault rifles, the shirt has gone from dad symbol to battle flag.
As the coronavirus keeps spreading, employers are convinced remote work has a bright future. Decades of setbacks suggest otherwise.
The actor’s novel, “Memoirs and Misinformation,” written with Dana Vachon, uses details from Carrey’s life and career to tell a fictional tale of apocalypse and rebirth in Hollywood.
From Kenya to Nigeria, South Africa to Rwanda, the pandemic is decimating the livelihoods of the once-stable workers who were helping to drive Africa’s economic expansion.
The case, over a state law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, is the first abortion ruling since two Trump appointees joined the court.
The case concerning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was part of a politically charged battle over presidential authority.
The movement has a long pipeline of new cases that, if taken up by the Supreme Court, could present a more direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
The investigation into Russia’s suspected operation is said to focus in part on the killings of three Marines in a truck bombing last year, officials said.