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In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
With job losses, record coronavirus numbers and politics in turmoil after the storming of the Capitol, the president-elect pressed for quick passage of a stimulus package to help struggling Americans.
The incoming Biden administration plans to set up federally run mass vaccination sites and to release all government-held vials, rather than hold some back for second doses.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatened decisive action against the president for his role in the insurrection against Congress if he refused to resign.
A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, “it’s a race against time.”
Scoffed at for conspicuous consumption, the wife of the departing Treasury secretary sends herself up in a camp-tastic dark comedy, “Me You Madness.”
In the coming days, Los Angeles County will reach a level where one in 10 residents has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Kamala Harris’s niece is building her own empire with statement T-shirts. Just don’t define her by her family.
Chris Panayiotou was lost without his father, but the remarkable gesture of a stranger helped him heal.
Reporters who planned to watch a political ceremony were caught in a wave of turmoil.
Wide segments of the party are eager to see investigations and prosecutions of President Trump and his allies, while President-elect Joseph Biden is taking a more measured approach.
Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, even though millions of people the C.D.C. recommends go first — health care workers and nursing home residents — have yet to get shots.
The push by Democrats to impeach the president for his role in inciting the attack on the Capitol underscores how American politics has been profoundly shaken in ways still hard to measure.