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In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
The sprawling, 2,702-page bill includes historic investments in traditional projects as well as broadband expansion and funds for some climate projects.
A recent visit to the site of the first atomic bomb explosion offered desert vistas, (mildly) radioactive pebbles and troubling reflections.
Expiring unemployment benefits and the Delta variant add uncertainty to a recovery that has brought strong growth but an unusual labor market.
Ash Davidson’s debut, “Damnation Spring,” gets at a logging community’s deep roots.
An electrified highway is theoretically the most efficient way to eliminate truck emissions. But the political obstacles are daunting.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would impose a 60-day ban on evictions in places hit hard by the Delta variant.
Shanta Thake, a theater executive, faces challenges that include helping the center embrace new genres and attract virus-wary audiences.
Cornell, Spiegelman and Warhol browsed the famous collection of images in the New York Public Library. Now a century of serendipitous discovery will come to an end if the collection is closed off to the public.
New York Stage and Film provides an unlikely haven for inquiring writers of new plays and musicals.
The cuneiform tablets and other objects had been held by the Museum of the Bible, founded by the family that owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, and by Cornell University.
Tyson and Microsoft were the latest to require employees to be vaccinated. Other major employers have tried less sweeping approaches.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the tough restrictions were necessary to encourage New Yorkers to get vaccinated and curtail a third wave of coronavirus cases.