No event was as significant this year as COVID-19, the first pandemic in a century. Millions worldwide have been infected and hundreds of thousands have died, but there is hope as several vaccines could...
2020: Year in Review
COVID-19 loomed large over everything this year: our health and mortality, the economy, politics, education, sports, entertainment … well, everything. But within each of those categories, there are amazing stories of triumph and sorrow, of the human will to survive and carry on. Here we recap the major stories that shaped our lives in 2020, for better and for worse.
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If not for the coronavirus pandemic, the presidential election would have likely been the biggest news story of 2020. The year started off hot with the impeachment trial of President Trump; he was acquitted...
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Rayshard Brooks. These are some of the Black Americans who were killed by the police and whose deaths spurred the U.S. to look at its racial history. Learn...
Record-smashing heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, Arctic deterioration and more: This is what climate change looks like. Scientists and advocacy groups warn that unprecedented measures are needed to cut...
Like rubberneckers on a highway, it was nearly impossible at times to take our eyes off the presidential election this year. But much else happened in politics: Lawmakers collided over coronavirus relief,...
Facing antitrust lawsuits, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google spent 2020 responding to regulators and Congress about anticompetitive practices, alleged conservative bias, election misinformation and changes...
2020 has been a tale of two economies. On Dec. 4, the stock markets hit all-time highs even as the government reported stagnant job growth and an unemployment rate of 6.7%. Investors continued to see returns...
COVID-19 gave us one of the strangest sports years ever, with empty stadiums, sequestered athletes and canceled events. The Tokyo Olympics and March Madness were scrapped, but sports worked hard to provide...
It all started so well. "Parasite" made history at the Oscars and 2020 was to be Marvel packed. And then, COVID-19: It hit Hollywood almost immediately, with cancellations, cinema closures, and studios...
Remembering those we've lost as we reach the end of a uniquely arduous year — the civil rights leaders, the lives cut short by injustice, the stars who brought us inspiration and comfort, and more.
Before COVID-19, another story was expected to dominate the headlines throughout 2020: the impeachment of President Trump. But only a few weeks after his February acquittal, most of us quickly forgot a...
Yeah, we know: It was a spectacularly awful year. But dare we look on the bright side? Some good things still happened. On a micro level, babies were born, couples got married, anniversaries were celebrated....
Many people didn’t take COVID-19 seriously till Tom Hanks got it. Since then, it’s been a weird year in celeb land, with stars trying to connect with their fans (not like that, Gal Gadot!) and becoming...
Banana bread and sourdough characterized the early part of the pandemic as we found ourselves with more time at home than we could fill. Flour became a hot commodity while the virus inflamed America's...
The fact that Shakespeare wrote “King Lear” during the plague was a rallying cry for creatives during the pandemic. Irritating? Yes, but we did see newness in 2020, including music from Taylor Swift, B’s...
Brick-and-mortar stores were in danger before the pandemic changed our world. For a time, almost all shopping migrated online, which could become a permanent trend. We explore the factors that shaped year...