Headlines for August 9, 2018
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#3WG0R)
- Saudi-Led Airstrike in Yemen Hits Bus Carrying Children, Killing Dozens
- U.S. Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills a Dozen Afghan Soldiers "By Mistake"
- Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three in Gaza, Including Mother and Her Toddler
- In Colombia, Nikki Haley Escalates Anti-Venezuela Rhetoric
- U.S. to Impose New Sanctions on Russia
- Senate Committee Asks Julian Assange to Testify about Russian Meddling in Election
- Virginia & Charlottesville Under States of Emergency Ahead of White Supremacist Rallies
- Longtime DRC Leader Joseph Kabila Will Not Run for Re-election
- Argentine Senate Rejects Legislation to Legalize Abortion
- NY Congressmember Chris Collins Charged with Insider Trading
- Tribune Media Pulls Out of Proposed Merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Pennsylvania Rookie Cop Charged with Manslaughter for Killing Unarmed Man
- New York Becomes First Major U.S. City to Crack Down on Uber and Lyft
- Japan Marks 73rd Anniversary of U.S. Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
- Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, Who Fought U.S. Military Bases, Dies at 67