Headlines for August 12, 2019
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#4N47T)
- Investigations to Continue as Questions Mount Over Apparent Suicide of Jeffrey Epstein
- Hong Kong Airport Shuts Down as Protests Rage for 10th Straight Week
- Dozens Arrested as Pro-Democracy Protests Ramp Up in Russia
- Questions Remain Over Deadly Russian Explosion as Threat of Nuclear Arms Race Looms
- Norway Mosque Shooter Has Online History of Praising White Supremacists
- Yemeni Foreign Minister Concedes Defeat to UAE After Southern Separatists Take Aden
- Israeli Forces Storm Holy Site of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid
- Right-Wing Candidate Alejandro Giammattei Wins Guatemala Presidency
- Biden Under Fire After Saying "Poor Kids" as "Bright and Talented as White Kids"
- Trans Activist Gavin Grimm Wins 2-Year Fight Against Virginia School Board
- Simone Biles Breaks New Records, Uses Platform to Speak Out Against Sexual Abuse
- U.S. Athletes Protest Trump, U.S. Policies as They Win Golds at Pan American Games
- Manfred Max-Neef, Acclaimed Chilean Economist and Environmentalist, Dies at 86