Headlines for April 8, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#51WGZ)
- U.S. Daily Death Toll Nears 2,000 as Hundreds of COVID-19 Deaths Go Uncounted
- Trump Announces Hold on U.S. Funding for World Health Organization, Then Reverses Stance
- New WH Press Secretary Said Recently, "We Will Not See Diseases Like the Coronavirus Come Here"
- Trump Fires Inspector General Tasked with Overseeing $2 Trillion Stimulus
- China Lifts Lockdown in Wuhan, Where Coronavirus Pandemic Began
- EU Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Fail as Deaths Surge in Spain and France
- Libyan Rebels Attack Hospital for COVID-19 Patients; Chadian Ex-Dictator Released from Prison
- International Labour Organization: Pandemic Could Wipe Out 195 Million Full-Time Jobs
- San Francisco Protesters Demand ICE Release Jailed Asylum Seekers
- Wisconsin Holds In-Person Voting in Midst of Deadly Pandemic
- Floridians Left Unemployed by Pandemic Crowd Public Spaces Seeking Benefits
- Chicago Mayor Demands More Reporting on Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Deaths
- Acting U.S. Naval Secretary Fired over Handling of Outbreak Aboard Aircraft Carrier
- Hospitals Say FEMA Is Seizing Medical Supplies for Unknown Reasons
- COVID-19 Claims Songwriter John Prine, Producer Hal Willner and New Jersey Politician Michael Yun
- Federal Court Allows Texas Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect During Pandemic
- Dozens Dead as Category 5 Cyclone Devastates South Pacific Islands