Headlines for May 7, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#535KF)
- U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 73,400 as 41 States Begin Reopening
- White House Shelves Guidelines on Reopening, as Experts Warn U.S. Failing to Stem COVID-19 Deaths
- Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. Children Going Hungry as Unemployment Surges to Great Depression Levels
- State Budget Cuts Loom as Trump Rails Against "Blue State Bailouts"
- United Nations Seeks $6.7 Billion for Coronavirus Aid to Poor Countries
- EU Warns Pandemic Economic Recession Will Be Worst in History
- Closing Ceremony of Spanish Coronavirus Field Hospital Marred by Tightly Packed Crowds
- Venezuelan TV Airs Video of Arrested U.S. Mercenary Confessing to Attempted Coup
- Trump Vetoes Senate Resolution Limiting President's Military Power to Attack Iran
- Trump Gets in Heated Exchange with Nurse Denouncing Shortage of PPE for Hospital Workers
- Black Michigan Lawmaker Escorted by Armed Volunteers After Anti-Lockdown Protests
- Beloved Colorado Pastor Released from VA Hospital After Long Battle with COVID-19
- Top Republican Fundraiser & Trump Ally Named Postmaster General
- Brother-in-Law of Sen. Richard Burr Also Dumped Stocks Ahead of Coronavirus Market Crash
- Salvadoran Immigrant Is First Person to Die of COVID-19 in ICE Custody
- Anger Mounts over Killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Black Jogger Shot to Death by 2 White Men in GA
- Viral Video Shows LAPD Officer Violently Punching a Man Arrested for Trespassing
- Chemical Gas Leak in India Kills at Least 9, Hundreds Others Hospitalized
- New Campus Sexual Assault Rules Bolster Protection for Accused Students