Headlines for June 17, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#54PPP)
- U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass World War I Toll; Nine States Report New Highs for COVID Cases
- Trump to Hold Rally in Tulsa as COVID Cases Reach New High in Oklahoma
- Prison COVID Cases Double in U.S.; Nursing Home Deaths Top 50,000
- U.S. Exports Record Amount of Pork as Meatpackers Risk Lives to Keep Factories Running
- WHO Hails New Study Showing Widely Used Steroid Could Reduce COVID-19 Deaths
- Daily Coronavirus Deaths Reach New Highs in India & Pakistan; Beijing Locks Down Again
- Honduran President Tests Positive for Coronavirus
- U.S. Extends Border Closures with Mexico & Canada
- Study: 450,000 Coronavirus Cases Could Have Been Avoided If States Mandated Face Masks
- Trump's Executive Order on Policing Decried as "Toothless" and "Anemic"
- Justice for Jayson: Protest Encampment Outside Bridgeport, Conn., Police HQ Enters 5th Day
- Richmond Police Chief Ousted Days After Forces Tear-Gassed Protesters
- Buffalo Peace Activist Martin Gugino Suffered Brain Injury & Fractured Skull After Police Assault
- Air Force Sergeant Tied to Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Arrested for Killing Two Officers
- Police Probe Hanging Death of Black Trans Woman TeTe Gulley in Portland, Oregon
- Study: Nearly 2,000 Lynchings Occurred in U.S. Between 1865 and 1877
- Chinese & Indian Troops Involved in Deadly Fight in the Himalayas
- Tensions Escalate on the Korean Peninsula
- Syria Braces for Sweeping New U.S. Sanctions
- Utility Firm PG&E Confesses to Killing 84 People for Starting Devastating 2018 California Fire
- After Hunger Strikes, Prisoners at Otay Mesa Detention Center Blocked from Communicating with Support Group
- Families of the Disappeared in Mexico Camp Outside AMLO's Home Demanding Probes
- Justice Department Sues John Bolton over Forthcoming Book