Headlines for July 8, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#55GGK)
- Trump Begins Formal U.S. Withdrawal from World Health Organization
- Brazil's Official Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 65,000 as Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive
- U.S. Confirms Record 60,000+ Coronavirus Cases as Trump Demands School Reopenings
- Houston Mayor Pleads with Republicans to Cancel Texas Convention Amid Coronavirus Surge
- Prominent GOP Senators to Skip Republican National Convention Amid Pandemic
- Serbian Anti-Lockdown Protesters Storm Parliament; Spanish Study Questions "Herd Immunity"
- Mexican President to Meet with Trump; Canadian PM Won't Attend over COVID Concerns
- Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley Introduce BREATHE Act, Backed by Black Lives Matter
- Phoenix, AZ and Columbus, OH Latest U.S. Cities to Ban Police in High Schools
- New York Protesters Demand Broad Moratorium on Evictions Amid Pandemic
- Black Lives Matter Protesters Struck by Motorists in Indiana, New York
- New Jersey Incumbents Fend Off Progressive Primary Challengers
- New Data Show 12-Month Period Ending in June Tied Warmest Year on Record
- U.N. Investigators Find All Factions Committed War Crimes During Offensive in Idlib, Syria
- Bone Fragment from Disappeared Student Casts Doubt on Official Account of Ayotzinapa Massacre
- Police in Kenya's Capital Fire Tear Gas to Clear Protests Against Police Brutality
- Facebook Ad Boycott Leaders Say CEO Zuckerberg Is Failing to Crack Down on Hate Speech
- WNBA 2020 Season Will Honor Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name Movements