Headlines for September 8, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#57WJV)
- Record-Breaking Wildfires and Heat Scorch California
- Rochester Protests Continue as Mayor Promises Changes After Police Killing of Daniel Prude
- Major Drug Companies Pledge to Not Rush COVID-19 Vaccine as U.S. Cases Top 6.3 Million
- India Becomes Second Most Infected Country; Spain First European Country to Surpass 500,000 Cases
- Belarusian Opposition Leader Resists Expulsion at Border with Ukraine After Reports of Abduction
- Alexei Navalny Out of Induced Coma as He Continues Recovery from Poisoning
- Extradition Hearing Resumes for Julian Assange in U.K.
- Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Arrive on Dry Land After Months at Sea
- Duterte Pardons U.S. Marine Convicted of Killing Transgender Woman
- U.N. Calls Saudi Sentences in Jamal Khashoggi Murder a "Parody of Justice"
- Trump Lashes Out at Pentagon Following Report He Called U.S. Soldiers "Losers" and "Suckers"
- Trump Goes After Gov't Antiracism Training, Threatens to Cut DOE Funding over Use of 1619 Project
- Prosecutors Drops Case Against Curtis Flowers After Six Trials and 23 Years Behind Bars
- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Under Fire over Reports He Made Employees Donate to GOP Candidates
- CA Judge Halts Trump Effort to End Census Collection Efforts Early
- Climate Activists Target News Outlets for Failing to Truthfully Report the Climate Crisis
- Beloved Peace Activist and Lawyer Kevin Zeese Dies at the Age of 64