Headlines for October 21, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#59B3E)
- Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire on Protesters Opposing Police Brutality
- As U.S. Faces Third Coronavirus Surge, CDC Reports 300,000 Excess Deaths in 2020
- Pope Wears Mask at Public Event for First Time as EU Coronavirus Cases Surge
- Justice Department and 11 States Sue Google in Biggest Antitrust Lawsuit in Decades
- ACLU Can't Find Hundreds of Asylum-Seeking Parents Separated from Children by Trump Admin
- L.A. Times: Just Three of 265 Reported Crimes at California ICE Jails Led to Prosecutions
- Early Voting Opens for Pretrial Prisoners in Chicago's Cook County Jail
- Armed Poll Watchers Deploy to Democratic Precincts as Trump Jr. Calls Up "Army for Election Security"
- Joe Biden Vets Republicans for Cabinet Positions, Won't Disclose Names of Major Fundraisers
- First Lady Skips Campaign Rally in Erie, PA, Due to "Lingering Cough" from COVID-19
- Trump Cuts Short "60 Minutes" Interview, Demands AG Barr Investigate Bidens
- Fiancee of Slain Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Files Suit Against Saudi Crown Prince
- Two Colombian Social Leaders Assassinated in Latest Politically Motivated Killings
- Venezuelan Tanker Idled by U.S. Sanctions Puts Caribbean at Risk of Massive Oil Spill
- Grand Jurors in Breonna Taylor's Killing "Not Given the Opportunity" to Bring Homicide Charges
- SCOTUS Nominee Barrett Was Trustee of School That Bans LGBTQ Students, Faculty
- Study Finds Lead in Tap Water of 80% of U.S. Homes, with African Americans Most Affected